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Checklist for Family Sphecidae Latreille, 1802 (Digger & Sand wasps)
and region Tunisia (North Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
359
2886
6688
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
358
2883
6685
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
350
2865
6666
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
226
2182
5486
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
40
290
791
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
36
274
772
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
18
175
631
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
8
53
214
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySphecidae
Latreille, 1802
Digger & Sand wasps, Digger Wasp, Digger wasps, Sand Wasps
6
14
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Tunisia
6 Genera with 14 Species
Ammophila W. Kirby, 1901Beachgrass6SpeciesTaxom
Eremochares Gribodo, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Palmodes Kohl, 19633SpeciesTaxom
Podalonia Fernald, 1841Cutworm Wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Prionyx Vander Linden, 18272SpeciesTaxom
Sphex Linnaeus, 1833Digger wasps3SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tunisia
14 Species and 4 Subspecies
Ammophila electa (Kohl, 1901)⇒ Ammophila terminata electa Kohl, 1901
Ammophila heydeni Dahlbom, 1845Western treehole mosquito
Ammophila nasuta Lepeletier, 1845
Ammophila rubripes Spinola, 1839Fire on the mountain
Ammophila terminata F. Smith, 1856
Ammophila terminata electa Kohl, 1901
Eremochares dives Brullé, 1833
Palmodes occitanicus barbarus Roth, 1963
Palmodes occitanicus gaetulus Roth, 1963
Palmodes palmetorum Roth, 1963
Podalonia hirsuta Scopoli, 1763Hairy Sand Wasp
Podalonia tydei Le Guillou, 1841Blue land crab
Prionyx kirbii Vander Linden, 1827
Prionyx kirbii kirbii Vander Linden, 1827
Sphex funerarius Gussakovskij, 1934
Sphex pruinosus Germar, 1817
Sphex rufocinctus (Brullé, 1833)⇒ Sphex funerarius Gussakovskij, 1934

Subnodes of Sphecidae with occurrences in Tunisia
SubfamilyAmmophilinae
André, 1886
3
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySphecinae
Latreille, 1802
3
6
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Sphecidae at artfakta.se
Sphecidae at dyntaxa.se
Sphecidae at gbif.org
Sphecidae at irmng.org
Sphecidae at itis.gov