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Checklist for Family Sphecidae Latreille, 1802 (Digger & Sand wasps)
and region Turkey (Near East)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
511
6442
25242
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
507
6432
25230
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
484
6359
25068
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
318
5081
21505
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
53
536
2026
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
45
475
1858
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
18
272
1414
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
8
99
550
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySphecidae
Latreille, 1802
Digger & Sand wasps, Digger Wasp, Digger wasps, Sand Wasps
7
15
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Turkey
7 Genera with 15 Species
Ammophila W. Kirby, 1845Beachgrass1SpeciesTaxom
Chalybion Dahlbom, 1781Blue mud dauber wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Eremochares Gribodo, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Podalonia Fernald, 1763Cutworm Wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Prionyx Vander Linden, 18273SpeciesTaxom
Sceliphron Klug, 1758Black Mud-Dauber Wasps3SpeciesTaxom
Sphex Linnaeus, 1957Digger wasps5SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Turkey
15 Species and 3 Subspecies
Ammophila heydeni Dahlbom, 1845Western treehole mosquito
Chalybion (Hemichalybion) femoratum Fabricius, 1781
Chalybion femoratus Fabricius, 1781
Eremochares dives Brullé, 1833
Podalonia hirsuta Scopoli, 1763Hairy Sand Wasp
Prionyx crudelis F. Smith, 1893
Prionyx kirbii Vander Linden, 1827
Prionyx kirbii kirbii Vander Linden, 1827
Sceliphron (Prosceliphron) curvatum F. Smith, 1870Pèlopèe
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) caementarium (Drury, 1773)⇒ Chalybion ammophiloides Hensen, 1988
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) spirifex Linnaeus, 1758
Sphex cinereorufocinctus Dahlbom, 1845
Sphex flavipennis (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Pepsis flavipennis Fabricius, 1793
Sphex fumicatus fumicatus Christ, 1791
Sphex pruinosus Germar, 1817
Sphex subtruncatus orius (van der Vecht, 1957)⇒ Sphex subtruncatus Dahlbom, 1843

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

Taxom

SubfamilySceliphrinae
Ashmead, 1899
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySphecinae
Latreille, 1802
2
7
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