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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
417
5208
15556
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
417
5208
15556
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
395
5093
15214
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
266
4282
13815
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
49
637
1826
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
46
624
1800
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
18
258
1119
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
8
94
434
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySphecidae
Latreille, 1802
Digger & Sand wasps, Digger Wasp, Digger wasps, Sand Wasps
5
16
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Uganda
5 Genera with 16 Species
Ammophila W. Kirby, 1856Beachgrass3SpeciesTaxom
Chalybion Dahlbom, 1858Blue mud dauber wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Sceliphron Klug, 1758Black Mud-Dauber Wasps4SpeciesTaxom
Sphex Linnaeus, 1787Digger wasps8SpeciesTaxom
Trigonopsis Perty, 18731SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Uganda
16 Species and 2 Subspecies
Ammophila beniniensis Palisot de B..., 1806
Ammophila crassifemoralis R. Turner, 1919
Ammophila insignis F. Smith, 1856
Chalybion clypeatum Fairmaire, 1858
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) fossuliferum Gribodo, 1895Northern house mosquito
Sceliphron fossuliferum fossuliferum Gribodo, 1895
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) quartinae Gribodo, 1884
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) spirifex Linnaeus, 1758
Sphex argentatus Fabricius, 1787
Sphex bohemanni Dahlbom, 1845
Sphex incomptus incomptus Gerstaecker, 1871
Sphex lanatus Mocsáry, 1883
Sphex nigrohirtus Kohl, 1895
Sphex observabilis R. Turner, 1918
Sphex schoutedeni Kohl, 1913
Sphex tomentosus Fabricius, 1787
Trigonopsis cyclocephala F. Smith, 1873

Subnodes of Sphecidae with occurrences in Uganda
SubfamilyAmmophilinae
André, 1886
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySceliphrinae
Ashmead, 1899
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySphecinae
Latreille, 1802
1
8
Genus
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