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Checklist for Family Sphecidae Latreille, 1802 (Digger & Sand wasps)
and region Wales (Great Britain, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
515
4876
13111
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
513
4870
13102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
485
4793
12943
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
330
4054
11605
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
56
552
1426
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
46
460
1085
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
20
164
606
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
8
70
367
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySphecidae
Latreille, 1802
Digger & Sand wasps, Digger Wasp, Digger wasps, Sand Wasps
3
11
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Wales
3 Genera with 11 Species
Ammophila W. Kirby, 1758Beachgrass6SpeciesTaxom
Podalonia Fernald, 1841Cutworm Wasps3SpeciesTaxom
Sphex Linnaeus, 1957Digger wasps2SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Wales
11 Species and 1 Subspecies
Ammophila breviceps F. Smith, 1856
Ammophila femurrubra W. Fox, 1894
Ammophila nancy Menke, 2007
Ammophila placida F. Smith, 1856
Ammophila pubescens Curtis, 1836Heath Sand Wasp
Ammophila sabulosa Linnaeus, 1758Red Banded Sand Wasp
Podalonia affinis W. Kirby, 1798Mud Wasp
Podalonia hirsuta Scopoli, 1763Hairy Sand Wasp
Podalonia tydei Le Guillou, 1841Blue land crab
Sphex cyanea (Linnæus, 1758)⇒ Chalybion californicus Saussure, 1867
Sphex subtruncatus orius (van der Vecht, 1957)⇒ Sphex subtruncatus Dahlbom, 1843

Subnodes of Sphecidae with occurrences in Wales
SubfamilyAmmophilinae
André, 1886
2
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySphecinae
Latreille, 1802
1
2
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