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Checklist for Family Sphecidae Latreille, 1802 (Digger & Sand wasps)
and region West Australia (Australia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
535
5529
14269
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
532
5515
14254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
511
5423
14103
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
327
4090
11399
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
47
501
1838
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
44
488
1822
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
17
270
1493
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
7
90
724
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySphecidae
Latreille, 1802
Digger & Sand wasps, Digger Wasp, Digger wasps, Sand Wasps
5
9
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West Australia
5 Genera with 9 Species
Celliforma Brown, 1934
0SpeciesTaxom
Podalonia Fernald, 1856Cutworm Wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Prionyx Vander Linden, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Sceliphron Klug, 1856Black Mud-Dauber Wasps3SpeciesTaxom
Sphex Linnaeus, 1957Digger wasps5SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Australia
9 Species and 3 Subspecies
Podalonia tydei Le Guillou, 1841Blue land crab
Podalonia tydei suspiciosa F. Smith, 1856
Prionyx saevus F. Smith, 1856
Sceliphron (Prosceliphron) formosum Smith, 1856Northern house mosquito
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) laetum Smith, 1856Common mud daubler
Sceliphron laetum laetum F. Smith, 1856Mud-dauber Wasp
Sphex cognatus F. Smith, 1856
Sphex ermineus Kohl, 1890
Sphex formosellus van der Vecht, 1957Hairy-Lipped Mosquito
Sphex rugifer Kohl, 1890
Sphex subtruncatus orius (van der Vecht, 1957)⇒ Sphex subtruncatus Dahlbom, 1843

Subnodes of Sphecidae with occurrences in West Australia
SubfamilyAmmophilinae
André, 1886
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySceliphrinae
Ashmead, 1899
1
2
Genus
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