Sphecidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Apoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Apoidea

Familia: Sphecidae
Subfamiliae: Ammophilinae - Chloriontinae - Mendampulicinae - Sceliphrinae - Sphecinae

Overview of genera (25)

Ammophila – Argogorytes – Chalybion – Chilosphex – Chlorion – Dynatus – Eremnophila – Eremochares – Hoplammophila – Isodontia – Palmodes – Parapsammophila – Penepodium – Pison – Podagritus – Podalonia – Podium – Prionyx – Rhopalum – Sceliphron – Sphex – Spilomena – Stangeella – Tachysphex – Trigonopsis

[source: Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist]

Name

• Sphecidae Latreille, 1802

References

• Alexander, B. A. 1992. An exploratory analysis of cladistic relationships within the superfamily Apoidea, with special reference to sphecid wasps. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 1: 25-61.
• Bohart, R.M.; Menke, A.S. 1976: Sphecid wasps of the world: a generic revision. University of California Press: Berkeley, California. ISBN 0-520-02318-8 Google books
• Buys, S.C. 2020. Morphological studies on the last instar larvae of three South American species of Sphecidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Zootaxa 4885(2): 259–265. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4885.2.7 Reference page. 
• Khedher, H.B., Yıldırım, E., Braham, M. & Ljubomirov, T. 2020. First checklist of Tunisian sphecid wasps (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) with new and additional records. Zootaxa 4801(2): 301–327. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4801.2.6 Reference page. 
• Latreille, P.A. 1802. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes. Ouvrage faisant suite à l’histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes. Familles naturelles des genres. Tome troisième. F. Dufart, Paris, pp. i-xii + 13–467 [+ 1 (errata)]. BHL Reference page. 
• Harris, A.C. 1994: Sphecidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Fauna of New Zealand, (32)

Additional references

• Buys, S.C. 2020. A study on taxonomy and phylogeny of immature stages of Sphecidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Zootaxa 4869(1): 78–90. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4869.1.3 Reference page. 
• Danilov, Yu.N. 2016. Type specimens of Sphecidae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg. Zootaxa 4136(2): 335–359. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4136.2.5. Reference page. 
• Gadallah, N.S. 2020. Biodiversity of the aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) of the Arabian Peninsula: Apoidea (Spheciformes), Sphecidae (sensu stricto). Pp 77–90 In Gadallah, N.S., Brothers, D.J. & Williams, K.A., eds. Biodiversity of the aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) of the Arabian Peninsula. Zootaxa 1-216. Reference page. . Zootaxa 4754(1): 77–90. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4754.1.8 Reference page. 
• Jahantigh, F., Rakhshani, E., Mokhtari, A. & Ramroodi, S. 2017. Catalogue of Ampulicidae, Crabronidae and Sphecidae of Iran (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Zootaxa 4307(1): 1–96. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4307.1.1. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• 日本語: アナバチ科

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