Sphex argentatus

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Apoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
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
Subfamilia: Sphecinae
Tribus: Sphecini
Genus: Sphex
Species: Sphex argentatus
Subspecies: S. a. argentatus – S. a. fumosus

Name

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Sphex argentatus Fabricius, 1787

Type locality: India: Coromandel (= southeastern coast).

Lectotype: ZMUC female ♀. (lectotype designated by van der Vecht 1961: 28).

Synonyms

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  • Sphex unicolor Fabricius, 1787:275
  • Sphex umbrosus Christ, 1791:293 (synonymized by van der Vecht 1961: 28).
  • Sphex argenteus Turton, 1800:485
  • Sphex argentifrons Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845:337
  • Sphex plumifer A. Costa, 1864b:112
  • Sphex umbrosus var. nanulus Strand, 1913:83

References

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  • Fabricius, J.C. 1787. Mantissa insectorum, sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericis, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus. Vol. 1: 348 pp. Christ. Gottl. Proft, Hafniae. BHL Reference page