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Genus Sphex

Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods

Class Insecta - Insects

Order Hymenoptera - Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies

No Taxon Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps

No Taxon Apoid Wasps (Apoidea)- traditional Sphecidae

Family Sphecidae - Thread-waisted Wasps

Genus Sphex

Species ashmeadi - Sphex ashmeadi
Species habenus - Sphex habenus
Species ichneumoneus - Great Golden Digger Wasp
Species jamaicensis - Sphex jamaicensis
Species lucae - Sphex (Fernaldina) lucae
Species nudus - Katydid Wasp
Species pensylvanicus - Great Black Wasp
Species tepanecus - Sphex tepanecus

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