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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoid Wasps (Apoidea)- traditional Sphecidae

Apoid Wasps (Apoidea)- traditional Sphecidae

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Katydid Wasp - Sphex nudus Crabronina - ? - Ectemnius spider wasp? - Chalybion californicum Ectemnius sp? Male, Sphecidae - Chalybion zimmermanni - male Very large wasp on clethra - Sphecius speciosus - female Philanthus species - Philanthus Crabronid wasp - Philanthus - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon Apoid Wasps (Apoidea)- traditional Sphecidae
Numbers
~1360 spp. in 112 genera of 3 families in our area(1), >9700 spp. in 4 families (Heterogynaidae is a small Old World group) worldwide(2)
Identification
key to genera in(3)
OVERVIEW OF FAMILIES
Ampulicidae - Cockroach wasps

Crabronidae

Sphecidae - Thread waisted wasps
Remarks
Communal roosting behavior of males is very common among a number of species of Apoid wasps, as well as other groups.
Roosting insects in BugGuide
Internet References
Solitary wasps videos
Works Cited
1.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
2.Catalog of Sphecidae sensu lato
3.Sphecid wasps of the world: a generic revision
Richard Mitchell Bohart, Arnold S. Menke. 1976. University of California Press.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 11 June, 2007 - 7:32am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 28 October, 2017 - 4:29pm

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