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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea sans Anthophila – Apoid Wasps » Thread-waisted Wasps (Sphecidae) » Sphecinae » Sphecini » Sphex » Sphex (Fernaldina) lucae (Sphex lucae)

Species Sphex lucae - Sphex (Fernaldina) lucae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · See Also · Works Cited
Digger Wasp with prey - Sphex lucae - female Wasp -Sphex (Fernaldina) lucae - Sphex lucae - female Digger Wasp - Sphex lucae - female Wasp? - Sphex lucae - female Wasp species? - Sphex lucae - female Wasp photographed in Richland, WA - Sphex lucae - female Sphex lucae? - Sphex lucae - male Sphex lucae? - Sphex lucae - female
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 (Apoidea sans Anthophila – Apoid Wasps)
Family Sphecidae (Thread-waisted Wasps)
Subfamily Sphecinae
Tribe Sphecini
Genus Sphex
Species lucae (Sphex (Fernaldina) lucae)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Sphex belfragei Cresson 1873
Explanation of Names
Sphex lucae Saussure 1867
Identification
Males are black, including the abdomen. Females have a red abdomen, dark or orange wings and foretarsal-rake spines
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Range
w half of the US; Mexico; one record in GA(1)
Food
Females with prey:
Remarks
the only member of the subgenus Fernaldina Bohart & Menke 1963
See Also
Palmodes praestans has long hairs on femora
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Works Cited
1.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 13 June, 2007 - 5:45pm
Additional contributions by Aaron Schusteff, v belov, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 13 May, 2023 - 7:49pm

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