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Tribe Sphecini

Great Golden Digger Wasp - Sphex ichneumoneus - male Sphex ichneumoneus? - Sphex ichneumoneus Isodontia? - Isodontia mexicana Orange and black wasp - Sphex ichneumoneus - male What wasp please - Sphex pensylvanicus Wasp - Sphex habenus Great Golden Digger Wasp - Sphex ichneumoneus Spider wasp - Sphex pensylvanicus
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 (minus Anthophila) - Apoid Wasps)
Family Sphecidae (Thread-waisted Wasps)
Subfamily Sphecinae
Tribe Sphecini
Numbers
2 genera in the tribe, with 18 spp. in our area(1) and ~180 spp. worldwide(2)
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.Catalog of Sphecidae sensu lato
Contributed by v belov on 28 October, 2010 - 11:23am
Last updated 29 October, 2010 - 1:02pm

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