Subfamily Sphecinae

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Works Cited

Vespid? - No! - Sphecid - Isodontia elegans - male

Chalybion californicum ? - Isodontia apicalis

Large black wasp with yellow and powdery blue. - Sphex habenus - female

Black and Red Prionyx - Prionyx canadensis

Orange/black wasp - 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

Numbers

35 spp. in 4 genera in our area(1), >270 spp. in 5 genera worldwide(2)

Identification

see (3)

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.

2.	Pulawski W.J. (2003-) Catalog of Sphecidae sensu lato (Apoidea excluding Apidae)

3.	A reclassification of the Sphecinae with a revision of the Nearctic species of the tribes Sceliphronini and Sphecini Bohart RM and Menke AS. 1963. University of California Publications in Entomology 30:91-182.

Contributed by v belov on 28 October, 2010 - 12:29pm
Last updated 11 May, 2023 - 4:45pm

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