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Subfamily Sphecinae

Isodontia? - Isodontia Is this Isodontia elegans? Maybe, then No, now Yes - Isodontia elegans possible pompilid - Sphex pensylvanicus wasp062517US - Isodontia mexicana - female Digger Wasp - Sphex ichneumoneus Isodontia apicalis or mexicana - Isodontia - male Unknown Wasp - Prionyx Sphex ichneumoneus? - Sphex ichneumoneus
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
Numbers
35 spp. in 4 genera in our area(1), >270 spp. in 5 genera 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 - 12:29pm
Last updated 25 April, 2019 - 8:44pm

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