iSphecidae
Ammophila sabulosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Hymenoptera Suborder: Apocrita Superfamily: Apoidea Family: Sphecidae
Subfamilies
Ammophilinae Sceliphrinae Sphecinae Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1296x923, 81 KB) Ammophila sabulosa source: http://home. ... For other uses, see Scientific classification (disambiguation). ... Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera Subregnum Eumetazoa Placozoa Orthonectida Rhombozoa Radiata (unranked) Ctenophora Cnidaria Bilateria (unranked) Acoelomorpha Myxozoa Superphylum Deuterostomia Chordata Hemichordata Echinodermata Chaetognatha Xenoturbellida Superphylum Ecdysozoa Kinorhyncha Loricifera Priapulida Nematoda Nematomorpha Onychophora Tardigrada Arthropoda Superphylum Platyzoa Platyhelminthes Gastrotricha Rotifera Acanthocephala Gnathostomulida Micrognathozoa Cycliophora Superphylum Lophotrochozoa Sipuncula Nemertea Phoronida Ectoprocta Bryozoa... Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - Trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - Spiders, Scorpions, etc. ... Orders Subclass Apterygota Symphypleona - globular springtails Subclass Archaeognatha (jumping bristletails) Subclass Dicondylia Monura - extinct Thysanura (common bristletails) Subclass Pterygota Diaphanopteroidea - extinct Palaeodictyoptera - extinct Megasecoptera - extinct Archodonata - extinct Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) Infraclass Neoptera Blattodea (cockroaches) Mantodea (mantids) Isoptera (termites) Zoraptera Grylloblattodea Dermaptera (earwigs) Plecoptera (stoneflies) Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets... Suborders Apocrita Symphyta Many families, see article Hymenoptera is one of the larger orders of Insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. ... Superfamilies Apoidea Ceraphronoidea Chalcidoidea Chrysidoidea Cynipoidea Evanioidea Ichneumonoidea Megalyroidea Proctotrupoidea Sphecoidea Stephanoidea Triganalyoidea Vespoidea Many families, see article Apocrita is a suborder of insects in the order Hymenoptera. ... Families Andrenidae Anthophoridae Apidae Colletidae Ctenoplectridae Halictidae Heterogynaidae Megachilidae Melittidae Oxaeidae Sphecidae Stenotritidae This article is about the insect. ... Genera Many, see text Sphecidae (Latreille, 1802) is a family of wasps that include digger wasps, mud daubers, and other familiar types. ...

Sphecidae blocking its burrow with a stone

Sphecidae (Latreille, 1802) is a cosmopolitan family of wasps that include digger wasps, mud daubers and other familiar types that all fall under the category of thread-waisted wasps. Both of the traditional definitions of the Sphecidae (the conservative one, where all the sphecoid wasps other than ampulicids and heterogynaids were in a single large family, and the more refined one, where the 7 large sphecid subfamilies were each elevated to family rank) have recently been shown to be paraphyletic, and the most recent classification is closer to the conservative scheme; the families Heterogynaidae and Ampulicidae are the sister taxa to what are now two families (instead of one), the Sphecidae and Crabronidae. Thus, the bulk of the sphecoid wasps are now placed in Crabronidae, and Sphecidae per se is a much more restricted concept, equivalent to what used to be the subfamily Sphecinae. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (993x950, 536 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Sphecidae Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (993x950, 536 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Sphecidae Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create... Pierre André Latreille. ... --69. ... Suborder Symphyta Apocrita See text for families. ... Species of Sphex numerous Sphex is a genus of insects in the Family Sphecidae, order Hymenoptera. ... Mud dauber is a name commonly applied to a number of wasps from the family Sphecidae that build their nests from mud. ... Paraphyletic - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Genera Ampulex Aphelotoma Dolichurus Paradolichurus Riekefella Trirogma The Ampulicidae, or Cockroach wasps, is a small (approx. ... Genera Many, see text Crabronidae (Latreille, 1802) is a family of wasps. ...

The biology of the Sphecidae, even under the restricted definition, is still fairly diverse; some sceliphrines even display rudimentary forms of sociality, and some sphecines rear multiple larvae in a single large brood cell. Many nest in pre-existing cavities, or dig simple burrows in the soil, but there are also species which construct free-standing nests of mud and even (in one genus) resin. All are predatory, but the type of prey ranges from spiders to various dictyopterans or orthopteroids to caterpillars (of either Lepidoptera or other Hymenoptera). Diversity 111 families, 40,000 species Suborders Mesothelae Mygalomorphae Araneomorphae  See Table of Families Wikispecies has information related to: Spiders A South American Argiope Spiders are predatory invertebrate animals with two body segments, eight legs, no chewing mouth parts and no wings. ... Orders Blattaria (cockroaches) Mantodea (mantids) Dictyoptera includes two groups of insects, the Blattaria (cockroaches) and the Mantodea (mantids, or praying mantises). ... Super Families Butterflies Hesperioidea Papilionoidea Moths Micropterigoidea Heterobathmioidea Eriocranioidea Acanthopteroctetoidea Lophocoronoidea Neopseustoidea Mnesarchaeoidea Hepialoidea Nepticuloidea Incurvarioidea Palaephatoidea Tischeriodea Simaethistoidea Tineoidea Gracillarioidea Yponomeutoidea Gelechioidea Zygaenoidea Sesioidea Cossoidea Tortricoidea Choreutoida Urodoidea Galacticoidea Schreckensteinioidea Epermenioidea Pterophoroidea Aluctoidea Immoidea Axioidea Hyblaeoidea Thyridoidea Whalleyanoidea Pyraloidea Mimallonoidea Lasiocampoidea Geometroidea Drepanoidea Bombycoidea Calliduloidae Hedyloidea Noctuoidea Families About... Suborders Apocrita Symphyta Many families, see article Hymenoptera is one of the larger orders of Insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. ...

Subgroups

• Subfamily Ammophilinae
• Ammophila
• Podalonia, etc
• Subfamily Sceliphrinae
• Chlorion
• Sceliphron
• Stangeella, etc
• Subfamily Sphecinae
• Chilosphex
• Isodontia
• Palmodes
• Prionyx
• Sphex, etc

Ammophila arenaria Marram grass is a species of grass growing almost exclusively on sand dunes, where rhizomes on its extensive root system allow it to add nitrates to a very arid and wind swept ecosystem. ... Diversity About 30 species Sceliphron is a genus of Hymenoptera of the Sphecidae family, commonly referred to as mud daubers. ... Species of Sphex numerous Sphex is a genus of insects in the Family Sphecidae, order Hymenoptera. ...

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Sphecidae

• Catalog of Sphecidae at Cal Academy
• Biology of Australian Sphecidae
• Image Gallery