Sphex dorsalis

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Sphex dorsalis
Sphex dorsalis.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Sphecidae
Genus: Sphex
Species:
S. dorsalis
Binomial name
Sphex dorsalis
Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845
Synonyms
  • Sphex chlorargyricus A. Costa, 1862
  • Sphex dubitatus Cresson, 1873
  • Sphex micans Taschenberg, 1869
  • Sphex singularis F. Smith, 1856
  • Sphex spiniger Kohl, 1890

Sphex dorsalis is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae. It is found from the southern United States south to Mexico, Central America, and South America.[1][2][3][4]

Both the male and female Sphex dorsalis average around 19 millimetres (0.75 in) in length.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Sphex dorsalis Species Information". BugGuide. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Sphex dorsalis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Discover Life, Sphex dorsalis Lepeletier, 1845". Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  4. ^ "GBIF, Sphex dorsalis". Retrieved 18 July 2018.

Further reading[edit]

  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  • Sharkey, M.J. (2007). "Phylogeny and Classification of Hymenoptera". Zootaxa. 309: 13–48.
  • Sharkey, M.J.; Carpenter, J.M.; Vilhelmsen, L. (2012). "Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera". Cladistics. 28 (1): 80–112. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2011.00366.x. PMID 34861753. S2CID 33628659.