Biology:Sphex dorsalis

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Short description: Species of wasp

Sphex dorsalis
Sphex dorsalis.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
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 singularis Sphex chlorargyricus
  • A. Costa, 1862 Cresson, 1873
  • F. Smith, 1856 Sphex spiniger
  • Sphex micans Kohl, 1890
  • Sphex dubitatus Taschenberg, 1869

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

Further reading

  • 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. 
  • 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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q10820538 entry