Family Sphecidae Latreille 1802 (digger wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Sphecidae

Alternative spelling: Sphegidae

Full reference: P. A. Latreille. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes, Tome Troisième 1-467

Parent taxon: Apoidea according to M. Sann et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Allommationidae, Ammoplanidae, Ampulicidae, Angarosphecidae, Anthophila, Astatidae, Bembicidae, Burmasphecidae, Cirrosphecidae, Crabronidae, Dasypodaidae, Heterogynaidae, Pemphredonidae, Philanthidae, Psenidae, Spheciellidae, Trigampulex, Mellinidae

Subtaxa: none

Type: Sphex

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of Croatia (1 collection), Germany (2), Italy (1), Spain (1)

• Oligocene of France (1), Germany (1)

• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (3: Colorado, Washington)

• Cretaceous of France (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 17 collections including 20 occurrences

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