Insecta - Hymenoptera - Sphecidae
Alternative spelling: Sphegidae
Full reference: P. A. Latreille. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. 3:1-467
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, Temnogynidae, 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