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Sphex

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Sphecidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Sphex Linnaeus p. 569
1761Sphex Linnaeus p. 411
1763Sphex Scopoli p. 290
1764Sphex Müller p. 72
1766Sphex Schaeffer
1767Sphex Linnaeus p. 941
1770Sphex Drury
1771Sphex Forster p. 85
1775Sphex Fabricius p. 346
1776Sphex Müller p. 160
1780Sphex Harris p. 95
1796Sphex Latreille p. 115
1798Sphex Fabricius p. 211
1802Sphex Latreille p. 332
1936Sphex Statz p. 284
1992Sphex Carpenter
2014Sphex Pulawski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
Aculeata()
superfamilyApoidea
familySphecidae()
subfamilySphecinae
tribeSphecini
genusSphex

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Sphex Linnaeus 1758
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Sphex bischoffi Zeuner 1931
Sphex gigantea Heer 1867
Sphex obscura Statz 1936
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Sarmatian or 27.30000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) S. obscura (122010)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Germany (Wurttemberg) S. bischoffi (113752)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Croatia S. gigantea (117250)