Sphex dorsalis

Sphex dorsalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
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.

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

References

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

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