SPHECIDAE Latreille, 1802
(a family of solitary wasps)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Ammophila sand wasps					Genus	1 subtaxa	12 images
Isodontia mexicana Grass-carrying Wasp					Species			1 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Family	SPHECIDAE (a family of solitary wasps)
Superfamily	APOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)
Infraorder	Aculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
Suborder	APOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
Order	HYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

SPHECIDAE is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Berland, L.	1925	* Hyménoptères Vespiformes I (Sphegidae, Pompilidae, Scoliidae, Sapygidae, Mutillidae) *(Superseded)	Faune de France, Faune No 10, 364pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
	Bitsch, J. & Leclercq, J.	1993	Hymenopteres Sphecidae d’Europe Occidentale (Vol 1)	Faune de France, Faune No 79, 325pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
	Bitsch, J. et al	2007	Hymenopteres Sphecidae d’Europe Occidentale (2nd edition)	Faune de France, Faune No 86, 2nd editon edition, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
	Bitsch, J., Barbier, Y., Gayubo, S.F., Schmidt, K. & Ohl, M.	1997	Hymenopteres Sphecidae d’Europe Occidentale (Vol 2)	Faune de France, Faune No 82, 429pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
	Dollfus, H.	1991	Bestimmungsschlussel der Grabwespen Nord- und Zentraleuropas	Stapfia Vol 24: 1-247.
	Falk, S.		Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, ants and relatives)	www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/collections/72157629294459686/
	Lomholdt, O.	1984	The Sphecidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark	Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 4, 2nd edition edition, 452pp, Scandinavian Science Press
	Pagliano, G. & Negrisolo, E.	2005	Hymenoptera, Sphecidae	Fauna D'Italia, Vol 40, 560pp

SPHECIDAE (a family of solitary wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

APOIDEA
(solitary and hive bees)

Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)

APOCRITA
(bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN

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BioInfo

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