Sphyxes [1] [2] ( Sphex ) - the genus of burrowing wasps ( Sphecidae ), distributed throughout the world, including about 120 species.
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Description
Length 1.5-3.5 cm. Coloring black, in some species the front part of the abdomen is red. The wings are darkened and have a dark edge. Females have partially red legs.
They hunt for insects (catching locusts, grasshoppers and crickets), which are killed or paralyzed, and then transferred to a nest where they feed their larvae. Nest in the soil.
Distribution
Holarctic : North Africa , southern Europe , east up to Mongolia. The northern border of distribution passes in Germany, an isolated population is found on the island of Gotland and is the only one in Scandinavia. There are about 10 species in the Nearctic [3] . Palearctic : 19 species, Nearctic : 13, Neotropics : 31, Afrotropics : 30, Indomalaysia: 22, Australasia + Oceania : 34 species [4] .
Systematics
The type species Sphex flavipennis Fabricius , 1793 is designated by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1946: 571).
Synonymy
- Sphaex Scopoli, 1772: 122
- Ammobia Billberg, 1820: 105
- Proterosphex Fernald, 1905: 163
- Fernaldina Bohart & Menke, 1963: 130
List of Species
Among approximately 120 species: [4]
- Sphex abyssinicus (Arnold, 1928)
- Sphex ahasverus (Kohl, 1890)
- Sphex alacer (Kohl, 1895)
- Sphex antennatus (F. Smith, 1856)
- Sphex argentatissimus Dörfel & Ohl, 2015
- Sphex argentatus Fabricius, 1787
- Sphex argentinus Taschenberg, 1869
- Sphex ashmeadi (Fernald, 1906)
- Sphex atropilosus Kohl, 1885
- Sphex basilicus (R. Turner, 1915)
- Sphex bilobatus Kohl, 1895
- Sphex bohemanni dahlbom , 1845
- Sphex brachystomus Kohl, 1890
- Sphex brasilianus Saussure, 1867
- Sphex brevipetiolus Dörfel & Ohl, 2015
- Sphex caelebs Dörfel & Ohl, 2015
- Sphex caeruleanus Drury, 1773
- Sphex caliginosus Erichson, 1849
- Sphex camposi Campos, 1922
- Sphex carbonicolor Van der Vecht, 1973
- Sphex castaneipes Dahlbom, 1843
- Sphex cinerascens Dahlbom, 1843
- Sphex cognatus F. Smith, 1856
- Sphex confrater Kohl, 1890
- Sphex corporosus Dörfel & Ohl, 2015
- Sphex cristi Genaro in Genaro & Juarrero, 2000
- Sphex cubensis (Fernald, 1906)
- Sphex darwinensis R. Turner, 1912
- Sphex decipiens Kohl, 1895
- Sphex decoratus F. Smith, 1873
- Sphex deplanatus Kohl, 1895
- Sphex diabolicus F. Smith, 1858
- Sphex dorsalis Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845
- Sphex dorycus Guérin-Méneville, 1838
- Sphex ephippium F. Smith, 1856
- Sphex ermineus Kohl, 1890
- Sphex erythrinus (Guiglia, 1939)
- Sphex ferrugineipes W. Fox, 1897
- Sphex finschii Kohl, 1890
- Sphex flammeus Dörfel & Ohl, 2015
- Sphex flavipennis Fabricius, 1793
- Sphex flavovestitus F. Smith, 1856
- Sphex formosellus Van der Vecht, 1957
- Sphex fortunatus Dörfel & Ohl, 2015
- Sphex fumicatus Christ, 1791
- Sphex fumipennis F. Smith, 1856
- Sphex funerarius Gussakovskij, 1934 (= Sphex maxillosus )
- Sphex gaullei Berland, 1927
- Sphex gilberti R. Turner, 1908
- Sphex gisteli Strand, 1916
- Sphex gracilis Dörfel & Ohl, 2015
- Sphex guatemalensis Cameron, 1888
- Sphex habenus Say, 1832
- Sphex haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1781
- Sphex hirtipes Fabricius, 1793
- Sphex ichneumoneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Sphex imporcatus Dörfel & Ohl, 2015
- Sphex incomptus Gerstaecker, 1871
- Sphex ingens F. Smith, 1856
- Sphex inusitatus Yasumatsu, 1935
- Sphex jamaicensis (Drury, 1773)
- Sphex jansei Cameron, 1910
- Sphex jucundus Dörfel & Ohl, 2015
- Sphex kolthoffi Gussakovskij, 1938
- Sphex lanatus Mocsáry, 1883
- Sphex latilobus Dörfel & Ohl, 2015
- Sphex latreillei Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1831
- Sphex latro Erichson, 1849
- Sphex leuconotus Brullé, 1833
- Sphex libycus Beaumont, 1956
- Sphex lucae saussure , 1867
- Sphex luctuosus F. Smith, 1856
- Sphex madasummae Van der Vecht, 1973
- Sphex malagassus saussure, 1890
- Sphex mandibularis Cresson, 1869
- Sphex maximiliani Kohl, 1890
- Sphex melanocnemis Kohl, 1885
- Sphex melanopus dahlbom, 1843
- Sphex melas Gussakovskij, 1930
- Sphex Mendozanus Brèthes, 1909
- Sphex mimulus R. Turner, 1910
- Sphex mochii Giordani Soika, 1942
- Sphex modestus F. Smith, 1856
- Sphex muticus Kohl, 1885
- Sphex neavei (Arnold, 1928)
- Sphex neoumbrosus Jha & Farooqui, 1996
- Sphex nigrohirtus Kohl, 1895
- Sphex nitidiventris Spinola, 1851
- Sphex nudus Fernald, 1903 - Katydid Wasp
- Sphex observabilis (R. Turner, 1918)
- Sphex opacus dahlbom, 1845
- Sphex optimus F. Smith, 1856
- Sphex oxianus Gussakovskij, 1928
- Sphex paulinierii Guérin-Méneville, 1843
- Sphex pensylvanicus Linnaeus, 1763 - Great Black Wasp
- Sphex permagnus (Willink, 1951)
- Sphex peruanus Kohl, 1890
- Sphex praedator F. Smith, 1858
- Sphex pretiosus Dörfel & Ohl, 2015
- Sphex prosper Kohl, 1890
- Sphex pruinosus Germar, 1817
- Sphex resinipes (Fernald, 1906)
- Sphex resplendens Kohl, 1885
- Sphex rex Hensen, 1991
- Sphex rhodosoma (R. Turner, 1915)
- Sphex rufinervis Pérez, 1985
- Sphex rufiscutis (R. Turner, 1918)
- Sphex rugifer Kohl, 1890
- Sphex satanas Kohl, 1898
- Sphex schoutedeni Kohl, 1913
- Sphex schrottkyi (Bertoni, 1918)
- Sphex semifossulatus Van der Vecht, 1973
- Sphex sericeus (Fabricius, 1804)
- Sphex servillei Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845
- Sphex solomon Hensen, 1991
- Sphex stadelmanni Kohl, 1895
- Sphex staudingeri Gribodo, 1894
- Sphex subhyalinus W. Fox, 1899
- Sphex subtruncatus dahlbom , 1843
- Sphex tanoi Tsuneki, 1974
- Sphex taschenbergi Magretti, 1884
- Sphex tepanecus saussure , 1867
- Sphex texanus cresson, 1873
- Sphex tinctipennis Cameron, 1888
- Sphex tomentosus ( Fabricius , 1787)
- Sphex torridus (F. Smith, 1873)
- Sphex vestitus (F. Smith, 1856)
- Sphex walshae (Hensen, 1991)
- Sphex wilsoni (Hensen, 1991)
Red Book
Some species have become rare and are protected in the regions. For example, Sphex atropilosus (Kohl) is included in the Red Book of the Ulyanovsk Region. [five]
Notes
- ↑ Gornostaev G.N. Insects of the USSR. - Moscow: Thought, 1970 .-- 372 p. - (Reference guides to the geographer and traveler).
- ↑ Striganova B.R. , Zakharov A.A. The Bilingual Dictionary of Animal Names: Insects (Latin-Russian-English-German-French) /Ed. Dr. biol. sciences, prof. B.R. Striganova . - M .: RUSSO, 2000 .-- S. 301. - 1060 copies. - ISBN 5-88721-162-8 .
- ↑ Nomina - Hymenoptera: Sphecidae Archived July 30, 2009.
- ↑ 1 2 Thorleif H. Dörfel, Michael Ohl. A revision of the Australian digger wasps in the genus Sphex (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae) (Eng.) // ZooKeys: Journal. - Sofia: Pensoft Publishers, 2015 .-- Vol. 521. - P. 1-104. - ISSN 1313-2970 .
- ↑ Red Book of the Ulyanovsk Region. (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment March 9, 2010. Archived April 11, 2008.
Literature
- Menke, AS und Pulawski, WJ ( 2000 ). A Review of the Sphex flavipennis Species Group - Journal of Hymenoptera Research: Vol. 9, No. 2: S. 324—346