Sphex Linnaeus 1758 (digger wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Sphecidae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Parent taxon: Sphecini according to W. J. Pulawski 2014

See also Carpenter 1992, Drury 1770, Fabricius 1775, Fabricius 1798, Forster 1771, Harris 1780, Latreille 1796, Latreille 1802, Linnaeus 1758, Linnaeus 1761, Linnaeus 1767, Müller 1764, Müller 1776, Schaeffer 1766, Scopoli 1763 and Statz 1936

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Sphex bischoffi Sphex gigantea Sphex obscura

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of Croatia (1 collection), Germany (1)

• Oligocene of Germany (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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