Sphex dorsalis

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Sphex dorsalis
File:Sphex dorsalis.jpg
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Sphecidae
Genus: Sphex
Species:
S. dorsalis
Binomial name
Sphex dorsalis
Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845
Synonyms
  • Sphex singularis Sphex chlorargyricus
  • A. Costa, 1862 Cresson, 1873
  • F. Smith, 1856 Sphex spiniger
  • Sphex micans Kohl, 1890
  • Sphex dubitatus Taschenberg, 1869

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.[1][2][3][4] Both the male and female Sphex dorsalis average around 19 millimetres (0.75 in) in length.[3]

References

  1. "Sphex dorsalis Species Information". BugGuide. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  2. "Sphex dorsalis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Discover Life, Sphex dorsalis Lepeletier, 1845". Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  4. "GBIF, Sphex dorsalis". Retrieved 18 July 2018.

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