Family

Sphecidae (Thread-waisted wasps)

Sphex ichneumoneus. Photo: (c) Alan Wells, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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The Sphecidae are a cosmopolitan family of parasitoidal wasps that includes sand wasps, mud daubers, and other thread-waisted wasps.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Hymenoptera (Ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies)
        Suborder: Apocrita (Narrow-waisted wasps, ants, and bees)
        Infraorder: Aculeata (Ants, bees, and stinging wasps)
        Superfamily: Apoidea (Bees and apoid wasps)
        Family: Sphecidae (Thread-waisted wasps)
        Subfamily: Sceliphrinae (Mud-dauber wasps and allies) (2)
        Subfamily: Sphecinae (3)

Subtaxa

Subfamily: Sceliphrinae (Mud-dauber wasps and allies)

Subfamily: Sphecinae

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