Sphex dorsalis

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]

Sphex dorsalis
Scientific classification
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 chlorargyricus A. Costa, 1862 Sphex dubitatus Cresson, 1873 Sphex micans Taschenberg, 1869 Sphex singularis F. Smith, 1856 Sphex spiniger Kohl, 1890

Both the male and female Sphex dorsalis average around 19 mm 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. "Discover Life, Sphex dorsalis Lepeletier, 1845". Retrieved 18 July 2018.
4. "GBIF, Sphex dorsalis". Retrieved 18 July 2018.

Further reading

• Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
• Sharkey, M.J. (2007). Phylogeny and Classification of Hymenoptera. Zootaxa. 309. pp. 13–48.
• Sharkey, M.J.; Carpenter, J.M.; Vilhelmsen, L. (2012). "Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera". Cladistics. 28 (1): 80–112.