Sphex dorsalis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Sphecidae |
| Genus: | Sphex |
| Species: | S. dorsalis
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| Sphex dorsalis Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845
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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
[edit]- ^ "Sphex dorsalis Species Information". BugGuide. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ^ "Sphex dorsalis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Discover Life, Sphex dorsalis Lepeletier, 1845". Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ^ "GBIF, Sphex dorsalis". Retrieved 18 July 2018.
Further reading
[edit]- 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.
- Sharkey, M.J. (2007). "Phylogeny and Classification of Hymenoptera". Zootaxa. 309: 13–48.
- Sharkey, M.J.; Carpenter, J.M.; Vilhelmsen, L. (2012). "Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera". Cladistics. 28 (1): 80–112. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2011.00366.x. PMID 34861753. S2CID 33628659.
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