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Cicada Killers

Sphecius Dahlbom 1843

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Sphecius Dahlbom 1843
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Sphecius
Genus recognized by Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico, Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, Australia Species List, Canada Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Madagascar Species List, Peru Species List, Zimbabwe Species List, Argentina Species List, Mexico Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, NCBI, United States Species List, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Global Biotic Interactions, iNaturalist data coverage, Wikipedia (inferred records), and GGBN data coverage
Sphecius Dahlbom 1843
Genus recognized by GBIF classification, Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, GBIF data coverage, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Alternative Names

Hogardia Dufour 1841
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Hogardia Lepeletier 1845
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Nothosphecius Pate 1936
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Sphecienus Patton 1879
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Larra antennata Klug 1845
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Sphecius antennatus (Morice 1911)
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Sphecius nigricornis (Kokujev 1909)
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Sphecius speciosus Drury 1773
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Sphecius speciosus Dahlbom, 1843)
Stizus nigricornis Dufour 1841
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification
Stizus vespiformis Latreille 1818
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Vespa tricincta Fabricius 1775
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification
Hogardia Dufour 1841
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Hogardia Dufour 1841
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Hogardia Dufour 1841
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Hogardia Lepeletier 1845
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Hogardia Lepeletier 1845
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Hogardia Lepeletier 1845
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Nothosphecius Pate 1936
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Nothosphecius Pate 1936
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Nothosphecius Pate 1936
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Sphecienus Patton 1879
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Sphecienus Patton 1879
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Sphecienus Patton 1879
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Sphecius
Harvest ancestor according to EOL authors, GBIF national node type records UK, iNaturalist, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, Sting Pain literature, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Flickr Group

Common Names

English

Cicada Killers preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arabic

دبور قاتل الزير preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

دبور قاتل الزير preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Curated hierarchies for Sphecius Dahlbom 1843

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Pancrustacea
Hexapoda
Insecta
Pterygota
Neoptera
Endopterygota
Hymenoptera
Apocrita
Aculeata
Apoidea
Crabronidae
Bembicinae Latreille 1802
Bembicini Latreille 1802
Spheciina Nemkov & Ohl 2011
Sphecius Dahlbom 1843 (this page)
Sphecius antennatus (Klug 1845)
Sphecius citrinus Arnold 1929
Sphecius claripennis Morice 1911
Sphecius conicus (Germar 1817)
Sphecius convallis Patton 1879
Sphecius grandidieri (de Saussure 1887)
Sphecius grandis (Say 1823)
Sphecius hemixanthopterus Morice 1911
Sphecius hogardii (Latreille 1806)
Sphecius intermedius Handlirsch 1895
Sphecius lutescens (Radoszkowski 1877)
Sphecius malayanus Handlirsch 1895
Sphecius milleri R. Turner 1915
Sphecius nigricornis (Dufour 1838)
Sphecius pectoralis (F. Smith 1856)
Sphecius persa Gussakovskij 1933
Sphecius quartinae Gribodo 1884
Sphecius schulthessi Roth 1951
Sphecius speciosus (Drury 1773)
Sphecius spectabilis (Taschenberg 1875)
Sphecius uljanini (Radoszkowski 1877)
Ammatomus A. Costa 1859
Kohlia Handlirsch 1895
Tanyoprymnus Cameron 1905

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apoidea
Crabronidae Latreille 1802
Bembicinae Latreille 1802
Bembicini Latreille 1802
Spheciina Nemkov & Ohl 2011
Sphecius Dahlbom 1843 (this page)
Sphecius antennatus (Klug 1845)
Sphecius citrinus Arnold 1929
Sphecius claripennis Morice 1911
Sphecius conicus (Germar 1817)
Sphecius convallis Patton 1879
Sphecius grandidieri (de Saussure 1887)
Sphecius grandis (Say 1823)
Sphecius hemixanthopterus Morice 1911
Sphecius hogardii (Latreille 1806)
Sphecius intermedius Handlirsch 1895
Sphecius lutescens (Radoszkowski 1877)
Sphecius malayanus Handlirsch 1895
Sphecius milleri R. Turner 1915
Sphecius nigricornis (Dufour 1838)
Sphecius pectoralis (F. Smith 1856)
Sphecius persa Gussakovskij 1933
Sphecius quartinae Gribodo 1884
Sphecius schulthessi Roth 1951
Sphecius speciosus (Drury 1773)
Sphecius spectabilis (Taschenberg 1875)
Sphecius uljanini (Radoszkowski 1877)
Ammatomus A. Costa 1859
Kohlia Handlirsch 1895
Tanyoprymnus Cameron 1905

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Sphecius Dahlbom 1843 (this page)
Sphecius antennatus (Klug 1845)
Sphecius citrinus Arnold 1929
Sphecius claripennis Morice 1911
Sphecius conicus (Germar 1817)
Sphecius convallis Patton 1879
Sphecius grandidieri (de Saussure 1887)
Sphecius grandis (Say 1823)
Sphecius hemixanthopterus Morice 1911
Sphecius hogardii (Latreille 1806)
Sphecius intermedius Handlirsch 1895
Sphecius lutescens (Radoszkowski 1877)
Sphecius malayanus Handlirsch 1895
Sphecius milleri R. Turner 1915
Sphecius nigricornis (Dufour 1838)
Sphecius pectoralis (F. Smith 1856)
Sphecius persa Gussakovskij 1933
Sphecius quartinae Gribodo 1884
Sphecius schulthessi Roth 1951
Sphecius speciosus (Drury 1773)
Sphecius spectabilis (Taschenberg 1875)
Sphecius uljanini (Radoszkowski 1877)
Ammatomus A. Costa 1859
Kohlia Handlirsch 1895
Tanyoprymnus Cameron 1905

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
Arthropoda
Pancrustacea
Hexapoda
Insecta
Pterygota
Neoptera
Endopterygota
Hymenoptera
Apocrita
Aculeata
Apoidea
Crabronidae
Sphecius (this page)
Sphecius antennatus (Klug 1845)
Sphecius citrinus Arnold 1929
Sphecius claripennis Morice 1911
Sphecius conicus (Germar 1817)
Sphecius convallis (Patton 1879)
Sphecius grandidieri (de Saussure 1887)
Sphecius grandis (Say 1823)
Sphecius hemixanthopterus Morice 1911
Sphecius hogardii (Latreille 1806)
Sphecius intermedius Handlirsch 1895
Sphecius lutescens (Radoszkowski 1877)
Sphecius malayanus Handlirsch 1896
Sphecius milleri R. Turner 1915
Sphecius nigricornis (Dufour 1838)
Sphecius pectoralis (F. Smith 1856)
Sphecius persa Gussakovskij 1933
Sphecius quartinae Gribodo 1884
Sphecius schulthessi Roth 1951
Sphecius speciosus Dahlbom 1843
Sphecius spectabilis (Taschenberg 1875)
Sphecius uljanini (Radoszkowski 1877)
Acanthocausus
Aha
Alinia
Allostigmus
Ammoplanellus
Ammopsen
Antomartinezius
Aphilanthops
Aroliagorytes
Auchenophorus
Aulacophilus
Austrogorytes
Aykhustigmus
Belomicroides
Belomicrus
Bembecinus
Bembix
Bicyrtes
Bothynostethus
Brachystegus
Burmastatus
Carinostigmus
Ceratostigmus
Cerceris
Chilostictia
Chimila
Clitemnestra
Crabro
Cresson
Dasyproctus
Deinomimesa
Didineis
Diodontus
Diploplectron
Dryudella
Ectemnius
Epinysson
Eupliloides
Foxia
Gastrosericus
Gessus
Gorytes
Guichardus
Harpactostigma
Harpactus
Hingstoniola
Huacrabro
Huavea
Hyponysson
Idionysson
Isorhopalum
Kohlia
Larropsis
Leclercqia
Lestica
Leurogorytes
Liogorytes
Llaqhastigmus
Megalara
Mesopalarus
Microstictia
Microstigmus
Mimesa
Moniaecera
Nippononysson
Odontocrabro
Odontopsen
Odontosphex
Oxybelomorpha
Parammoplanus
Parapiagetia
Pericrabro
Perisson
Pisoxylon
Piyumoides
Podagritus
Protostigmus
Pseudomicroides
Pseudoscolia
Pulverro
Quexua
Rubrica
Sanaviron
Scapheutes
Selman
Solierella
Stethogorytes
Stictia
Tachysphex
Tachytella
Tiguipa
Trachypus
Tretogorytes
Trichogorytes
Trypoxylon
Tsunekiola
Xerogorytes
Xysma
Zutrhopalum
Zyzzyx
147 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Sphecius Dahlbom 1843 (this page)
Sphecius antennatus (Klug 1845)
Sphecius citrinus Arnold 1929
Sphecius claripennis Morice 1911
Sphecius conicus (Germar 1817)
Sphecius convallis Patton 1879
Sphecius grandidieri (de Saussure 1887)
Sphecius grandis (Say 1823)
Sphecius hemixanthopterus Morice 1911
Sphecius hogardii (Latreille 1806)
Sphecius intermedius Handlirsch 1895
Sphecius lutescens (Radoszkowski 1877)
Sphecius malayanus Handlirsch 1895
Sphecius milleri R. Turner 1915
Sphecius nigricornis (Dufour 1838)
Sphecius pectoralis (F. Smith 1856)
Sphecius persa Gussakovskij 1933
Sphecius quartinae Gribodo 1884
Sphecius schulthessi Roth 1951
Sphecius speciosus (Drury 1773)
Sphecius spectabilis (Taschenberg 1875)
Sphecius uljanini (Radoszkowski 1877)
Ammatomus A. Costa 1859
Kohlia Handlirsch 1895
Tanyoprymnus Cameron 1905

GBIF classification

Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Crabronidae
Sphecius Dahlbom 1843 (this page)
Sphecius antennatus (Klug 1845)
Sphecius citrinus Arnold 1929
Sphecius claripennis Morice 1911
Sphecius conicus (Germar 1817)
Sphecius convallis (Patton 1879)
Sphecius grandidieri (de Saussure 1887)
Sphecius grandis (Say 1823)
Sphecius hemixanthopterus Morice 1911
Sphecius hogardii (Latreille 1806)
Sphecius intermedius Handlirsch 1895
Sphecius lutescens (Radoszkowski 1877)
Sphecius malayanus Handlirsch 1896
Sphecius milleri R. Turner 1915
Sphecius nigricornis (Dufour 1838)
Sphecius pectoralis (F. Smith 1856)
Sphecius persa Gussakovskij 1933
Sphecius quartinae Gribodo 1884
Sphecius schulthessi Roth 1951
Sphecius speciosus Dahlbom 1843
Sphecius spectabilis (Taschenberg 1875)
Sphecius uljanini (Radoszkowski 1877)
Acanthostethus Smith 1869
Alinia Antropov 1993
Alysson Panzer 1806
Anacrabro Packard 1866
Argogorytes Ashmead 1899
Arnoldita Pate 1948
Astata Latreille 1796
Auchenophorus R. Turner 1907
Belarnoldus Antropov 2007
Belokohlus Antropov 2007
Belomicrinus Antropov 2000
Belomicroides Kohl 1899
Belomicrus A. Costa 1871
Bembix Fabricius 1775
Brimocelus Arnold 1927
Chimila Pate 1944
Chimiloides Leclercq 1951
Clitemnestra Spinola 1851
Crabro Fabricius 1775
Crorhopalum Tsuneki 1984
Crossocerus Lep. & Brullé 1835
Dalara Ritsema 1884
Dasyproctus Lepeletier & Brullé 1834
Dicranorhina Shuckard 1840
Diodontus Curtis 1834
Echucoides Leclercq 1957
Ectemnius Dahlbom 1845
Enchemicrum Pate 1929
Encopognathus Kohl 1897
Enoplolindenius Rohwer 1911
Entomocrabro Kohl 1905
Entomognathus Dahlbom 1844
Eupliloides Pate 1946
Foxia Ashmead 1898
Foxita Pate 1942
Gastrosericus Spinola 1839
Gessus Antropov 2001
Guichardus Antropov 2007
Handlirschia Kohl 1897
Harpactus Shuckard 1837
Hingstoniola Turner & Waterston 1926
Holcorhopalum Cameron 1904
Holotachysphex de Beaumont 1940
Huacrabro Leclercq 2000
Isorhopalum Leclercq 1963
Kohliella Brauns 1910
Krombeinictus Leclercq 1996
Larropsis Patton 1892
Leclercqia Tsuneki 1968
Lecrenierus Leclercq 1977
Lestica Billberg 1820
Lindenius Lepeletier & Brullé 1834
Liris Fabricius 1804
Mellinus Fabricius 1790
Mesopalarus Brauns 1899
Microbembex Patton 1879
Minicrabro Leclercq 2003
Minimicroides Antropov 2000
Moniaecera Ashmead 1899
Neodasyproctus Arnold 1926
Nesomimesa Perkins 1899
Notocrabro Leclercq 1951
Nototis Arnold 1927
Odontocrabro Tsuneki 1971
Oxybelus Latreille 1796
Pae Pate 1944
Palarus Latreille 1802
Papurus Tsuneki 1983
Paraliris Kohl 1884
Parapiagetia Kohl 1897
Parataruma Kimsey 1982
Pemphredon Latreille 1796
Pericrabro Leclercq 1954
Philanthus Fabricius 1790
Pison Jurine 1808
Piyuma Pate 1944
Piyumoides Leclercq 1963
Podagritoides Leclercq 1957
Podagritus Spinola 1851
Prosopigastra A. Costa 1867
Psen Latreille 1796
Pseudomicroides Antropov 2001
Pseudoscolia Radoszkowski 1876
Pseudoturneria Leclercq 1954
Quexua Pate 1942
Rhopalum Stephens 1829
Sagenista R. Bohart 1967
Spilomena Shuckard 1838
Stictia Illiger 1807
Tachysphex Kohl 1883
Tachytella Brauns 1906
Tachytes Panzer 1806
Tracheliodes A. Morawitz 1866
Trachypus Klug 1810
Tsunekiola Antropov 1986
Vechtia Pate 1944
Williamsita Pate 1947
Wojus Antropov 1999
Xenosphex F. Williams 1954
Zutrhopalum Leclercq 1998
153 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Insecta
Pterygota
Neoptera
Holometabola
Hymenoptera
Apocrita
Aculeata
Apoidea
Crabronidae Latreille 1802
Bembicinae Latreille 1802
Bembicini Latreille 1802
Spheciina Nemkov & Ohl 2011
Sphecius Dahlbom 1843 (this page)
Sphecius antennatus (Klug 1845)
Sphecius citrinus Arnold 1929
Sphecius claripennis Morice 1911
Sphecius conicus (Germar 1817)
Sphecius convallis Patton 1879
Sphecius grandidieri (de Saussure 1887)
Sphecius grandis (Say 1823)
Sphecius hemixanthopterus Morice 1911
Sphecius hogardii (Latreille 1806)
Sphecius intermedius Handlirsch 1895
Sphecius lutescens (Radoszkowski 1877)
Sphecius malayanus Handlirsch 1895
Sphecius milleri R. Turner 1915
Sphecius nigricornis (Dufour 1838)
Sphecius pectoralis (F. Smith 1856)
Sphecius persa Gussakovskij 1933
Sphecius quartinae Gribodo 1884
Sphecius schulthessi Roth 1951
Sphecius speciosus (Drury 1773)
Sphecius spectabilis (Taschenberg 1875)
Sphecius uljanini (Radoszkowski 1877)
Ammatomus A. Costa 1859
Kohlia Handlirsch 1895
Tanyoprymnus Cameron 1905

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
Arthropoda
Mandibulata
Pancrustacea
Hexapoda
Insecta
Dicondylia
Pterygota
Neoptera
Holometabola
Hymenoptera
Apocrita
Aculeata
Apoidea
Spheciformes
Crabronidae
Bembicinae
Bembicini
Handlirschiina
Sphecius (this page)
Sphecius antennatus
Sphecius conicus
Sphecius convallis
Sphecius grandis
Sphecius hogardii
Sphecius speciosus
Sphecius spectabilis
Ammatomus
Tanyoprymnus

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Insecta
Dicondylia
Pterygota
Metapterygota
Neoptera
Eumetabola
Endopterygota
Hymenoptera
Apocrita
Aculeata
Apoidea
Spheciformes
Crabronidae
Bembicinae
Bembicini
Handlirschiina
Sphecius (this page)
Sphecius antennatus
Sphecius conicus
Sphecius convallis
Sphecius grandis
Sphecius hogardii
Sphecius lutescens
Sphecius nigricornis
Sphecius pectoralis
Sphecius persa
Sphecius uljanini
Handlirschia
Kohlia
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