| Sphex flavovestitus | |
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| S. flavovestitus pollinating Monarda | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Sphecidae |
| Subfamily: | Sphecinae |
| Genus: | Sphex |
| Species: | S. flavovestitus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphex flavovestitus F. Smith, 1856 | |
Sphex flavovestitus is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae. [1] [2] [3] [4]
These two subspecies belong to the species Sphex flavovestitus:
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