Sphex jamaicensis

Sphex jamaicensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Sphecidae
Genus:	Sphex
Species:	S. jamaicensis
Binomial name
Sphex jamaicensis (Drury, 1773)
Synonyms [1]
Sphex aurulentus Guérin-Méneville, 1835 Sphex ichneumoneus fulviventris Guérin-Méneville, 1844 Sphex lanierii Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845 Sphex ornatus Drury, 1773 Vespa jamaicensis Kohl, 1890

Sphex jamaicensis is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae. ^{[1] [2] [3]} It is found in Florida, Cuba (including Isla de la Juventud), the Bahamas, and Jamaica. ^[4]

ITIS Taxonomic notes:

• "Sphex jamaicensis (Drury, 1773) (originally in Vespa) is apparently a senior secondary homonym of Sphex jamaicensis Fabricius, 1775 (though these two have apparently never been treated as congeneric)." ^[1]
• "Sphex jamaicensis Fabricius, 1775 is apparently a junior secondary homonym of Sphex jamaicensis (Drury, 1773) (originally in Vespa) (though these two have apparently never been treated as congeneric)." ^[1]

References

1. "Sphex jamaicensis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-31. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
2. "Sphex jamaicensis species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
3. "Sphex jamaicensis". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
4. "Sphex jamaicensis Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-31.

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN   0-8493-0212-9.
• Eaton, Eric; Kaufman, Kenn (2006). Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN   978-0618153107.
• Krombein, Karl V.; Hurd Jr., Paul D. Jr.; Smith, David R.; Burks, B.D., eds. (1979). "Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico". Smithsonian Institution Press. Retrieved 2018-03-31.

External links

• Media related to Sphex jamaicensis at Wikimedia Commons