| 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 |
| Binomial name | |
| 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.
Both the male and female Sphex dorsalis average around 19 millimetres (0.75 in) in length.
References
- "Sphex dorsalis Species Information". BugGuide. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- "Sphex dorsalis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "Discover Life, Sphex dorsalis Lepeletier, 1845". Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- "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.
- 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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