Sphecinae

Sphecinae
Sphex ichneumoneus on milkweed
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Sphecidae
Subfamily:	Sphecinae
Genera
See text

Sphecinae is a subfamily of the digger wasp family Sphecidae.¹

It contains the following genera:¹

• Chilosphex Menke in R. Bohart and Menke, 1976
• Palmodes Kohl, 1890
• Prionyx Vander Linden, 1827

• Isodontia Patton, 1880
• Sphex Linnaeus, 1758

• Stangeella Menke, 1962

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  Sphex funerarius dragging prey, a bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera to provision its nest
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  Larva of Isodontia sp. found in twig nest with katydid prey