Sphecius hogardii, the Caribbean cicada killer, is a species of sand wasp in the family Crabronidae. It is found in the Caribbean and North America.[1][2][3][4]

Sphecius hogardii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Crabronidae
Genus: Sphecius
Species:
S. hogardii
Binomial name
Sphecius hogardii
(Latreille, 1806)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hogardia rufescens Lepeletier, 1845
  • Stizus hogardii Latreille, 1806

Subspecies edit

These two subspecies belong to the species Sphecius hogardii:

  • Sphecius hogardii bahamas Krombein, 1953
  • Sphecius hogardii hogardii (Latreille, 1806)

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Sphecius hogardii Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ "Sphecius hogardii". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ Pulawski, Wojciech J. "Catalog of Sphecidae". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading edit