Sceliphrinae

Sceliphrinae
Chalybion californicum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Sphecidae
Subfamily:	Sceliphrinae Ashmead, 1899

Sceliphrinae is a subfamily of thread-waisted wasps in the family Sphecidae. There are about 6 genera and at least 140 described species in Sceliphrinae.[1][2]

Sceliphron caementarium

Genera

These six genera belong to the subfamily Sceliphrinae:

• Chalybion Dahlbom, 1843^i c g b (blue mud wasps)
• Dynatus Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845^i c g
• Penepodium Menke in R. Bohart and Menke, 1976^i c g
• Podium Fabricius, 1804^i c g b
• Sceliphron Klug, 1801^i c g b
• Trigonopsis Perty, 1833^i c g
• †Hoplisidia Cockerell, 1906
• †Protosceliphron Antropov, 2014

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[3] g = GBIF,[4] b = Bugguide.net[2]

References

1. "Sceliphrinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
2. "Sceliphrinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
3. "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-05-02.
4. "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-05-02.

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.
• 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 2018-05-02.
• Majka, C. (2009). "Thomas L. Casey and Rhode Island". ZooKeys (22): 267–283. Bibcode:2009ZooK...22..267M. doi:10.3897/zookeys.22.93.

External links

• Media related to Sceliphrinae at Wikimedia Commons