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HYMENOPTERA :: Sphecidae :: Sphecinae

Sphex Linnaeus, 1758

Sphex argentatus Fabricius, 1787

Sphex diabolicus Smith, 1858

Sphex sericeus (Fabricius, 1804)

Sphex subtruncatus Dahlbom, 1843

Biology

Prey on Acrididae, Gryllidae, and Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera).

Map

GBIF.org (4 February 2026) GBIF Occurrence Download https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.fxt6r2

Sources

 

Barthélémy C & Guénard B. 2025. An annotated and illustrated checklist of Hong Kong aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera: Apoid wasps; Pompilioidea; Scolioidea; Thynnoidea; Tiphioidea; Vespoidea; Chrysidoidea). Insecta Mundi 1115: 1–230.



Funded by the Environment and Conservation Fund.  Alexey Reshchikov et al (2026) Hong Kong Wasps Project (HKWP). Retrieved at https://www.hkwasps.com
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