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).

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.