Sphictostethus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Pompilidae |
| Subfamily: | Pepsinae |
| Genus: | Sphictostethus Kohl, 1884 |
| Type species | |
| Sphictostethus gravesii (Haliday, 1837)
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Sphictostethus is a genus of pepsine spider wasps which has a dispersed southern Pacific distribution which encompasses Chile, eastern Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand, and is very similar to the distribution of the southern beeches of the genus Nothofagus.[1] The type species is , but the genus's greatest diversity is in Australia, especially in the more humid and temperate south east, with one species, , endemic to Lord Howe Island.[2]
Species[]
The species in the genus Sphictostethus include:[2]
- (Turner, 1914)
- Harris 1987
- (Turner, 1915)
- Krogmann & Austin 2011
- (Guérin, 1830)
- (Fabricus 1775)
- Krogmann & Austin 2011
- Krogmann & Austin 2011
- (Haliday, 1837)
- Krogmann & Austin 2011
- (Smith, 1868)
- Krogmann & Austin 2011
- (Kohl, 1905)
- Krogmann & Austin 2011
- Sphictostethus nitidus Fabricius 1775 golden hunter wasp
- (Sielfeld, 1973)
- Krogmann & Austin 2011
- (Kohl, 1905)
- Krogmann & Austin 2011
- (Turner, 1915)
- (Spinola, 1851)
- Krogmann & Austin 2011
References[]
- ^ Harris, A. C. 1987: Pompilidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Fauna of New Zealand [no.] 12. ISBN 0-477-02501-3
- ^ a b Krogmann, L. & Austin, A.D. 2011 Systematic revision of the spider wasp genus Sphictostethus Kohl (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae: Pepsinae) in Australia with description of nine new species Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie 4 105–128,
Categories:
- Hymenoptera genera
- Pepsinae