Caribbean Digger Wasp

Sphex jamaicensis

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Sphecidae

Sphex jamaicensis is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae. It is found in Florida, Cuba (including Isla de la Juventud), the Bahamas, and Jamaica. ITIS Taxonomic notes: "Sphex jamaicensis (Drury, 1773) (originally in Vespa) is apparently a senior secondary homonym of Sphex jamaicensis Fabricius, 1775 (though these two have apparently never been treated as congeneric)."

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 115Cuba · 11

Sources and credits

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Caribbean Digger Wasp

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