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Sphex lucae

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Sphex lucae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Sphecidae
Subfamily: Sphecinae
Genus: Sphex
Species:
S. lucae
Binomial name
Sphex lucae
Synonyms[1]
  • Sphex belfragei Cresson, 1873
  • Fernaldina lucae Bohart & Menke, 1963

Sphex lucae is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae.[1][2][3][4] Sphex lucae is predominantly found in western North America,[5] but specimens have also been collected in Georgia and Florida.[6]: 34 Entomologist Henry T. Fernald described this wasp as: "Body rather slender; the head and thorax black; the abdomen black to red, the two colors variously mingled in different examples, the males being generally much darker than the females; wings varying from yellowish hyaline with a fuliginous tinge to deep fuliginous with a violet reflection; legs dark ferruginous to black."[7] Richard M. Bohart and Arnold S. Menke proposed moving this wasp to the monotypic genus Fernaldina.[6] The main body of research on this wasp prior to 1965 regarded its propensity for communal roosting on plants.[6]: 34 

References

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  1. ^ a b "Sphex lucae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ "Sphex lucae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ Pulawski, Wojciech J. "Catalog of Sphecidae". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  4. ^ "Observations". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
  5. ^ a b c Cazier, Mont A.; Mortenson, Martin A. (January 1965). "Studies on the Bionomics of Sphecoid Wasps. VI. Fernaldina lucae (Hymenoptera : Sphecidae)". The Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 41 (1). California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: Pacific Coast Entomological Society: 34–43 – via Internet Archive.
  6. ^ Fernald, Henry T. (1906). "The digger wasps of North America and the West Indies belonging to the subfamily Chlorioninae". Washington, D.C.: U.S. National Museum. pp. 365–367. hdl:2027/mdp.39076000786447. No. 1487 – via HathiTrust. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.