Distribution
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Southern U. S., Fla. and Ga. to Calif.; Central and South America.
- bibliographic citation
- Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. 1979. Prepared cooperatively by specialists on the various groups of Hymenoptera under the direction of Karl V. Krombein and Paul D. Hurd, Jr., Smithsonian Institution, and David R. Smith and B. D. Burks, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Insect Identification and Beneficial Insect Introduction Institute. Science and Education Administration, United States Department of Agriculture.
General Ecology
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Nests in firm soil, the burrow vertical or nearly so, terminating in one or more cells, each cell stored with 1-3 prey specimens.
- bibliographic citation
- Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. 1979. Prepared cooperatively by specialists on the various groups of Hymenoptera under the direction of Karl V. Krombein and Paul D. Hurd, Jr., Smithsonian Institution, and David R. Smith and B. D. Burks, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Insect Identification and Beneficial Insect Introduction Institute. Science and Education Administration, United States Department of Agriculture.
Comprehensive Description
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Sphex dorsalis Lepeletier
Sphex dorsalis Lepeletier, 1845, p. 347.—Ashmead, 1900, p. 228 (St. Vincent).—Bohart and Menke, 1963, p. 127.
Sphex singularis Smith, 1856, p. 261.—Ashmead, 1900, p. 228 (St. Vincent).
Chlorion (Ammobia) singulare.—Krombein and Evans, 1954, p. 233 (biology, Florida).
Further synonymy for this widely distributed species is presented by Bohart and Menke (1963). I have seen West Indian material from Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rica, St. Croix, Dominica, and Trinidad; Ashmead (1900) records it from St. Vincent. A female from Costa Rica in the Museum of Comparative Zoology is pinned with an adult male Conocephalus sp.; members of this genus are also reported as prey in Florida (Krombein and Evans, 1954).
I did not collect this species during my stay in Dominica in February and March, 1965, and most records are from later in the season, especially September–December. The following are the collection records: 5 ♀ ♀, 5 ♂ ♂, Roseau, June, September, October (Spilman, C. Roys); 1 ♂, Roseau River, 1 mile above Roseau, 23 July (Flint); 5 ♀ ♀, 1 ♂, Clarke Hall, Layou Valley, January, May, October (Spangler, Clarke); 1 ♂, Springfield, June (C. Roys); 2 ♂ ♂, Fond Sophie, 2 October (Spilman): 3 ♀ ♀, Concord, 4 December (Spangler).
- bibliographic citation
- Evans, Howard Ensign. 1972. "Bredin-Archbold-Smithsonian biological survey of Dominica: aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea, Vespoidea, Pompiloidea, Sphecoidea)." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-19. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.115
Sphex dorsalis: Brief Summary
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Sphex dorsalis is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae. It is found from the southern United States south to Mexico, Central America, and South America.
Both the male and female Sphex dorsalis average around 19 millimetres (0.75 in) in length.
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