Sphex dorsalis
Species of wasp
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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.[1][2][3][4]
| Sphex dorsalis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Sphecidae |
| Genus: | Sphex |
| Species: | S. dorsalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphex dorsalis Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845 | |
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Both the male and female Sphex dorsalis average around 19 millimetres (0.75 in) in length.[3]
