Sphex jamaicensis
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| Sphex jamaicensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Sphecidae |
| Genus: | Sphex |
| Species: | S. jamaicensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphex jamaicensis (Drury, 1773) | |
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Sphex jamaicensis is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae.[1][2][3] It is found in Florida, Cuba (including Isla de la Juventud), the Bahamas, and Jamaica.[4]
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)."[1]
- "Sphex jamaicensis Fabricius, 1775 is apparently a junior secondary homonym of Sphex jamaicensis (Drury, 1773) (originally in Vespa) (though these two have apparently never been treated as congeneric)."[1]
