Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Arthropoda - (Class) Insecta - (Order) Hymenoptera

Subsequent entries

Sphex (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Apoidea (Superfamily) Latreille, 1802

Ref: D. Grimaldi & M.S. Engel, 2005: 451.

Alternative positions

Apocrita (Suborder) Gerstaecker, 1867	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 607.
Spheciformes (Division)	Ref: M.S. Engel, 2001: 34.
spheciforms ([unranked])	Ref: M.S. Engel, 2005: 28.
Sphecoidea (Superfamily) Latreille, 1802	Ref: W.L. Brown Jr., 1982: 677.

Historical positions

spheciforms ([unranked])	Ref: M.S. Engel, 2005: 28.
Apoidea (Superfamily) Latreille, 1802	Ref: D. Grimaldi & M.S. Engel, 2005: 451.
Spheciformes (Division)	Ref: M.S. Engel, 2001: 34.
Apoidea (Superfamily) Latreille, 1802	Ref: J.L. Nieves-Aldrey & F.M. Fontal-Cazalla, 1999
Sphecoidea (Superfamily) Latreille, 1802	Ref: W.L. Brown Jr., 1982: 677.
Apocrita (Suborder) Gerstaecker, 1867	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 607.
Sphecoidea (Superfamily) Latreille, 1802	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	113g;70s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	11sf;8000s
1999	J.L. Nieves-Aldrey & F.M. Fontal-Cazalla	8000s
1982	W.L. Brown Jr.	11sf;226g;7700s