• Sphecius Dahlbom, A.G. 1843. Hymenoptera Europaea Praecipue Borealia; formis typicis nonnullis specierum generumve exoticorum aut extraneorum propter nexum systematicum associatis; per familias, genera, species et varietates disposita atque descripta. I. Sphex in sensu Linneano. Lund : Lundberg, Berolini Vol. 1 528 pp. (1843: 1-172; 1844: 173-352). [154].

  Type species:

   Sphex speciosus Drury, 1773 by monotypy.
• Hogardia Dufour, L. 1841. Recherches anatomiques et physiologiques sur les Orthoptères, les Hyménoptères et les Nevroptères. Paris : Imprimerie Royale pp. 382, 13 pls. [228].

  Type species:

   Hogardia dufourrii Dufour, 1841 by monotypy.
• Hogardia Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, A.L.M. 1845. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hyménoptères. Paris : Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret Vol. 3 pp. 646 + 4 pp., pls 25-36. [288].

  Type species:

   Hogardia rufescens Lepeletier, 1845 (= Stizus hogardi Latreille, 1806) by monotypy.
• Sphecienus Patton, W.H. 1879. The American Bembecidae: tribe Stizini. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 5: 341-347 [345].

  Type species:

   Stizus nigricornis Dufour, 1838 by original designation.
• Nothosphecius Pate, V.S.L. 1936. Studies in the nyssonine wasps. II. The subgenera of Sphecius (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Gorytini). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 31: 198-200 [199] [described with subgeneric rank in Sphecius Dahlbom, 1845].

  Type species:

   Sphecius grandidieri Saussure, 1887 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Stizus pectoralis Smith, F. 1856. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part IV, Sphegidae, Larridae and Crabronidae. London : British Museum pp. 207-497. [337].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♀, Australia.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Only published localities Rockhampton and Yeppoon.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: burrower, volant.

Larva: predator, sedentary, soil dweller.

Extra Ecological Information

Prey Auchenorrhyncha (Cicadidae).

General References

Bohart, R.M. & Menke, A.S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: a Generic Revision. Berkeley : Univ. California Press ix 695 pp. (generic placement)

Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1971. Nesting behaviour and larval stages of some Australian nyssonine sand wasps (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 19: 293-310 (nest, larva, prey)

History of changes