Sphex dorsalis explained

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 19mm in length.

Further reading

• Book: Ross H. Arnett. 30 July 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.. 978-0-8493-0212-1.
• Sharkey . M.J.. 2007. Phylogeny and Classification of Hymenoptera. Zootaxa. 309. 13–48.
• Sharkey . M.J.. Carpenter . J.M.. Vilhelmsen . L.. 2012. Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera. Cladistics. 28 . 1 . 80–112. 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2011.00366.x. 34861753. 33628659. free.