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Sphex cognatus

Minibeast photographs and field observations.

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Species notes

About Sphex cognatus

Sphex cognatus is an accepted species in the family Sphecidae, within the order Hymenoptera. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from Australia and Southern Asia. Bees, ants and wasps belong to Hymenoptera, a varied order that includes pollinators, predators, parasitoids and social colony-forming species.

Family
Sphecidae
Order
Hymenoptera
Identification rank
Species
Recorded distribution
Australia, Southern Asia

Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy