sphecidn.adj.
/ˈsfɛsɪd/ Entomology.
A. n.
A fossorial wasp of the family Sphecidæ.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > the wasps > super family Sphecoidea or family Sphecidae > member of (digger-wasp)
sand-wasp1813
digger1847
plasterer1857
digger-wasp1880
sphecid1895
fossor1938
1895 J. H. Comstock & A. B. Comstock Man. Study Insects xxii. 650 The Sphecids or the Thread-waisted Wasps..are the most commonly observed of all our digger-wasps as certain species build their mud nests in the attics of our houses.
1966 C. Sweeney Scurrying Bush v. 75 I saw a handsome, inch long, metallic blue-black wasp fly out from behind the row of books. It was a sphecid or mud dauber.
1976 R. M. Bohart et al. Sphecid Wasps of World 1 Adult sphecids feed on a variety of food.
B. adj.
Of or pertaining to an insect of this kind.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [adjective] > belonging to division Petiolata > of or relating to wasps > of or relating to digger-wasp
sphecid1926
1926 E. O. Essig Insects Western N. Amer. xxviii. 871 Sphecid or Thread-Waisted Wasps..are solitary, nest in the soil, and provision the nests with spiders or insects.
1976 R. M. Bohart et al. (title) Sphecid wasps of the world.
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