Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Hymenoptera (Sawflies, wasps, ants, bees) ➔ Family Sphecidae (Thread-waisted wasps )

Prionyx kirbii (Vander Linden, 1827)

Synonyms and other combinations:

Ammophila kirbii Vander Linden, 1827 | Parasphex albisecta (Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau and Serville, 1828) | Sphex albisectus Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau and Serville, 1828 |

  • Prionyx kirbii, male  2164
    Prionyx kirbii (Vander Linden, 1827)     
    Prionyx kirbii, male, det. Christian Schmid-Egger
    ES, Mallorca, S'Albufera; 2009-09-14 12:17:54
    Image number: 2164
    male
    ES, Mallorca, S'Albufera
    2009-09-14 12:17:54
    det. Christian Schmid-Egger
  • Prionyx kirbii  2106
    Prionyx kirbii (Vander Linden, 1827)     
    Prionyx kirbii, det. Christian Schmid-Egger
    ES, Mallorca, S'Albufera; 2009-09-10 13:01:00
    Image number: 2106

    ES, Mallorca, S'Albufera
    2009-09-10 13:01:00
    det. Christian Schmid-Egger



References, further reading, links:
  1. Ruggiero M., Ascher J. & al. (2019). ITIS Bees: World Bee Checklist (version Sep 2009). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
  2. Hermann Dollfuss: Bestimmungsschlüssel der Grabwespen Nord- und Zentraleuropas (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae) mit speziellen Angaben zur Grabwespenfauna Österreichs, Stapfia, Linz, 20. Dez. 1991, 1-247.
  3. Carlo Polidori, José Tormos, Josep D. Asís, Pau Mendiola & Francesco Andrietti: A note on facultative kleptoparasitism in Prionyx kirbii (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) as a consequence of multi-specific shared nesting site, with description of its prepupa, Entomologica Fennica, December 2006, 405-413.