Sphex jamaicensis

Sphex jamaicensis is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae.^[1][2][3] It is found in Florida, Cuba (including Isla de la Juventud), the Bahamas, and Jamaica.^[4]

Sphex jamaicensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Sphecidae
Genus:	Sphex
Species:	S. jamaicensis
Binomial name
Sphex jamaicensis (Drury, 1773)
Synonyms[1]
Sphex aurulentus Guérin-Méneville, 1835 Sphex ichneumoneus fulviventris Guérin-Méneville, 1844 Sphex lanierii Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845 Sphex ornatus Drury, 1773 Vespa jamaicensis Kohl, 1890

ITIS Taxonomic notes:

• "Sphex jamaicensis (Drury, 1773) (originally in Vespa) is apparently a senior secondary homonym of Sphex jamaicensis Fabricius, 1775 (though these two have apparently never been treated as congeneric)."^[1]
• "Sphex jamaicensis Fabricius, 1775 is apparently a junior secondary homonym of Sphex jamaicensis (Drury, 1773) (originally in Vespa) (though these two have apparently never been treated as congeneric)."^[1]