Sapygidae

Classification and checklist of World sapygid wasps

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Pompiloidea; Family: Sapygidae)

Subfamily Fedtschenkiinae (Holarctic)
- Genus Fedtschenkia de Saussure, 1899 (Holarctic)
  - Fedtschenkia anthracina (Ashmead, 1898)
  - Fedtschenkia grossa de Saussure, 1880
  - Fedtschenkia indigotea Rodozskowski, 1886
  - Fedtschenkia libanoi Guiglia, 1966
  - Fedtschenkia palaestinensis Guiglia, 1963
Subfamily Sapyginae (Worldwide except for Australasian region)

Genus Araucania Pate, 1947 (Neotropical: Chile)
- Araucania chilensis (Reed, 1930) (Chile)
Genus Asmisapyga Kurzenko, 1994 (West Palaearctic)
- Asmisapyga guichardi Gusenleitner, 1996
- Asmisapyga octoguttata (Dufour, 1849)
- Asmisapyga warnckei Kurzenko, 1994
Genus Dasysapyga van Loon, 2024 (Oriental)
- Dasysapyga picta van Loon, 2024 (Malaysia: Sabah)
Genus Eusapyga Cresson, 1880 (Nearctic)
- Eusapyga aculeata (Cresson, 1880)

Genus Huarpea Pate, 1947 (Neotropical - east of Andes)

Huarpea burmeisteri (Gerstäcker, 1861) (Argentina)
Huarpea fallax (Gerstäcker, 1861) (Argentina, ?Paraguay)
Huarpea paranensis (Gerstäcker, 1861) (Argentina)
Huarpea rotundicornis Lopes, Moleiro & Lucena, 2024 (Brazil)
Huarpea wagneriella (du Buysson, 1904) (Brazil, ?Paraquay)
Huarpea colombiana Fernández & Sarmiento, 2015 (Colombia)

Genus Krombeinopyga Kurzenko, 1996 (Nearctic)

Krombeinopyga aculeata (Cresson, 1880)
Krombeinopyga pumila (Cresson, 1880)

Genus Monosapyga Pic, 1920 (West Palaearctic)

Monosapyga clavicornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Monosapyga theresae (Pic, 1920)

Genus Parasapyga Turner, 1910 (Oriental)

Parasapyga boschi van Achterberg, 2014
Parasapyga moelleri Turner, 1910
Parasapyga walshae van der Vecht, 1940
Parasapyga yvonnae van Achterberg, 2014

Genus Polochridium Gussakovskij, 1932 (East Palaearctic, Oriental)

Polochridium eoum Gussakovskij, 1932
Polochridium spinosum Yue, Li & Xu, 2017

Genus Polochrum Spinola, 1805 (Palaearctic)

Polochrum elegans Cresson, 1880
Polochrum pamirepandum Kurzenko, 1986
Polochrum repandum Spinola, 1805

Genus Sapyga Latreille, 1796 (Holarctic, Oriental [India], Neotropical [Costa Rica])

Sapyga angustata Cresson, 1880
Sapyga buyssoni Pic, 1928
Sapyga caucasica Radoszkowsky, 1880
Sapyga centrata Say, 1836
Sapyga coma Yasumatsu & Sugihara, 1938
Sapyga confluenta Cresson, 1880
Sapyga diversiventris Pic, 1920
Sapyga furtiva Turner, 1917
Sapyga glasunovi Morawitz, 1893
Sapyga gusenleitneri Kurzenko, 1994
Sapyga gussakovskii Kurzenko, 1986
Sapyga hissarica Kurzenko, 1986
Sapyga interrupta Roberts, 1929
Sapyga louisi Krombein, 1938
Sapyga luteomaculata Pic, 1920
Sapyga maculata Provancher, 1882
Sapyga martini Smith, 1855
Sapyga morawitzi Turner, 1911
Sapyga multinotata Pic, 1920
Sapyga mutica Kurzenko, 1994
Sapyga nevadica Cresson, 1880
Sapyga octoguttata Dufour, 1849
Sapyga pulcherrima Morawitz, 1894
Sapyga quinquepunctata (Fabricius, 1781)
Sapyga raddi Kurzenko, 1986
Sapyga sancta Pic, 1920
Sapyga similis Fabricius, 1793
Sapyga singla Kurzenko, 1994

Genus Sapygina Costa, 1887

Subgenus Sapygina Costa, 1887 (Palaearctic)
- Sapygina decemguttata Jurine, 1807
- Sapygina jordanica Gusenleitner, 2013
- Sapygina kurzenkoi Gusenleitner, 1997
- Sapygina maloasiatica Kurzenko, 1994
- Sapygina schwarzi Kurzenko, 1994
Subgenus Sapygella Benoit, 1950 (Afrotropical)
- Sapygina braunsi (Arnold, 1929) (South Africa)
- Sapygina capicola (Brauns, 19**) (South Africa)
- Sapygina enderleini (Brauns, 19**) (South Africa)
- Sapygina lobengulae (Arnold, 1929) (Zimbabwe)
- Sapygina lugens (Arnold, 1933) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe)
  - Sapygina lugens manica (Arnold, 1960) (Zimbabwe)
- Sapygina simillima (Arnold, 1929) (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
- Sapygina superciliosa (Arnold, 1929) (Zimbabwe)
- Sapygina swierstrae (Arnold, 1929) (Zimbabwe)
- Sapygina undulata Gerstaecker, 1861 (South Africa)
- Sapygina watsa (Benoit, 1950) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

Citation: van Noort, S. 2025. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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