Distribution

Iraq, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.

Biology

Unknown, but probably preys on cockroaches, which is typical for the genus.

References

Bohart, R.M. & Menke, A. S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: a Generic Revision. University of California Press, Berkeley, California.

Dollfuss, H. 2017. The Ampulicidae wasps of the “Biologiezentrum-Linz”-collection in Linz, Austria, including the genera Ampulex Jurine, Dolichurus Latreille, and Trirogma Westwood (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Ampulicidae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 49: 441–457.

Soliman AM, Gadallah NS, Ohl M & Dhafer HMA. 2017. Revision of the digger wasps of the Ampulicidae and Heterogynaidae (Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia, with the description of a new species of the enigmatic genus Heterogyna Nagy. Journal of Natural History 51: 2057-2085. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1355492.

Links

CATALOG OF WORLD SPHECIDAE sensu lato (= Apoidea excluding bees) compiled by
Wojciech J. Pulawski (California Academy of Sciences).

Credits

Photographs © Ahmed Mostafa Soliman (Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University).