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Classification and checklist of Afrotropical Ampulicidae

Checklist of ampulicid wasps of the Afrotropical region

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

  • Subfamily Ampulicinae

    • Genus Ampulex Jurine, 1807

      • Ampulex aeneus (Fabricius, 1804) (Guinea)

      • Ampulex apicalis F. Smith, 1873 (South Africa)

      • Ampulex arnoldi Brauns in Arnold, 1928 (Zimbabwe)

      • Ampulex assimilis Kohl, 1893 (Iraq, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen)

      • Ampulex bantuae Gess, 1984 (South Africa)

      • Ampulex bredoi Arnold, 1947 (Zambia)

      • Ampulex chalybea F. Smith, 1856 (Africa)

      • Ampulex compressus (Fabricius, 1781) (Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, St. Helena, Tanzania, Yemen. Also in Australian, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oriental regions)

      • Ampulex sibiricus (Fabricius, 1793) (Senegal)

      • Ampulex conigera Kohl, 1893 (Ethiopia, Somalia, Zambia)

      • Ampulex crassicornis Kohl, 1898 (Central Africa)

      • Ampulex crawshayi R. Turner, 1917 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi)

      • Ampulex cyanator (Thunberg, 1822) (Guinea)

      • Ampulex cyanipes (Westwood, 1841) (South Africa)

      • Ampulex cyanura Kohl, 1893 (South Africa)

      • Ampulex cyanura monticola Arnold, 1928 (Zimbabwe)

      • Ampulex cyanura rhodesiana Arnold, 1928 (Zimbabwe)

      • Ampulex cyclostoma Gribodo, 1894 (Mozambique)

      • Ampulex denticollis (Cameron, 1910) (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

      • Ampulex denticollis rufithorax Arnold, 1931 (South Africa, West Africa)

      • Ampulex dives Kohl, 1893 (Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Fernando Póo)

      • Ampulex formosa Kohl, 1893 (Senegal)

      • Ampulex honesta Kohl, 1893 (Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Ampulex kristenseni R. Turner, 1917 (Ethiopia, Tanzania)

      • Ampulex lazulina Kohl, 1893 (Guinea, Senegal)

      • Ampulex lesothoensis Gess, 1984 (South Africa)

      • Ampulex lugubris Arnold, 1947 (Malawi, Mozambique)

      • Ampulex luluana Leclercq, 1954 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Ampulex melanocera Cameron, 1908 (Tanzania)

      • Ampulex moebii Kohl, 1893 (South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Ampulex montivaga Gess, 1984 (South Africa)

      • Ampulex mutilloides Kohl, 1893 (South Africa)

      • Ampulex nasuta Er. André, 1895 (Tanzania, Zanzibar)

      • Ampulex nebulosa F. Smith, 1856 (South Africa)

      • Ampulex nigrocoerulea de Saussure in Distant, 1892 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

      • Ampulex nigrosetosa Gess, 1984 (South Africa)

      • Ampulex nitidicollis R. Turner, 1919 (Tanzania)

      • Ampulex occipitalis Arnold, 1947 (Malawi)

      • Ampulex overlaeti Leclercq, 1954 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Ampulex psilopus Kohl, 1893 (Guinea)

      • Ampulex purpureum (Westwood, 1844) (South Africa)

      • Ampulex senex Bischoff, 1915 (East Africa)

      • Ampulex spectabilis Kohl, 1893 (Guinea)

      • Ampulex splendidula Kohl, 1893 (Central Africa)

      • Ampulex timulloides Gess, 1984 (South Africa)

      • Ampulex toroensis R. Turner, 1919 (Senegal, Uganda)

      • Ampulex venusta Stål, 1857 (South Africa)
      • Ampulex viridescens Arnold, 1947 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia)
    • Genus Trirogma Westwood, 1841 (Extralimital: Oriental, Palaearctic regions)
  • Subfamily Dolichurinae

    • Genus Dolichurus Latrielle, 1809

      • Dolichurus arabicus Ohl, 2011 (Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates)

      • Dolichurus basuto Arnold, 1952 (Lesotho)

      • Dolichurus bimaculatus Arnold, 1928 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe)

      • Dolichurus foroforo Ohl, Fritz, and Neumann, 2004 (Ivory Coast)

      • Dolichurus guillarmodi Arnold, 1952 (Lesotho)
      • Dolichurus ignitus F. Smith, 1869 (Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania)
      • Dolichurus ignitus contractus Arnold, 1951 (Ethiopia)Dolichurus kohli Arnold, 1928 (South Africa)

      • Dolichurus quadridentatus Arnold, 1940 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Dolichurus rubripyx Arnold, 1928 (South Africa)

      • Dolichurus secundus de Saussure, 1892 (Madagascar)

      • Dolichurus venator Arnold, 1928 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

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

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Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa)


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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