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Ammophila dolichodera Kohl

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Apoidea; Family: Sphecidae; Subfamily: Ammophilinae; Genus: Ammophila)

Ammophila dolichodera Kohl, 1884. Lectotype in Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien(NHMW). Type locality: "Prince Albert land", South Africa.

Ammophila pulchricollis Cameron, 1910. Holotype in Ditsong Museum, Pretoria (TMSA). Type locality: Transvaal, Masemola, South Africa. Synonymy by Turner, 1919.
Ammophila lucombensis Cameron, 1912. Holotype in Royal Musuem of Central Africa, Tervuren (RMCA). Type locality: Lukombe, Democratic Republic of Congo. Synonymy by Leclercq, 1955.

 

Classification

Distribution

Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Biology

Unknown.

References

Cameron, P. 1910. On the Aculeate Hymenoptera collected by Mr. A.J.T. Janse, Normal College, Pretoria, in the Transvaal. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 2:115-154.

Cameron, P. 1912. On the Hymenoptera from Belgian Congo in the Congo Museum, Tervuren. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 56: 357-401.

Kohl F.F. 1884 (1883). Neue Hymenopteren in den Sammlungen des k. k. zool. Hof-Cabinetes zu Wien. II. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen Zoologischbotanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 33: 331-386, pls. XVIIa-XVIII.

Leclercq, J. 1955. Hymenoptera Sphecoidea (Sphecidae I. Subfam. Sphecinae) in Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba. I. Mission G.F. de Witte en collaboration avec W. Adam, A. Janssens, L. van Meel et R. Verheyen (1946-1949), Fasc. 34: 1-137.

Turner R.E. 1919. Notes on fossorial Hymenoptera. XXXVIII. On new Ethiopian species. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) 4: 44-50.

Dollfuss, H. 2015. Revision of the wasp genus Ammophila Kirby, 1798 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Sphecidae) of the Sub-Saharan Region of Africa. Linzer biologische Beiträge 47: 307–412.

Links

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

Credits

Map illustration © 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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