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Ammophila insignis litoralis (Arnold)

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

Sphex insignis litoralis Arnold, 1920

Classification

Female SAM-HYM-A009590  
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Male SAM-HYM-A009591  
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Male SAM-HYM-A009592  
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images/Ammophila_insignis_littoralis_SAM_HYM_A009592_male_head_frontal_330.jpg images/Ammophila_insignis_littoralis_SAM_HYM_A009592_male_wings_330.jpg
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Distribution

South Africa.

Biology

Nest provisioned with caterpillars.

Reference

Arnold, G. 1920. A revision of the South African species of the genus Sphex Linn. (olim Ammophila Kirby). Proceedings of the Rhodesia Scientific Association 18 (2):25-55, 2 pls.

Links

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

Credits

Photographs by Sandy Sauls © Iziko Museums.


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

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