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Ammophila punctaticeps (Arnold)

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

Sphex punctaticeps Arnold, 1920. Syntypes in Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC). Syntype localities: Salisbury = Harare & Shiloh, Zimbabwe; Shiluvane & Algoa Bay, South Africa.

Classification

Female  
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Male  
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Distribution

Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zanzibar, Zimbabwe.

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.

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

Photographs by Sandy Sauls © 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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