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Ammophila rubiginosa Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau

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

Ammophila rubiginosa Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845. Holotype or Syntypes ♀ in Torino. Type locality:  South Africa: Cape of Good Hope.

Sphex bonaespei var. ferrugineipes Arnold, 1920. (synonymy by Dollfuss, 2015).

Classification
Female  
Ammophila_ferrugineipes_SAM_HYM_A009534_female_habitus_dorsal Ammophila_ferrugineipes_SAM_HYM_A009534_female_habitus_lateral
Ammophila_ferrugineipes_SAM_HYM_A009534_female_head_mesosoma_dorsal Ammophila_ferrugineipes_SAM_HYM_A009534_female_head_mesosoma_lateral
Ammophila_ferrugineipes_SAM_HYM_A009534_female_head_frontal Ammophila_ferrugineipes_SAM_HYM_A009534_female_wings
Male  
Ammophila_ferrugineipes_SAM_HYM_A009535_male_habitus_dorsal Ammophila_ferrugineipes_SAM_HYM_A009535_male_habitus_lateral
Ammophila_ferrugineipes_SAM_HYM_A009535_male_head_mesosoma_dorsal Ammophila_ferrugineipes_SAM_HYM_A009535_male_head_mesosoma_lateral
Ammophila_ferrugineipes_SAM_HYM_A009535_male_head_frontal Ammophila_ferrugineipes_SAM_HYM_A009535_male_wings
Ammophila_ferrugineipes_SAM_HYM_A009535_male_wings_2 Ammophila_ferrugineipes_SAM_HYM_A009535_male_penis_valve_apical
Ammophila_ferrugineipes_SAM_HYM_A009535_male_penis_valve_lateral Ammophila_ferrugineipes_SAM_HYM_A009535_male_penis_valve_apical

Distribution

 Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Biology

 Nest provisioned with caterpillars.

References

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.

Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau A.L.M. 1845. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hyménoptères. Vol. 3. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 646 + 4 pp., pls. 25-36.

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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