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Ammophila saussurei (du Buysson)

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

Coloptera saussurei du Buysson, 1897. Holotype in Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN). Type locality: Hamanskraal, South Africa.

 

Classification

Distribution

 

Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe.

Biology

Unknown.

References

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.

du Buysson R. 1898. Voyage de M. E. Simon dans l'Afrique australe (janvier-avril 1893). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 66: 351-363, pl. 11. (volume dated 1898, but reprints dated 1897).

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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