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Aeluropetrus Arnold, 1936
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Aetheopompilus Arnold, 1934
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Anoplius
Dufour, 1834
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Apareia Haupt, 1929
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Aporinellus Banks, 1911
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Argyroclitus Arnold, 1937
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Atopopompilus Arnold, 1937
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Batozonellus Arnold, 1937
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Cordyloscelis Arnold, 1935
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Dromochares Haupt, 1930
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Dicyrtomellus
Gussakovskij, 1935
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Elaphrosyron Haupt, 1930
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Epiclinotus Haupt, 1929
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Episyron
Schiødte, 1837 |
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Euclavelia Arnold, 1932
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Galactopterus Arnold, 1937 |
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Herpetosphex Arnold, 1940 |
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Homonotus
Dahlbom, 1844
Idopompilus
Haupt, 1930
Microdrapetes Arnold, 1937
Paracyphononyx
Schulz, 1906
Paraferreola
Sustera, 1913
Platyderes
Guérin-Méneville, 1844
Psammochares
Latreille, 1796
Psammoderes Haupt, 1929
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Pseudoclavelia Haupt, 1930
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Pseudopompilus Costa, 1887
Rhynchopompilus Arnold, 1934
Spuridiophorus Arnold, 1934
Syntomoclitus Arnold, 1937
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Tachypompilus
Ashmead, 1902
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Teinotrachelus Arnold, 1935
Telostegus Costa, 1887 |
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Ndumo, South
Africa. Photograph © Steve Marshall (University of
Guelph).
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Distribution
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Worldwide. |
Biology |
Females hunt a variety of spiders with many targeting
Orb-web spiders (Araneidae), capturing the spider in its web, to
provision their nest with. Others hunt spiders in the genus
Palystes (Palystinae;
Heteropodidae). Adult wasps feed on nectar for their energy
requirements. The paralysed spiders are carried or dragged to a
pre-constructed nest, where they lay an egg on the spider. On hatching
the larva feeds on the preserved prey item. |
References |
Arnold, G. 1937. The Psammocharidae of the Ethiopian
region. Part VII. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 19: 1-98.
Gess, F.W. & Gess S.K. 1980.
Spider vanquishers: the nesting of Tachyompilus
ignitus (Smith)
and Batozonellus
fuliginosus (Klug).
The Eastern Cape Naturalist
69: 4-7.
Picker,
M., Griffiths, C & Weaving, A. 2002. Field Guide to Insects of South Africa.
Struik Publishers, Cape Town.
Smith, F. 1855. Catalog of the hymenopterous insects in
the collection of the British Museum. Part 3. Mutillidae and Pompilidae.1-206 |
Credits
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Photographs
© Simon van Noort or Nadene Smith (Iziko Museums), or © Steve
Marshall (University of Guelph).
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