HomeWasp classificationExpeditionsLinksFigWebBiodiversity ExplorerPermits

Sapygina Costa

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Vespoidea; Family: Sapygidae)

Sapygina Costa 1887

Classification
  Sapygina braunsi Arnold, 1929

Sapygina lobengulae Arnold, 1929
  Sapygina simillima Arnold, 1929
  Sapygina superciliosa Arnold, 1929
  Sapygina swierstrae Arnold, 1929
  Sapygina undulata Gerstaecker, 1861

Distribution

  

Biology

 Cleptoparasites of bee larva (Megachilidae, Anthophoridae).

Reference

 Arnold, G. 1929. African species of Sapygidae. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 13: 175-181.

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of Cape Town)

Web page development by Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

Copyright 2004-2008 Iziko Museums of Cape Town