Allepipona (Allepipona) perspicax Giordani Soika 1987 (Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

Allepipona (Allepipona) schultzeana (von Schulthess 1914) (Namibia, South Africa)

Allepipona (Cylindrepipona) similis Gusenleitner 2000 (Kenya, Tanzania)

Allepipona (Cylindrepipona) splendida Gusenleitner 1997 (South Africa)

Distribution

Afrotropical region: Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe.

Biology

Reference

Bequaert J., 1918. A Revision of the Vespidae of the Belgian Congo Based on the Collection of the American Museum Congo Expedition, With A List of Ethiopian Diplopterous Wasps. Bulletin A. M. N. H, Vol. 39: 2-384.

Carpenter J. M., 1986. A Synonymic Generic Checklist of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Psyche, Vol 93: 61-90.

Carpenter, J. M. & M. Madl. 2009. A catalogue of the Vespidae of the Malagasy Subregion (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Linzer Biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1871-1935.

Carpenter, J.M., J. Gusenleitner & M. Madl. 2009. A catalogue of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of the Ethiopian Region excluding Malagasy Subregion. Part I: Introduction, Key to Genera, Genera Aethiopicodynerus Gusenleitner 1997 to Cyrtolabulus van der VECHT 1969. Linzer Biologische Beiträge 41 (1): 513-638.

Carpenter, J.M., J. Gusenleitner & M. Madl. 2010. A catalogue of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of the Ethiopian Region excluding Malagasy Subregion. Part II: Genera Delta de Saussure 1885 to Zethus FABRICIUS 1804 and Species Incertae Sedis. Linzer Biologische Beiträge 42 (1): 95-315.

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums)