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Ammoplanus Giraud

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

Classification

 

Ammoplanus alpinensis N. Smith, 2009

Ammoplanus angularis Gussakovskij, 1952

Ammoplanus atacamensis Sielfeld, 1980

Ammoplanus atlasensis Boucek, 2001

Ammoplanus bifidus N. Smith, 2009

Ammoplanus bischoffi Maréchal, 1938

Ammoplanus biscopula Boucek, 2001

Ammoplanus biskrensis Boucek, 2001

Ammoplanus blascoi Boucek & Gayubo, 2001

Ammoplanus ceballosi Giner Marí, 1943

Ammoplanus chemehuevi Pate, 1943

Ammoplanus clemente Menke, 1997

Ammoplanus curvidens Tsuneki, 1972

Ammoplanus denesi Boucek, 2001

Ammoplanus diversipes Gussakovskij, 1931

Ammoplanus dusmeti Giner Marí, 1943

Ammoplanus freidbergi Boucek, 2001

Ammoplanus friedbergi Boucek, 2001

Ammoplanus gegen Tsuneki, 1972

Ammoplanus gengen Tsuneki, 1972

Ammoplanus gilberti N. Smith, 2009

Ammoplanus hofferi Snoflak, 1943

Ammoplanus insularis Giner Marí, 1943

Ammoplanus kaplanae Boucek, 2001

Ammoplanus kaszabi Tsuneki, 1972

Ammoplanus kazenasi Boucek, 2001

Ammoplanus kohlii Kohl, 1898

Ammoplanus kondarensis Marshakov, 1976

Ammoplanus loti Pate, 1943

Ammoplanus mandibularis Cameron, 1903 (South Africa)

Ammoplanus marathroicus (De Stefani Perez, 1887)

Ammoplanus minutus Boucek, 2001

Ammoplanus molliekayae N. Smith, 2009

Ammoplanus monticola Gussakovskij, 1952

Ammoplanus nasutus Tsuneki, 1972

Ammoplanus pallidus N. Smith, 2009

Ammoplanus perrisi Giraud, 1869

Ammoplanus platytarsus Gussakovskij, 1931

Ammoplanus pragensis Snoflak, 1945

Ammoplanus quabajai Pate, 1943

Ammoplanus rhinoceros N. Smith, 2009

Ammoplanus rjabovi Gussakovskij, 1931

Ammoplanus serratus Tsuneki, 1972

Ammoplanus strumae Boucek, 2001

Ammoplanus sulcifrons N. Smith, 2009

Ammoplanus surrufus N. Smith, 2009

Ammoplanus tetli Pate, 1943

Ammoplanus torresi Gayubo, 1991

Ammoplanus transcaspicus Gussakovskij, 1931

Ammoplanus unami Pate, 1937

Ammoplanus vanyumi Pate, 1943

Distribution

Worldwide.

Biology

Females provision their nests with Homoptera, Thysanoptera or Collembola (Bohart & Menke, 1976).

References

Bohart, R.M. & Menke, A. S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: a Generic Revision. University of California Press, Berkeley, California.

Branstetter MG, Danforth BN, Pitts JP, Faircloth BC, Ward PS, Buffington ML, Gates MW, Kula RR, Brady SG. 2017. Phylogenomic insights into the evolution of stinging wasps and the origins of ants and bees. Current Biology 27: 1019-1025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.03.027

Brothers D.J. 1999. Phylogeny and evolution of wasps, ants and bees (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea, Vespoidea and Apoidea) Zoologica Scripta 28: 233–250.

Finnamore, A.T. & Michener, C.D. 1993. Superfamily Apoidea (pp. 279-357). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World: an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.

Gadallah, NS. 2020. Biodiversity of the aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) of the Arabian Peninsula: Apoidea (Spheciformes), Crabronidae. Zootaxa 4754(1): 20–73. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4754.1.6

Gess, S.K. & Gess, F.W. 2014. Wasps and bees in southern Africa. SANBI Biodiversity Series 24. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. 320 pp.

Pulawski, WJ. 2020. Family group names and classification.

Sann M, Niehuis O, Peters R, Mayer C, Kozlov A, Podsiadlowski L, Bank S, Meusemann K, Misof B, Bleidorn C, Ohl M. 2018. Phylogenomic analysis of Apoidea sheds new light on the sister group of bees. BMC Evolutionary Biology 18: 71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-018-1155-8

Links

CATALOG OF WORLD SPHECIDAE sensu lato (= Apoidea excluding bees) compiled by
Wojciech J. Pulawski (California Academy of Sciences).

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2026. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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