(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Apoidea; Family: Ampulicidae)
Subfamily Ampulicinae
Genus Ampulex Jurine, 1807
Ampulex aeneus (Fabricius, 1804) (Guinea)
Ampulex apicalis F. Smith, 1873 (South Africa)
Ampulex arnoldi Brauns in Arnold, 1928 (Zimbabwe)
Ampulex assimilis Kohl, 1893 (Iraq, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen)
Ampulex bantuae Gess, 1984 (South Africa)
Ampulex bredoi Arnold, 1947 (Zambia)
Ampulex chalybea F. Smith, 1856 (Africa)
Ampulex compressus (Fabricius, 1781) (Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, St. Helena, Tanzania, Yemen. Also in Australian, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oriental regions)
Ampulex sibiricus (Fabricius, 1793) (Senegal)
Ampulex conigera Kohl, 1893 (Ethiopia, Somalia, Zambia)
Ampulex crassicornis Kohl, 1898 (Central Africa)
Ampulex crawshayi R. Turner, 1917 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi)
Ampulex cyanator (Thunberg, 1822) (Guinea)
Ampulex cyanipes (Westwood, 1841) (South Africa)
Ampulex cyanura Kohl, 1893 (South Africa)
Ampulex cyanura monticola Arnold, 1928 (Zimbabwe)
Ampulex cyanura rhodesiana Arnold, 1928 (Zimbabwe)
Ampulex cyclostoma Gribodo, 1894 (Mozambique)
Ampulex denticollis (Cameron, 1910) (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
Ampulex denticollis rufithorax Arnold, 1931 (South Africa, West Africa)
Ampulex dives Kohl, 1893 (Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Fernando Póo)
Ampulex formosa Kohl, 1893 (Senegal)
Ampulex honesta Kohl, 1893 (Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo)
Ampulex kristenseni R. Turner, 1917 (Ethiopia, Tanzania)
Ampulex lazulina Kohl, 1893 (Guinea, Senegal)
Ampulex lesothoensis Gess, 1984 (South Africa)
Ampulex lugubris Arnold, 1947 (Malawi, Mozambique)
Ampulex luluana Leclercq, 1954 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Ampulex melanocera Cameron, 1908 (Tanzania)
Ampulex moebii Kohl, 1893 (South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo)
Ampulex montivaga Gess, 1984 (South Africa)
Ampulex mutilloides Kohl, 1893 (South Africa)
Ampulex nasuta Er. André, 1895 (Tanzania, Zanzibar)
Ampulex nebulosa F. Smith, 1856 (South Africa)
Ampulex nigrocoerulea de Saussure in Distant, 1892 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
Ampulex nigrosetosa Gess, 1984 (South Africa)
Ampulex nitidicollis R. Turner, 1919 (Tanzania)
Ampulex occipitalis Arnold, 1947 (Malawi)
Ampulex overlaeti Leclercq, 1954 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Ampulex psilopus Kohl, 1893 (Guinea)
Ampulex purpureum (Westwood, 1844) (South Africa)
Ampulex senex Bischoff, 1915 (East Africa)
Ampulex spectabilis Kohl, 1893 (Guinea)
Ampulex splendidula Kohl, 1893 (Central Africa)
Ampulex timulloides Gess, 1984 (South Africa)
Ampulex toroensis R. Turner, 1919 (Senegal, Uganda)
Subfamily Dolichurinae
Genus Dolichurus Latrielle, 1809
Dolichurus arabicus Ohl, 2011 (Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates)
Dolichurus basuto Arnold, 1952 (Lesotho)
Dolichurus bimaculatus Arnold, 1928 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe)
Dolichurus foroforo Ohl, Fritz, and Neumann, 2004 (Ivory Coast)
Dolichurus ignitus contractus Arnold, 1951 (Ethiopia)Dolichurus kohli Arnold, 1928 (South Africa)
Dolichurus quadridentatus Arnold, 1940 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Dolichurus rubripyx Arnold, 1928 (South Africa)
Dolichurus secundus de Saussure, 1892 (Madagascar)
Dolichurus venator Arnold, 1928 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
CATALOG OF WORLD SPHECIDAE sensu lato (= Apoidea excluding bees) compiled by Wojciech J. Pulawski (California Academy of Sciences).
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Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)
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