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Dolichurus basuto Arnold

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Apoidea; Family: Ampulicidae; Subfamily: Dolichurinae; Genus: Dolichurus)

Dolichurus basuto Arnold, 1952. Holotype: in Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC). Type locality: Mamathes, Lesotho.

Female Holotype (SAMC)
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Dolichurus_basuto_HT_female_head_mesosoma_lateral Dolichurus_basuto_HT_female_head_mesosoma_dorsal
Dolichurus_basuto_HT_female_head_frontal Dolichurus_basuto_HT_female_wings
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Male Paratype "Allotype" (SAMC)

Distribution

Lesotho

Biology

Unknown, but probably prey on cockroaches, as do other species in the genus.

Reference

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

Links

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

Credits

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

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2025. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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