Dryudella flavoundata (Arnold)
	(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Apoidea; Family: Astatidae; Genus: Dryudella) Asota flavoundata Arnold, 1923. Holotype ♂ in Pretoria (TMSA). Type locality: Eastern Cape Province, Algoa Bay near Port Elizabeth, South Africa.\ Diploplectron africanum Arnold, 1923. Holotype ♀ in Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC). Type locality: Sawmills, Zimbabwe. Synonymy by Arnold, 1927. Astata flavoundata var. quadrisignata Arnold, 1924. Holotype ♂ in Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC). Type locality: Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Synonymy by F. Parker in R. Bohart and Menke, 1976.

Distribution	South Africa, Zimbabwe.
Biology	Prey on adults and nymphs of Pentatomidae.
References	Bohart, R.M. & Menke, A. S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: a Generic Revision. University of California Press, Berkeley, California. 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.
Links	CATALOG OF WORLD SPHECIDAE sensu lato (= Apoidea excluding bees) compiled by Wojciech J. Pulawski (California Academy of Sciences).
Credits	Photographs © Iziko Museums of South Africa. Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).