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Bembecinus namaquensis Pulawski

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Apoidea; Family: Bembicidae; Subfamily: Bembicinae; Genus: Bembecinus)

Bembecinus namaquensis Pulawski, 2015. Holotype in Albany Museum, Grahamstown (AMGS). Type locality: 23km S Alexander Bay, 28°46'S 16°37'E, South Africa.

Distribution

South Africa.

Biology

Shelter in empty snail shells (Trigonephrus sp., Dorcasiidae) (Gess & Gess, 2003; Gess et al. 2015).

References

Gess, S.K. & Gess, F.W. 2003. A catalogue of flower visiting records for aculeate wasps and bees in the semi-arid to arid areas of southern Africa. Grahamstown: Albany Museum. 529pp.

Gess FW, Pulawski, WJ, Gess, SK. 2015. A Revision of the rhopalocerus Species Group of Bembecinus Costa (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Bembicinae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 62: 207-256.

Links

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

Credits

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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