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Bembecinus quadristrigatus (Arnold)

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

Stizus quadristrigatus Arnold, 1929. Holotype in Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC). Type locality: Kunene Region, Kamanyab [= Kamanjab] Namibia.
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Distribution

Angola, Namibia, South Africa.

Biology

Recorded visiting flowers of the families: Acanthaceae, Aizoaceae, Amaranthaceae, Asteraceae, Boraginaceae, Molluginaceae and Pedaliaceae (Gess & Gess, 2003; Gess et al. 2015).

References

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

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

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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