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Stizus adelphus W.F. Kirby, 1900
(Yemen) |
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Stizus anchoratus Mantero,
1917 (Egypt, Eritrea)
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Stizus apicalis Guérin-Méneville, 1844
(Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Senegal)
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Stizus atrox (Smith, 1856) (South Africa)
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Stizus aurifluus Turner, 1916 (Ghana) |
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Stizus basalis Guérin-Méneville, 1844 (Egypt, Mali,
Senegal, Sudan) |
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Stizus baumanni
Handlirsch, 1901
(Ethiopia, Tanzania)
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Stizus beccarii Mantero, 1917 (Ethiopia)
Stizus berlandi Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)
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Stizus bizonatus Spinola, 1839 (Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Saudi
Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates) |
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Stizus breyeri Arnold, 1936 (Namibia) |
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Stizus chrysorrhoeus Handlirsch, 1892
(South Africa, Zimbabwe)
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Stizus combustus (F. Smith,
1856) (Israel, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Yemen) |
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Stizus dewitzii Handlirsch, 1892 (Ethiopia,
Namibia, South
Africa, Zimbabwe)
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Stizus ellenbergeri
Arnold, 1929 (Lesotho, South Africa, Zimbabwe)
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Stizus erythraeensis Mantero, 1917
(Ethiopia)
Stizus erythrocephala (Taschenberg, 1880)
(Ethiopia)
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Stizus excellens Lohrmann, 1943 (South
Africa, Zimbabwe)
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Stizus fuscatus Morice, 1897 (Egypt, Israel, Libya,
Morocco, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emerates, Western Sahara). |
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Stizus fuscipennis (F. Smith, 1856) (Namibia,
South Africa)
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Stizus hamatus Arnold, 1929 (Namibia,
South Africa, Zimbabwe)
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Stizus imperialis Handlirsch, 1892 (South
Africa)
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Stizus
kohlii Mocsáry, 1883 |
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Stizus lohrmanni Bohart, 1939 (Namibia)
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Stizus marshalli Turner, 1912 (South Africa)
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Stizus marthae Handlirsch, 1892 (Algeria, Egypt, Israel,
Libya, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia) |
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Stizus melanurus Handlirsch, 1892 (Namibia,
Senegal, South Africa)
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Stizus multicolor Turner, 1916 (Somalia, South Africa,
Uganda)
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Stizus neavei Turner, 1912 (South Africa)
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Stizus nigriventris Arnold, 1951 (Mali) |
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Stizus niloticus Handlirsch,
1892 (Chad, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Libya, Oman, Sinai, United Arab
Emirates, Yemen) |
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Stizus pauli Mantero, 1917 (Ethiopia)
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Stizus
rapax Handlirsch, 1892 (Algeria, Egypt)
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Stizus richardsi
Arnold, 1959 (Zambia) |
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Stizus rubellus Turner, 1912 (Malawi,
Zambia)
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Stizus ruficornis (J. Forster, 1771) (Ethiopia, Gambia,
Ghana, Nigeria, Yemen. Widespread in Palaearctic region) |
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Stizus saussurei Handlirsch, 1895 (South
Africa)
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Stizus savignyi Spinola, 1839. (Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea,
Kuwait, Iran, Israel, Libya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, United
Arab Emirates) |
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Stizus spinulosus Radoszkowski, 1876 (Algeria, Egypt,
Libya, Western Sahara) |
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Stizus vespoides Walker, 1871
(Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Israel, Libya, Morocco,
Niger, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen) |
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Stizus wheeleri Arnold, 1959 (Zimbabwe) |
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Stizus
zonatus (Klug, 1845) (Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Saudi
Arabia) |
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Stizus
species (Zambia, Zimbabwe) |
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Stizus
species (South Africa) |
Distribution
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Afrotropical, Nearctic and Palaearctic
regions. |
Biology
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Solitary predatory wasps, provisioning nest with
paralyzed prey for consumption by the larvae. Females excavate burrows
in sandy soil. One to several cells are provisioned with mantids or
grasshoppers. For further details on
nest situation, nest structure, method of nest construction, prey
provisioning and oviposition, life history, sleeping and associated
organisms see Gess & Gess (2014). |
References
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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.
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
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CATALOG OF WORLD SPHECIDAE
sensu lato (= Apoidea excluding bees) compiled by
Wojciech J. Pulawski (California Academy of Sciences). |
Credits
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Photographs © Iziko Museums of South Africa. Photograph of live specimen
© Elaine Kruer. |
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