Family Bembicidae Latreille, 1802

• Subfamily Alyssontinae Dalla Torre, 1897

  • Genus AlyssonPanzer, 1806

    • Alysson guichardi Arnold, 1951 (Ethiopia)

    • Alysson guillarmodi Arnold, 1944 (Lesotho)

    • Alysson madecassus Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

    • Alysson seyrigi Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

  • Genus Didineis Wesmael, 1852

    • Didineis species (South Africa)

• Subfamily Bembicinae Latreille, 1802

  • Tribe Bembicini  Latreille, 1802

    • Genus Bembix Fabricius, 1775

      • Bembix abercornensis Arnold, 1960 (South Africa)

      • Bembix afra Handlirsch, 1893 (South Africa)

      • Bembix agrestis Parker, 1929 (Ethiopia)

      • Bembix alacris J. Parker, 1929 (Somalia)

      • Bembix albicapilla Arnold, 1946 (South Africa)

      • Bembix albata Parker, 1929 (namibia, South Africa)

      • Bembix albopilosa Arnold, 1929 (South Africa)

      • Bembix anomalipes Arnold, 1929 (South Africa)

      • Bembix arnoldi Arnold, 1929 (South Africa)

      • Bembix atrospinosa Turner, 1917 (South Africa)

      • Bembix baumanni Handlirsch, 1893 (South Africa)

      • Bembix bequearti Arnold, 1929 (South Africa)

      • Bembix bequearti dira Arnold, 1929 (South Africa)

      • Bembix brachyptera Arnold, 1952 (South Africa)

      • Bembix bubalus Handlirsch, 1893 (South Africa)

      • Bembix cameronis Handlirsch, 1893 (South Africa)

      • Bembix capensis Lepeletier, 1845 (South Africa)

      • Bembix capicola Handlirsch, 1893 (South Africa)

      • Bembix carinata Smith, 1856 (Ethiopia)

      • Bembix compedita Turner, 1913 (South Africa)

      • Bembix cultrifera Arnold, 1929 (South Africa)

      • Bembix cultrifera ypsilon Arnold, 1951 (Ethiopia)

      • Bembix denticauda Arnold, 1946 (South Africa)

      • Bembix diversidens  Arnold, 1946 (South Africa)

      • Bembix diversipennis Smith, 1873 (Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe)

      • Bembix expansa Gribodo, 1894 (Ethiopia)

      • Bembix flavocincta Turner, 1912 (South Africa)

      • Bembix fraudulenta Arnold, 1929 (South Africa)

      • Bembix fuscipennis Lepeletier, 1845 (South Africa)

      • Bembix gracilens Parker, 1929 (Namibia)

      • Bembix grisescens Dahlbom, 1845 (South Africa)

      • Bembix harenarum Arnold, 1929 (South Africa)

      • Bembix hova Saussure, 1892 (Madagascar)

      • Bembix junodi Arnold, 1929 (South Africa)

      • Bembix kriechbaumeri scitula Arnold, 1929 (South Africa)

      • Bembix latebrosa Kohl, 1909 (Madagascar)

      • Bembix lineatifrons Cameron, 19190 (Tanzania)

      • Bembix liturata Turner, 1917 (South Africa)

      • Bembix liturata flavopicta Arnold, 1929 (South Africa)

      • Bembix lobatifrons Turner, 1913 (Kenya)

      • Bembix madecassa Saussure, 1890 (Madagascar)

      • Bembix massaica Cameron, 1908

      • Bembix melanopa Handlirsch, 1893 (South Africa)

      • Bembix melanopa algoensis Arnold, 1946 (South Africa)

      • Bembix melanosoma Gribodo, 1894 (Mozambique)

      • Bembix moebii Handlirsch, 1893 (Ethiopia)

      • Bembix monedula Handlirsch, 1893 (Ethiopia)

      • Bembix nupera Parker, 1929 (Kenya)

      • Bembix obtusa Turner, 1917 (South Africa)

      • Bembix ochracea Handlirsch, 1893 (South Africa)

      • Bembix odontopyga Turner, 1917 (South Africa)

      • Bembix olivata Dahlbom, 1845 (South Africa)

      • Bembix opima Turner, 1917 (South Africa)

      • Bembix ornatilabiata Cameron, 1910 (Tanzania)

      • Bembix rava Arnold, 1952 (Kenya)

      • Bembix recurva Parker, 1929 (Cameroon)

      • Bembix scaura Arnold, 1929 (South Africa)

      • Bembix scotti Turner, 1912 (Nigeria)

      • Bembix sibilans Handlirsch, 1893 (South Africa)

      • Bembix silvestrii Maidl, 1914 (Nigeria)

      • Bembix speciosa Arnold, 1929 (South Africa)

      • Bembix stadelmanni  Handlirsch, 1893 (Kenya)

      • Bembix stevensoni  Parker, 1929 (Central African Republic, South Africa)

      • Bembix tenuifasciata Parker, 1929 (Nigeria)

      • Bembix triangulifera Arnold, 1944 (South Africa)

      • Bembix ugandensis Turner, 1913 (Uganda)

      • Bembix ulula Arnold, 1919 (South Africa)

      • Bembix undulata Spinola, 1838 (South Africa)

      • Bembix venusta Arnold, 1929 (South Africa)

      • Bembix versuta Arnold, 1946 (South Africa)

  • Tribe Gorytini Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845

    • Genus Afrogorytes Menke, 1967

      • Afrogorytes gibbosus (Arnold, 1936) (Namibia)

      • Afrogorytes monstrosus (Handlirsch in Kohl, 1894) (Djibouti, Somalia, Tanzania, Yemen, Zambia)

    • Genus Gorytes Latreille, 1805

      • Gorytes jonesi (Turner, 1920) (South Africa)

      • Gorytes melpomene (Arnold, 1936) (South Africa)

      • Gorytes effugiens (Brauns, 1911) South Africa)

      • Gorytes natalensis (Smith, 1856) (South Africa)

      • Gorytes nyasicus (Turner, 1915) (South Africa)

      • Gorytes ranosahae (Arnold, 1945) (Madagascar)

    • Genus Harpactus Shuckard, 1837

      • Harpactus decipiens (Arnold, 1936) (South Africa)

      • Harpactus histrio (Saussure, 1892) (Madagascar)

      • Harpactus lepidus (Arnold, 1944) (South Africa)

      • Harpactus rufithorax (Brauns, 1911) (South Africa)

      • Harpactus vicarius (Handlirsch, 1895) (South Africa)

      • Harpactus karooensis (Brauns, 1911) (South Africa)

      • Harpactus tshardarensis Kazenas 1989 (South Africa)

    • Genus Hoplisoides Gribodo, 1884

      • Hoplisoides aglaia (Handlirsch, 1895) (South Africa)

      • Hoplisoides basutorum (Arnold, 1958) (South Africa)

      • Hoplisoides bipustulatus (Arnold, 1945) (Madagascar)

      • Hoplisoides boranensis (Guiglia, 1939) (Ethiopia)

      • Hoplisoides braunsii (Handlirsch, 1901) (Mozambique)

      • Hoplisoides calliope (Arnold, 1936) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Hoplisoides eurynome (Arnold, 1955) (South Africa)

      • Hoplisoides intricans Gribodo, 1884 (South Africa)

      • Hoplisoides marshalli (Turner, 1915) (Zimbabwe)

      • Hoplisoides montivagus (Arnold, 1951) (Ethiopia)

      • Hoplisoides mweruensis (Arnold, 1952) (Zambia)

      • Hoplisoides thalia (Handlirsch 1895) (South Africa)

      • Hoplisoides umtalicus (Arnold, 1929) (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

      • Hoplisoides whitei (Cameron, 1905) (South Africa)

    • Genus Lestiphorus Lepeletier, 1832

      • Lestiphorus mimicus (Arnold, 1931) (Namibia)

  • Tribe Handlirschiini Nemkov and Lelej, 1996

    • Genus Handlirschia Kohl, 1897

      • Handlirschia aethiopa (Handlirsch, 1889) (South Africa)

      • Handlirschia tricolor Gess, 1973 (South Africa)

  • Tribe Spheciini Nemkov and Ohl, 2011

    • Genus Ammatomus Costa, 1859

      • Ammatomus biguttatus Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

      • Ammatomus elongatulus Turner, 1920 (South Africa)

      • Ammatomus fallax Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

      • Ammatomus fuscipes (Arnold, 1929) (Zimbabwe)

      • Ammatomus gemellus (Arnold, 1929) (Namibia)

      • Ammatomus grandcourti Schmid-Egger, 2019 (Israel, Sudan, United Arab Emirates, Yemen)

      • Ammatomus madecassus (von Schulthess in Friederichs, 1918) (Madagascar)

      • Ammatomus pictipes (Arnold, 1929) (Zimbabwe)

      • Ammatomus pretoriensis (Arnold, 1936) (South Africa)

      • Ammatomus rubicundus Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

      • Ammatomus seyrigi Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

      • Ammatomus spiniferus (du Buysson, 1897) (South Africa)

      • Ammatomus spiniferus latus Arnold, 1951 (Ethiopia)

      • Ammatomus stevensoni (Arnold, 1929) (Zimbabwe)

      • Ammatomus vanharteni Schmid-Egger, 2019 (Iran, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Yemen)

      • Ammatomus yemenensis Schmid-Egger, 2019 (Yemen)

    • Genus Kohlia Handlirsch, 1895

      • Kohlia cephalotes Handlirsch, 1895 (South Africa)

    • Genus Sphecius Dahlbom, 1843

      • Sphecius citrinus Arnold, 1929 (South Africa)

      • Sphecius grandidieri (Saussure, 1887) (Madagascar)

      • Sphecius milleri Turner, 1915 (South Africa)

  • Tribe Stizini A. Costa, 1859

    • Genus Bembecinus Costa, 1859

      • Bembecinus adeni Schmid-Egger, 2004 (Oman, Syria, Yemen)

      • Bembecinus aemulus (Handlirsch, 1895) (South Africa)

      • Bembecinus angustifrons (Arnold, 1940) (Zimbabwe)

      • Bembecinus argentifrons (Smith, 1856) (Kenya, South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Bembecinus assentator (Arnold, 1945) (Madagascar)

      • Bembecinus atratus (Arnold, 1936) (South Africa)

      • Bembecinus bidens (Arnold, 1933) (Ethiopia)

      • Bembecinus boer (Handlirsch, 1900) (South Africa)

      • Bembecinus brooksi Bohart, 1997 (Madagascar)

      • Bembecinus buyssoni (Arnold, 1929) (Zimbabwe)

      • Bembecinus bytinskii de Beaumont, 1954 (Israel, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen)

      • Bembecinus caffer (de Saussure, 1854) (South Africa, Zambia)

      • Bembecinus chilwae Bohart, 1997 (Malawi)

      • Bembecinus chirindensis (Arnold, 1936) (Zimbabwe)

      • Bembecinus cinguliger (Smith, 1856) (South Africa)

      • Bembecinus corpulentus (Arnold, 1929) (Ethiopia)

      • Bembecinus damarensis Gess & Pulawski, 2015 (Namibia, South Africa)

      • Bembecinus dentiventris (Handlirsch, 1895) (South Africa)

      • Bembecinus discolor (Handlirsch, 1892) (Yemen. Also Palaearctic region: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia)

      • Bembecinus distinctus (Arnold, 1955) (Namibia)

      • Bembecinus dubiousus (Guiglia, 1941) (Ethiopia)

      • Bembecinus flavopictus (Arnold, 1936) (Namibia)

      • Bembecinus fraterculus (Arnold, 1929) (Zimbabwe)

      • Bembecinus gariepensis Gess and Pulawski, 2015 (Namibia, South Africa)

      • Bembecinus gilvus Bohart, 1997 (Namibia, South Africa)

      • Bembecinus haemorrhoidalis (Handlirsch, 1900) (South Africa)

      • Bembecinus haplocerus (Handlirsch, 1895) (South Africa)

      • Bembecinus helicicola Pulawski, 2015 (South Africa)

      • Bembecinus herbsti (Arnold, 1929) (South Africa)

      • Bembecinus hirtiusculis (Arnold, 1945) (Madagascar)

      • Bembecinus hoplites (Handlirsch, 1892) (South Africa)

      • Bembecinus hoplites minor (Arnold, 1929) (South Africa)

      • Bembecinus hyperocrus (Arnold, 1929) (Namibia, South Africa)

      • Bembecinus inexspectatus Pulawski, 2015 (South Africa)

      • Bembecinus iranicus Schmid-Egger, 2004 (Saudi Arabia. Also Palaearctic region: Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates)

      • Bembecinus irwini Bohart, 1997 (Namibia)

      • Bembecinus jacksoni (Arnold, 1955) (Kenya)

      • Bembecinus kachelibae (Arnold, 1960) (Kenya)

      • Bembecinus karasanus Gess and Pulawski, 2015 (Namibia, South Africa)

      • Bembecinus karooensis (Arnold, 1936) (South Africa)

      • Bembecinus kobrowi (Arnold, 1936) (South Africa)

      • Bembecinus laterimacula (Handlirsch, 1895) (South Africa)

      • Bembecinus laticaudatus (Arnold, 1929) (South Africa)

      • Bembecinus laticinctus (Arnold, 1929) (South Africa)

      • Bembecinus lomii (Guiglia, 1945) (Ethiopia)

      • Bembecinus maior (Handlirsch, 1895) (South Africa)

      • Bembecinus mirus (Arnold, 1945) (Madagascar)

      • Bembecinus mitulus (Arnold, 1929) (South Africa)

      • Bembecinus monodon (Handlirsch, 1895) (South Africa)

      • Bembecinus mutabilis (Arnold, 1929) (South Africa)

      • Bembecinus namaquensis Pulawski, 2015 (South Africa)

      • Bembecinus namibius Pulawski, 2015 (Namibia)

      • Bembecinus namibicus Bohart, 1997 (Namibia)

      • Bembecinus nemoralis (Arnold, 1960) (Zimbabwe)

      • Bembecinus nyasae (Turner, 1912) (Zambia)

      • Bembecinus omaruru Pulawski, 2015 (Namibia)

      • Bembecinus oxydorcus (Handlirsch, 1900) (South Africa)

      • Bembecinus pakhuisaeBohart, 1997 (South Africa)

      • Bembecinus polychromus (Handlirsch, 1895) (South Africa)

      • Bembecinus proteus (Arnold, 1929) (Zimbabwe)

      • Bembecinus quadristrigatus (Arnold, 1929) (Angola, Namibia, South Africa)

      • Bembecinus rectilateralis (Arnold, 1945) (Madagascar)

      • Bembecinus rhopaloceroides (Arnold, 1929) (Namibia, South Africa)

      • Bembecinus rhopalocerus(Handlirsch, 1895) (Namibia, South Africa)

      • Bembecinus rozenorum Bohart, 1997 (Namibia)

      • Bembecinus sipapomae (Arnold, 1929) (Zimbabwe)

      • Bembecinus solitarius (Arnold, 1936) (South Africa)

      • Bembecinus somalicus Arnold, 1940 (Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania)

      • Bembecinus spinicornis (de Saussure, 1887) (Madagascar)

      • Bembecinus stevensoni Arnold, 1936 (Zimbabwe)

      • Bembecinus wenzeli Bohart, 1997 (Madagascar)

      • Bembecinus witzenbergensis (Arnold, 1929) (South Africa)

      • Bembecinus zebratus Bohart, 1997 (South Africa)

    • Genus Stizoides Guérin-Méneville, 1844

      • Stizoides abdominalis Dahlbom, 1845 (Egypt, United Arab Emirates)

      • Stizoides amoena F. Smith, 1856 (Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, West Africa)

      • Stizoides aryan Ohl, 1999 (India)

      • Stizoides assimilis (Fabricius, 1787) (Algeria, Dubai, Egypt, India, Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Yemen)

      • Stizoides blandinus F. Smith, 1856 (India)

      • Stizoides citrinus (Klug, 1845) (Egypt, India, Niger, United Arab Emirates)

      • Stizoides conscriptus (Nurse, 1903)

      • Stizoides cornutus (F. Smith, 1873)

      • Stizoides crassicornis (Fabricius, 1787)

      • Stizoides cyanipennis (de Saussure, 1887) (Madagascar)

      • Stizoides cyanopterus (Gussakovskij, 1928)

      • Stizoides erythrogaster (Turner, 1917)

      • Stizoides fenestratus(Smith, 1856) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Stizoides foxi Gillaspy, 1963

      • Stizoides funebris (Handlirsch, 1900) (Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

      • Stizoides klugii (Smith, 1856) (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Libya, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen)

      • Stizoides labirubiginus (X. Zhang and Q. Li, 2011)

      • Stizoides melanopterus (Dahlbom, 1845)

      • Stizoides mionii (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)

      • Stizoides nigerRadoszkowski, 1881 (Angola, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda)

      • Stizoides persimilis (Turner, 1918) (Kenya)

      • Stizoides renicinctus (Say, 1823)

      • Stizoides persimilis (Turner, 1918) (Kenya)

      • Stizoides rubifunebris Ohl, 1999 (Mali, Nigeria, Sudan)

      • Stizoides sahel Ohl, 1999 (Mali, Mauritania)

      • Stizoides simpsoni (Turner, 1916) (Ghana)

      • Stizoides sokoto (Ohl, 1999) (Nigeria)

      • Stizoides tridentatus (Fabricius, 1775) (Afghanistan, Algeria, Bulgaria, Crimea, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Iran, Israel,  Italy, Kazakhstan, Libya, [?Madagascar], Morocco, Mongolia, Portugal, Romania,  Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine,  Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia)

      • Stizoides tuberculiventris (Turner, 1912) (Zimbabwe)

      • Stizoides verhoeffi Bytinski-Salz in de Beaumont and Bytinski-Salz, 1955

      • Stizoides zulu Ohl, 1999 (South Africa)

    • Genus Stizus Latreille, 1802

      • Stizus anchoratus Mantero, 1917 (Egypt, Eritrea)

      • Stizus apicalis Guérin-Méneville, 1844 (Ethiopia, Senegal)

      • Stizus atrox (Smith, 1856) (South Africa)

      • Stizus aurifluus Turner, 1916 (Ghana)

      • Stizus basalis Guérin-Méneville, 1844 (Egypt, Mali, Senegal, Sudan)

      • Stizus baumanni Handlirsch, 1901 (Ethiopia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe)

      • Stizus beccarii Mantero, 1917 (Ethiopia)

      • Stizus berlandi Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

      • Stizus bizonatus Spinola, 1839 (Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates)

      • Stizus breyeriArnold, 1936 (Namibia)

      • Stizus chrysorrhoeus Handlirsch, 1892 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

      • Stizus combustus (F. Smith, 1856) (Israel, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Yemen)

      • Stizus dewitzii Handlirsch, 1892 (Ethiopia, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

      • Stizus ellenbergeriArnold, 1929 (Lesotho, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

      • Stizus erythraeensis Mantero, 1917 (Ethiopia)

      • Stizus erythrocephala (Taschenberg, 1880) (Ethiopia)

      • Stizus excellens Lohrmann, 1943 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

      • Stizus fuscatus Morice, 1897 (Egypt, Israel, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emerates, Western Sahara).

      • Stizus fuscipennis (F. Smith, 1856) (Namibia, South Africa)

      • Stizus hamatus Arnold, 1929 (Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

      • Stizus imperialisHandlirsch, 1892 (South Africa)

      • Stizus kohlii Mocsáry, 1883 (Egypt, Syria, Turkey)

      • Stizus lohrmanniBohart, 1939 (Namibia)

      • Stizus marshalliTurner, 1912 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

      • Stizus marthae Handlirsch, 1892 (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia)

      • Stizus melanurusHandlirsch, 1892 (Namibia, Senegal, South Africa)

      • Stizus multicolor Turner, 1916 (Somalia, South Africa, Uganda)

      • Stizus neavei Turner, 1912 (South Africa)

      • Stizus nigriventris Arnold, 1951 (Mali)

      • Stizus niloticus Handlirsch, 1892 (Chad, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Libya, Oman, Sinai, United Arab Emirates, Yemen)

      • Stizus pauli Mantero, 1917 (Ethiopia)

      • Stizus rapaxHandlirsch, 1892 (Algeria, Egypt)

      • Stizus richardsi Arnold, 1959 (Zambia)

      • Stizus rubellus Turner, 1912 (South Africa)

      • Stizus ruficornis (J. Forster, 1771) (Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Yemen. Widespread in Palaearctic region)

      • Stizus saussurei Handlirsch, 1895 (South Africa)

      • Stizus savignyiSpinola, 1839. (Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Kuwait, Iran, Israel, Libya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, United Arab Emirates)

      • Stizus spinulosus Radoszkowski, 1876 (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Western Sahara)

      • Stizus vespoides Walker, 1871 (Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Israel,  Libya, Morocco, Niger, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen)

      • Stizus wheeleri Arnold, 1959 (Zimbabwe)

      • Stizus zonatus (Klug, 1845) (Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Saudi Arabia)

• Subfamily Nyssoninae Latreille, 1804

  • Genus Brachystegus Costa, 1859

    • Brachystegus capensis (Handlirsch, 1887) (South Africa)

    • Brachystegus cataractae Arnold, 1940 (Zimbabwe)

    • Brachystegus decipiens (Arnold, 1929) (South Africa)

    • Brachystegus ludovici (Turner, 1920) (South Africa)

    • Brachystegus magrettii (Mantero, 1917) (Ethiopia)

    • Brachystegus nasutus (Cameron, 1910) (Kenya)

    • Brachystegus rhodesiae (Arnold, 1929) (Zimbabwe)

  • Genus Hovanysson Arnold, 1945

    • Hovanysson albibarbis (Arnold, 1945) (Madagascar)

    • Hovanysson camelus (Arnold, 1945) (Madagascar)

    Genus Nysson Latreille, 1796

    • Nysson braunsii Handlirsch, 1900 (South Africa)

    • Nysson minutus Arnold, 1929 (Zimbabwe)

    • Nysson willowmorensis Brauns, 1911 (South Africa)

    • Nysson rufoniger (Turner, 1912) (Zimbabwe)