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Gastrosericus braunsi
Arnold, 1922 (Zimbabwe)
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Gastrosericus capensis
Brauns, 1906 (South Africa)
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Gastrosericus
chalcithorax Arnold, 1922 (South Africa) |
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Gastrosericus eurypus
Pulawski, 1995 (South Africa)
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Gastrosericus
fluviatilis Arnold, 1951 (Mali) |
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Gastrosericus herero
Pulawski, 1995 (Namibia) |
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Gastrosericus karooensis
Brauns, 1906 (South Africa) |
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Gastrosericus lamellatus
Turner, 1912 (Zambia) |
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Gastrosericus madecassus
(Kohl, 1907) (Madagascar) |
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Gastrosericus mirabilis
Pulawski, 1995 (Namibia) |
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Gastrosericus modestus
Arnold, 1922 (Zimbabwe) |
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Gastrosericus nama
Pulawski, 1995 (Namibia) |
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Gastrosericus neavei
Turner, 1913 (Kenya) |
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Gastrosericus praos
Pulawski, 1995 (Congo) |
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Gastrosericus pratensis
Arnold, 1929 (Zimbabwe) |
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Gastrosericus pulchellus
Arnold, 1929 (Zimbabwe) |
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Gastrosericus simplex
Arnold, 1922 (Zimbabwe) |
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Gastrosericus swalei
Turner, 1916 (Zimbabwe) |
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Gastrosericus
tuberculatus Pulawski, 1995 (Namibia) |
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Gastrosericus turneri Arnold, 1922 (Zimbabwe) |
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Gastrosericus unicolor
Arnold, 1929 (Zimbabwe) |
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Gastrosericus waltlii Spinola, 1839 (Angola, Chad,
Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Namibia, Saudi Arabia,
Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Yemen, Zimbabwe. Also Palaearctic:
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara, and
Asia north to Turkey and adjacent Mediterranean islands,
Armenia, and Kazakhstan, east to Mongolia and Sri Lanka) |
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Gastrosericus
xanthophilus Pulawski, 1995 (Namibia) |
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Gastrosericus zoyphion
Pulawski, 1995 (Madagascar) |
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Gastrosericus zyx
Pulawski, 1995 (Zambia) |
Distribution
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Worldwide. |
Biology
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Solitary predatory wasps, provisioning nest constructed in ground or plant stems with paralyzed
adult Orthoptera, Hemiptera or Lepidoptera caterpillars for consumption
by the wasp larvae. |
References
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Arnold, G. 1922. The Sphegidae of South Africa. Part I. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 9:101-138.
Arnold, G. 1929a. The Sphegidae of South Africa. Part XII. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 13:217-319.
Arnold, G. 1929b. The Sphegidae of South Africa. Part XIII. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 13:320-380,
pl. VI.
Arnold, G. 1929c. The Sphegidae of South Africa. Part XIV. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 13:381-418,
pls. VII-VIII.
Bohart, R.M. &
Menke, A. S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: a
Generic Revision. University of California Press, Berkeley, California.
Brauns, H. 1899. Zur Kenntnis der südafrikanischen Hymenopteren. Ann.
Naturhist. Hofmus, Wien, 13: 382-423.
Brauns, H. 1906. Zur Kenntnis der südafrikanischen Hymenopteren, II. Verh.
zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 56: 43-59.
Brauns, H. 1911. Die Nysson-Arten Südafrikas. Kaplande (Willomore).
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.
Pulawski, W.J. 1995.
The wasp genus Gastrosericus Spinola, 1839 (Hymenoptera:
Sphecidae). Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 18:
1-173.
http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15652419 |
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 and map illustration ©
Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
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