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Liris abyssinicus (Arnold, 1933) (Ethiopia)
Liris alaris (de Saussure, 1892) (Madagascar)
Liris alaris felinus (Arnold, 1923) (South
Africa)
Liris alberti (Arnold, 1943) (Democratic
Republic of Congo)
Liris angustiventris (Arnold, 1923) (Zimbabwe)
Liris antaka
(de Saussure, 1890) (Madagascar)
Liris apicalis (Fox, 1896) (Ethiopia)
Liris aterrimus (Smith, 1856) (South Africa)
Liris atropos Gribodo 1984 (Mozambique)
Liris atrox Arnold, 1959 (Zambia)
Liris avellanipes (de Saussure, 1890)
(Madagascar)
Liris avellanipes flavivena Arnold, 1947
(Zimbabwe) |
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Liris bembesianus (Bischoff, 1913) (Namibia,
South Africa, Zimbabwe) |
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Liris bembesianus pseudocroesus
(Arnold, 1940)
(Zimbabwe)
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Liris bequearti Arnold, 1929 (Democratic
Republic of Congo)
Liris bidentatus (Arnold, 1923) (Zimbabwe)
Liris braunsi (Arnold, 1923 (Zimbabwe)
Liris bredoi
Benoit, 1951 (Democratic
Republic of Congo)
Liris brunnipennis Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)
Liris ciliatus (Smith, 1856) (South Africa)
Liris consobrinus Arnold, 1959 (Tanzania)
Liris cowani (Kirby, 1883) (Madagascar)
Liris crepitans Leclercq, 1967 (Madagascar)
Liris croesus (Smith, 1856) (Ethiopia, Kenya,
Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo)
Liris congoensis Arnold, 1932 (Democratic
Republic of Congo)
Liris dejectus Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)
Liris denticulatus (Turner, 1920) (South Africa)
Liris dentipes tanganyikae Arnold, 1945
(Tanzania)
Liris diabolicus
(Smith, 1873) (Kenya, South
Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo)
Liris dyscheirus (de Saussure, 1892) (Madagascar)
Liris erythropyga (Arnold, 1940) (Zimbabwe)
Liris erythrotomus (Cameron, 1908) (Tanzania)
Liris flavitinctus (Arnold, 1940) (Zimbabwe)
Liris ganahlii (Dalla Torre, 1892) (Madagascar)
Liris gowdeyi
(Turner, 1913) (Uganda)
Liris gracilicornis
(Arnold, 1923) (Zimbabwe)
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Liris haemorrhoidalis (Fabricius, 1804) (Africa and Arabian Peninsula) |
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Liris incertus Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)
Liris irroratus tibialis Arnold, 1932 (Democratic
Republic of Congo)
Liris ituriensis Benoit, 1951 (Democratic
Republic of Congo)
Liris jucundus Arnold, 1959 (Tanzania)
Liris keiseri (Leclercq, 1961) (Madagascar)
Liris memnonius coloripes Arnold, 1940
(Madagascar)
Liris minimus (Arnold, 1923) (Zimbabwe)
Liris minimus lacustris Arnold, 1947 (Zambia)
Liris miscophoides (Arnold, 1923) (Zimbabwe)
Liris montivagus (Cameron, 1908) (Tanzania)
Liris neavei (Turner, 1917) (Malawi)
Liris niger namana (Bischoff, 1913) (South
Africa)
Liris nitens (Arnold, 1929) (Democratic
Republic of Congo) |
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Liris nugax (Kohl, 1894) (South Africa)
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Liris ordinarius Arnold, 1932 (Democratic
Republic of Congo)
Liris radialis (de Saussure, 1887) (Madagascar)
Liris rufoscapus (Cameron, 1905) (South Africa)
Liris rugifer
(Turner, 1918) (Uganda)
Liris sabrinus (Leclercq, 1961) (Madagascar)
Liris scabriusculus Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)
Liris sepulchralis (Gerstaecker, 1858)
(Mozambique, Tanzania)
Liris sepulcharis hova (Arnold, 1945)
(Madagascar)
Liris simulatrix (Arnold, 1923) (Zimbabwe)
Liris solstitialis (Smith, 1856) (Madagascar,
South Africa, Tanzania)
Liris thysanomerus usumbaraensis
(Cameron, 1908)
(Kenya)
Liris transvaalensis (Cameron, 1910) (South
Africa)
Liris tropicalis Arnold, 1960 (Liberia, Uganda,
Democratic Republic of Congo)
Liris utopicus
(Leclercq, 1961) (Madagascar)
Liris voeltzkowii (Kohl, 1909) (Madagascar)
Liris wheeleri
Arnold, 1960 (Zimbabwe)
Liris xanthopterus Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)
Liris nyasae Arnold, 1947 (Malawi) |
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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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 ©
Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa) or
©
Steve A. Marshall (University of Guelph).
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