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Oxybelus acutissimus Bischoff, 1912 (Democratic
Republic of Congo) |
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Oxybelus acutissimus
propinquus Arnold, 1927
(Zimbabwe)
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Oxybelus aethiopicus Cameron, 1906 (South Africa)
Oxybelus angustus de Saussure, 1892 (South
Africa)
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Oxybelus arnoldi Benoit, 1951 (Democratic
Republic of Congo)
Oxybelus bechuanae Arnold, 1936 (Botswana)
Oxybelus bicornutus Arnold, 1929 (Namibia, South
Africa)
Oxybelus braunsi Arnold, 1927 (South Africa) |
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Oxybelus congophilus Benoit, 1951 (Democratic
Republic of Congo)
Oxybelus coniferus Arnold, 1951 (Ethiopia)
Oxybelus cristatus de Saussure, 1892 (Madagascar)
Oxybelus curviscutis Arnold, 1927 (Zimbabwe) |
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Oxybelus dissimilis Arnold, 1934 (Zimbabwe)
Oxybelus eburneoguttatus Arnold, 1952 (Zimbabwe)
Oxybelus flavicornis Arnold, 1927 (Zimbabwe)
Oxybelus flavicornis nyassae Arnold, 1927
(Tanzania) |
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Oxybelus flaviventris Arnold, 1927 (Zimbabwe)
Oxybelus fraudulentus Arnold, 1929 (Namibia)
Oxybelus harraricus Arnold, 1927 (Ethiopia)
Oxybelus hessei Arnold, 1929 (Namibia) |
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Oxybelus imperialis Gerstaecker, 1867 (South
Africa)
Oxybelus lepturus Arnold, 1927 (Zimbabwe)
Oxybelus limatus Arnold, 1927 (Zimbabwe)
Oxybelus lingula Gerstaecker, 1867 (South Africa) |
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Oxybelus matabele Arnold, 1927 (Zimbabwe)
Oxybelus metopias Kohl, 1894 (Mozambique)
Oxybelus nasutus Bischoff, 1913 (Namibia)
Oxybelus natalensis Arnold, 1927 (South Africa) |
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Oxybelus neuvillei Magretti, 1908 (Kenya)
Oxybelus pallidus Arnold, 1927 (Ethiopia,
Tanzania)
Oxybelus paucipunctatus Arnold, 1927 (Zimbabwe)
Oxybelus peringueyi de Saussure, 1892 (South
Africa) |
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Oxybelus perornatus Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)
Oxybelus pictus
Arnold, 1927 (Zimbabwe)
Oxybelus pilosus Arnold, 1927 (Ethiopia)
Oxybelus rubrocaudatus Arnold, 1927 (Zimbabwe)
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Oxybelus ruficaudis Cameron, 1905 (South Africa)
Oxybelus ruficaudis melanarius Arnold, 1927
(South Africa)
Oxybelus solitarius
Arnold, 1927 (Zimbabwe)
Oxybelus stevensoni
Arnold, 1927 (Zimbabwe) |
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Oxybelus subcristatus de Saussure, 1892
(Madagascar)
Oxybelus taschenbergi
Kohl, 1875 (South Africa)
Oxybelus willowmorensis Arnold, 1927 (South
Africa)
Oxybelus woosnami Arnold, 1927 (Botswana, South
Africa)
Oxybelus zavattarii Guiglia, 1943 (Ethiopia) |
Distribution
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Worldwide, except for Australasian region. |
Biology
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Solitary predatory wasps, provisioning nest constructed in ground, with paralyzed
adult Diptera for consumption
by the wasp larvae (Bohart & Menke, 1976). Oxybelus carry the
prey impaled on the sting, a derived prey transport adaptation (Bohart &
Menke, 1976).
A species of
Oxybelus was observed and photographed (below) on the elytron of
a dung-rolling scarab following and riding the dung beetles repeatedly,
presumably using the beetles as a platform to hunt the associated
kleptoparasitic Musca (Steve A. Marshall pers. comm. 2019).
Photograph
©
Steve A. Marshall (University of Guelph). |
References
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Antropov, A.V. 1999.
A new genus of digger wasps of the tribe Oxybelini (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae),
Crabroninae) from South Africa. Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal. 78(9):1132-1136. [In
Russian. English translation: Entomological Review. 1999. 79(8):1055-1059.]
Antropov, A.V. 2007.
On the Taxonomy of South African Digger Wasps of the Tribe Oxybelini
(Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Entmological Review 87: 413-430.
https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873807040045
Arnold, G. 1927.
The Sphegidae of South Africa. Part VIII. Annals of the Transvaal Museum
12:55-131.
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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