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Trypoxylon Latreille

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Apoidea; Family: Crabronidae; Subfamily: Crabroninae; Tribe: Trypoxylini)

Trypoxylon abditum Arnold, 1924 (South Africa)

Trypoxylon aeneipenne Arnold, 1943 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Trypoxylon algoense Arnold, 1924 (South Africa)

Trypoxylon arnoldi Menke, 1976 (South Africa, Tanzania)

Trypoxylon arudum Leclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Trypoxylon asinum Leclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Trypoxylon braunsi Arnold, 1924 (South Africa)

Trypoxylon breviventre Arnold, 1959 (Tanzania)

Trypoxylon capense Cameron, 1905 (South Africa)

Trypoxylon carcinum Leclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Trypoxylon cariosum Arnold, 1959 (Tanzania)

Trypoxylon carpenteri Richards, 1933 (Uganda)

Trypoxylon castoris Leclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Trypoxylon cataractae Arnold, 1924 (Zimbabwe)

Trypoxylon cataractae madecassum Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

Trypoxylon catinum Leclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Trypoxylon cavallum Lerclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Trypoxylon chirindense Arnold, 1936 (Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, Zimbabwe)

Trypoxylon crassipunctatum Arnold, 1946 (Malawi)

Trypoxylon cricetum Leclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Trypoxylon darium Leclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Trypoxylon dendrophilum Arnold, 1959 (Tanzania)

Trypoxylon deuterium Leclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Trypoxylon egregium Arnold, 1959 (Tanzania)

Trypoxylon elgonense Arnold, 1956 (Kenya)

Trypoxylon eyeni Leclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Trypoxylon flavimanum Arnold, 1946 (Malawi)

Trypoxylon foveatum Cameron, 1904 (South Africa)

Trypoxylon gracilicorne Arnold, 1946 (Malawi)

Trypoxylon gustatum Leclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Trypoxylon hova de Saussure, 1892 (Madagascar)

Trypoxylon inconstans Arnold, 1946 (Zimbabwe)

Trypoxylon infimum Arnold, 1940 (Zimbabwe)

Trypoxylon insulsum Arnold, 1959 (Tanzania)

Trypoxylon judicum Leclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Trypoxylon kabeyae Leclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Trypoxylon kapiricum Leclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Trypoxylon katangae Leclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Trypoxylon kohli Arnold, 1924 (South Africa)

Trypoxylon lacustre Arnold, 1956 (Uganda)

Trypoxylon latiscutatum Arnold, 1946 (Malawi)

Trypoxylon latiscutatum rectirugosum Arnold, 1959 (Tanzania)

Trypoxylon letiferum Arnold, 1946 (Zimbabwe)

Trypoxylon lissonotum Cameron, 1910 (South Africa)

Trypoxylon longiscute Tsuneki, 1978 (Madagascar)

Trypoxylon lucidum Arnold, 1959 (Tanzania)

Trypoxylon lusingum Leclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Trypoxylon luteosignatum Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

Trypoxylon mabwense Leclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Trypoxylon magrettii Gribodo, 1884 (Ethiopia)

Trypoxylon marginifrons Cameron, 1912 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Trypoxylon massaicum Cameron, 1908 (Tanzania)

Trypoxylon montivagum Arnold, 1940 (Zimbabwe)

Trypoxylon nodosum Arnold, 1944 (Zimbabwe)

Trypoxylon paulisum Leclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Trypoxylon punctatissimum Arnold, 1924 (South Africa)

Trypoxylon scutifrons de Saussure, 1892 (Madagascar)

Trypoxylon seyrigi Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

Trypoxylon sinuosiscute Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

Trypoxylon solivagum Arnold, 1946 (Malawi)

Trypoxylon stevensoni Arnold, 1924 (Zimbabwe)

Trypoxylon stroudi Gribodo, 1884 (Ethiopia, South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo)

Trypoxylon testaceipes Arnold, 1924 (Zimbabwe)

Trypoxylon tremulum Arnold, 1946 (Malawi)

Trypoxylon triste Arnold, 1924 (Zimbabwe)

Trypoxylon tuberculifrons Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

Trypoxylon turbulentum Arnold, 1946 (Malawi)

Trypoxylon viduum Arnold, 1951 (Ethiopia)

Trypoxylon volitans Arnold, 1956 (Uganda)

Trypoxylon zikae Arnold, 1956 (Uganda)

Trypoxylon zurki Leclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Distribution	Worldwide.
Biology	Solitary predatory wasps, provisioning nest with paralyzed spiders (Aranaea) that is either constructed in the ground, or constructed from mud within sheltered situations, or in pre-existing cavities such as hollow stems, or old abandoned nests, or key-holes (Bohart & Menke, 1976; Gess & Gess, 2014).
References	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 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. Gadallah, NS. 2020. Biodiversity of the aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) of the Arabian Peninsula: Apoidea (Spheciformes), Crabronidae. Zootaxa 4754(1): 20–73. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4754.1.6 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	CATALOG OF WORLD SPHECIDAE sensu lato (= Apoidea excluding bees) compiled by Wojciech J. Pulawski (California Academy of Sciences).
Credits	Photographs © Iziko Museums of South Africa. Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).

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