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Laphyragogus ajjer de
Beaumont, 1958 (Algeria)
Laphyragogus ajjer orientalis
de Beaumont, 1970 (Iran)
Laphyragogus kohlii (Bingham
in Kohl, 1897) (India, Kazakhastan, Pakistan, Tajikistan)
Laphyragogus pectinatus de
Beaumont, 1959 (Egypt, Israel, Libya) |
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Laphyragogus pictus Kohl, 1889 (Egypt, Israel, Kuwait,
United Arab Emirates, Western Sahara) |
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Laphyragogus strakai Schmid-Egger,
2011 (United Arab Emirates) |
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Laphyragogus visnagae de
Beaumont, 1959 (Algeria) |
Distribution
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Oriental and
Palaearctic regions. |
Biology
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Solitary predatory wasps, provisioning nest with
paralyzed prey (adult Lepidoptera) for consumption by the 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.
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
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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 © Iziko Museums of South Africa.
Map illustration
© Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa). |
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