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Classification and checklist of Afrotropical Pemphredonidae

Checklist of aphid wasps of the Afrotropical region

Updated according to Branstetter et al. 2017 and Sann et al. 2018; 2021

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Apoidea; Family: Pemphredonidae)

Family Pemphredonidae Dahlbom, 1835

  • Subfamily Odontosphecinae Menke, 1967

    • Genus Odontosphex Arnold, 1951

      • Odontosphex damara Pulawski, 1991 (Namibia)

  • Subfamily Pemphredoninae Dahlbom, 1835

    • Tribe Ammoplanini Evans, 1959

      • Genus Ammoplanus Giraud, 1869

        • Ammoplanus aussi (Leclercq, 1959) (Namibia)

        • Ammoplanus bezicus Leclercq, 1959 (Namibia)

        • Ammoplanus brevicornis Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

        • Ammoplanus claripennis Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

        • Ammoplanus egregius Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

        • Ammoplanus jucundus Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

        • Ammoplanus latiscapus Leclercq, 1959 (South Africa)

        • Ammoplanus madecassus Kohl, 1909 (Madagascar)

        • Ammoplanus orientalis Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

        • Ammoplanus rhodesianus Arnold, 1924 (Zimbabwe)

        • Ammoplanus mandibularis Cameron, 1903 (South Africa)

    • Tribe Pemphredonini Dahlbom, 1835

      • Genus Diodontus Curtis, 1834

        • Diodontus arnoldi Leclercq, 1959 (Zimbabwe)

        • Diodontus atratulus Taschenberg, 1875 (South Africa)

        • Diodontus saegeri Leclercq, 1959 (Namibia)

      • Genus Polemistus de Saussure, 1892

        • Polemistus bequaerti (Arnold, 1929) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Polemistus braunsii (Kohl, 1905) (South Africa)

          • Polemistus braunsii apterinus (Leclercq, 1959) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Polemistus macilentus de Saussure, 1892 (Madagascar)

        • Polemistus schoutedeni (Leclercq, 1959) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Tribe Spilomenini Menke, 1989

      • Genus Spilomena Shuckard, 1838

        • Spilomena arania Leclercq, 1961 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Spilomena ausiana Leclercq, 1959 (Namibia)

        • Spilomena pondola Leclercq, 1959 (South Africa)

        • Spilomena robusta Arnold, 1927 (South Africa)

        • Spilomena seyrigi Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

        • Spilomena stevensoni Arnold, 1924 (Zimbabwe)

        • Spilomena turneri Arnold, 1927 (South Africa)

        • Spilomena wittei Leclercq, 1959 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Genus Xysma Pate, 1937

        • Xysma africanum (Leclercq, 1959) (South Africa)

    • Tribe Stigmini R. Bohart and Menke, 1976

      • Genus Carinostigmus Tsuneki, 1954

        • Carinostigmus emirus (Leclercq, 1959) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Carinostigmus gueinzius (Turner, 1912) (Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe)

        • Carinostigmus guillarmodi (Arnold, 1955) (South Africa)

        • Carinostigmus harudus (Leclercq, 1961) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Carinostigmus johannis (Arnold, 1924) (South Africa)

        • Carinostigmus johannis hybridus (Leclercq, 1959) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Carinostigmus levifrons (Arnold, 1947) (Zimbabwe)

        • Carinostigmus nubilipennis (Arnold, 1945) (Madagascar)

        • Carinostigmus pseudoscutus (Leclercq, 1959) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Carinostigmus tenellus (Arnold, 1945) (Madagascar)

        • Carinostigmus ugandicus (Leclercq, 1959) (Uganda)

References

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Sann, M., Meusemann, K., Niehuis, O., Escalona, H.E., Mokrousov, M., Ohl, M., Paul, T. & Schmid-Egger, C. (2021) Reanalysis of the apoid wasp phylogeny with additional taxa and sequence data confirms the placement of Ammoplanidae as sister to bees. Systematic Entomology 46 (3), 558–569. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12475

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Links

CATALOG OF WORLD SPHECIDAE sensu lato (= Apoidea excluding bees) compiled by Wojciech J. Pulawski (California Academy of Sciences).

Credits

Photograph © Iziko Museums of South Africa.

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2025. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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