Polemistus de Saussure

Polemistus de Saussure

	Polemistus bequaerti (Arnold, 1929)
	Polemistus braunsii (Kohl, 1905)
	Polemistus braunsii apterinus (Leclercq, 1959)
	Polemistus macilentus de Saussure, 1892
	Polemistus schoutedeni (Leclercq, 1959)

Distribution	Democratic Republic of Congo, Madagascar, South Africa.
Biology	Nest in existing holes in dead wood and provision with aphids. The nests are sealed with a transparent resin-like substance (Bohart & Menke, 1976).
References	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	CATALOG OF WORLD SPHECIDAE sensu lato (= Apoidea excluding bees) compiled by Wojciech J. Pulawski (California Academy of Sciences).
Credits	Photographs © Vida van der Walt (Pretoria). Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).