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Cerceris aemula Arnold, 1945
(Madagascar)
Cerceris aemuloides Leclercq,
1962 (Madagascar)
Cerceris africanula Brauns, 1926
(South Africa)
Cerceris albifrons F.Smith, 1856
(South Africa)
Cerceris albispinosa Arnold, 1952
(Kenya)
Cerceris albolineata (Cameron,
1908) (Kenya)
Cerceris alcyone
Arnold, 1951
(Ethiopia)
Cerceris amakosa Brauns, 1926
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Cerceris amatoria Arnold, 1931
(Zimbabwe) |
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Cerceris andersoni
R.Turner, 1918
(Kenya)
Cerceris argentifrons
Guérin-Méneville (Madagascar)
Cerceris armaticeps Cameron, 1910
(South Africa)
Cerceris armaticeps caffrariae
Empey, 1974 (South Africa)
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Cerceris arnoldi Brauns, 1926
(Zimbabwe)
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Cerceris arrogans
Arnold, 1931
(Namibia)
Cerceris aterrima Arnold, 1942
(Tanzania, Uganda)
Cerceris beharensis
Leclercq,
1967 (Madagascar)
Cerceris bicarinata Arnold, 1935
(Botswana)
Cerceris bicuspidata
Arnold, 1931
(Namibia)
Cerceris bifurcata Empey, 1970
(Democratic Republic of Congo)
Cerceris bothavillensis Brauns,
1926 (South Africa)
Cerceris bulawayoensis Brauns,
1926 (Zimbabwe)
Cerceris campicola Arnold, 1942
(Democratic Republic of Congo)
Cerceris campsomeroides
Arnold,
1951 (Ghana)
Cerceris chirindensis
Arnold,
1932 (Zimbabwe)
Cerceris clypearis de Saussure,
1887 (Madagascar)
Cerceris curvitarsis Schletterer,
1887 (South Africa)
Cerceris cuthbertsoni Arnold,
1946 (Zimbabwe)
Cerceris dejecta Arnold, 1931
(Kenya)
Cerceris dentiventris
Arnold,
1945 (Madagascar)
Cerceris diodonta Schletterer,
1887 (South Africa)
Cerceris diodonta barbifera
Bischoff, 1912 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Cerceris diodonta sodalis
R.Turner, 1918 (Kenya)
Cerceris discrepans Brauns, 1926
(South Africa)
Cerceris discrepans grata Arnold,
1931 (Namibia)
Cerceris dissona Arnold, 1955
(Namibia)
Cerceris dominicana Brauns, 1926
(South Africa)
Cerceris dondoensis Brauns, 1926
(Mozambique)
Cerceris duchesnei Arnold, 1945
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Cerceris eburneofasciata Brauns,
1926 (South Africa)
Cerceris egena Arnold, 1931
(Malawi)
Cerceris egena mombasae Arnold,
1942 (Ethiopia, Kenya)
Cerceris electra Arnold, 1951
(Ghana)
Cerceris emeryana Gribodo, 1894
(Mozambique)
Cerceris emeryana bechuana
Brauns,
1926 (South Africa)
Cerceris emeryana varilineata
Cameron, 1905 (South Africa)
Cerceris erynnis Arnold, 1931
(Malawi)
Cerceris erythrosoma Schletterer,
1887 (Kenya, South Africa)
Cerceris erythroura
Cameron, 1908
(Kenya)
Cerceris eulalia Brauns, 1926
(South Africa)
Cerceris eulalia transkeica Empey,
1971 (South Africa)
Cerceris fingo Brauns, 1926
(South Africa)
Cerceris fischeri Spinola, 1839
(Ethiopia)
Cerceris fischeri nobilitata
Cameron, 1905 (South Africa)
Cerceris flavonasuta Arnold, 1951
(Ethiopia)
Cerceris formidolosa de Saussure,
1890 (Madagascar)
Cerceris formosa Dahlbom, 1845
(South Africa)
Cerceris formosa nigrifemur
Arnold, 1955 (South Africa)
Cerceris formosa hoeveldensis
Empey, 1971 (South Africa)
Cerceris forticula
Arnold, 1955
(Zambia)
Cerceris gallienii
Arnold, 1945
(Madagascar)
Cerceris gallienii bekiliensis
Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)
Cerceris gomphocarpi Brauns, 1911
(South Africa)
Cerceris guigliae Giordani Soika
(Ethiopia)
Cerceris hamiltoni
Arnold, 1931
(Kenya)
Cerceris haramaiae Arnold, 1951
(Ethiopia)
Cerceris herbsti Empey, 1971
(Namibia)
Cerceris hildebrandti
de Saussure,
1891 (Madagascar)
Cerceris holconota
Cameron, 1905
(South Africa)
Cerceris holconota labiosa Empey,
1971 (South Africa)
Cerceris holconota oculata Empey,
1971 (South Africa)
Cerceris horus Arnold, 1931
(Namibia)
Cerceris illustris Arnold, 1931
(Zimbabwe)
Cerceris inconspicua Arnold, 1931
(Malawi)
Cerceris iniqua cratocephala
Cameron, 1908 (Kenya)
Cerceris iniqua deceptrix Brauns,
1926 (Zimbabwe)
Cerceris iniqua libitina Brauns,
1926 (South Africa)
Cerceris insignita Arnold, 1951
(Ethiopia)
Cerceris isis Arnold, 1931
(Zimbabwe)
Cerceris katangae Brauns, 1914
(Democratic Republic of Congo)
Cerceris kilimandjaroensis
Cameron, 1908 (Ethiopia, Kenya, Democratic
Republic of Congo, Zambia)
Cerceris kilimandjaroensis
capensis Arnold, 1931 (South Africa)
Cerceris kilimandjaroensis
heterospila Cameron, 1910 (South Africa)
Cerceris kobrowi
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Cerceris languida Cameron, 1905
(South Africa)
Cerceris languida agulhas Empey,
1974 (South Africa)
Cerceris languida shangaani Empey,
1974 (Zimbabwe)
Cerceris languida tanzana Empey,
1974 (Tanzania)
Cerceris lateridentata Arnold,
1945 (Madagascar)
Cerceris latifrons Bingham, 1902
(South Africa)
Cerceris longilabris Arnold, 1946
(Zambia)
Cerceris longiuscula Arnold, 1951
(Ghana)
Cerceris lunigera Dahlbom, 1845
(South Africa)
Cerceris macalanga Brauns, 1926
(Zimbabwe)
Cerceris macula
(Fabricius, 1804)
(South Africa)
Cerceris manifesta Arnold, 1952
(Kenya)
Cerceris mazimba Brauns, 1926
(Mozambique)
Cerceris merope Arnold, 1951
(Ghana)
Cerceris moestissima Guiglia,
1941 (Ethiopia)
Cerceris moggionis Arnold, 1951
(Ethiopia)
Cerceris monticola
Arnold, 1931
(Malawi)
Cerceris mossambica Gribodo, 1895
(Mozambique)
Cerceris multipictoides Giordani
Soika, 1942 (Kenya)
Cerceris nasidens Schletterer,
1887 (South Africa)
Cerceris natalensis de Saussure,
1867 (South Africa)
Cerceris neghelliensis Guiglia,
1939 (Ethiopia)
Cerceris nenicra de Saussure,
1887 (Madagascar)
Cerceris nenitroidea Bischoff,
1913 (Botswana)
Cerceris nepthys Arnold,.1931
(Namibia)
Cerceris nepthys plathyrhyncha
Arnold, 1942 (Zimbabwe)
Cerceris nigrostoma Brauns, 1926
(South Africa)
Cerceris obscura
Schletterer,
1887 (South Africa)
Cerceris orangiae Brauns, 1926
(South Africa)
Cerceris oraniensis Brauns (South
Africa)
Cerceris osiris
Arnold, 1931
(Namibia)
Cerceris paleata de Saussure,
1891 (Madagascar)
Cerceris pearstonensis Cameron,
1905 (Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe)
Cerceris perfida de Saussure,
1890 (Madagascar)
Cerceris petiolata de Saussure,
1891 (Madagascar)
Cerceris pictifacies Brauns, 1926
(South Africa)
Cerceris placita Arnold, 1931
(Kenya)
Cerceris placita arnoldiana
Guiglia, 1939 (Ethiopia)
Cerceris proteles Brauns, 1926
(Democratic Republic of Congo)
Cerceris pseudoerythrocephala von
Schulthess (South Africa, Democratic Republic of
Congo)
Cerceris quadridentata
Arnold,
1931 (Namibia)
Cerceris querula flavofemorata
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Cerceris rasoherinae Arnold, 1945
(Madagascar)
Cerceris reginula
Brauns, 1926
(South Africa)
Cerceris repraesentans R.Turner,
1919 (Kenya)
Cerceris rhodesiae
Brauns, 1926
(Zimbabwe)
Cerceris rhodesiensis Empey, 1971
(Zimbabwe)
Cerceris rigida
F.Smith, 1856
(South Africa)
Cerceris rostrifera Brauns, 1926
(South Africa)
Cerceris ruficauda Cameron, 1905
(South Africa)
Cerceris ruficauda
lichtenburgensis Brauns, 1926 (South Africa)
Cerceris ruficauda pictinoda
Cameron, 1908 (Kenya)
Cerceris rufiscutis Cameron, 1908
(Kenya)
Cerceris rufiscutis conradsi
Giordani Soika, 1942 (Tanzania, Democratic
Republic of Congo)
Cerceris rufiscutis decolorata
Arnold, 1931 (Ethiopia, Kenya, Democratic
Republic of Congo)
Cerceris rufiscutis kenyae Empey,
1974 (Kenya)
Cerceris ndebele
Empey, 1974
(Zimbabwe)
Cerceris rufocincta Gerstaecker
in Peters, 1858 (Mozambique, Zimbabwe)
Cerceris rufocincta basiornata
Cameron, 1908 (Kenya, Zambia)
Cerceris rufocincta polychroma
Gribodo, 1895 (South Africa)
Cerceris saegeri Empey, 1970
(Democratic Republic of Congo)
Cerceris schoutedeni Brauns, 1914
(Democratic Republic of Congo)
Cerceris schultzei Bischoff, 1913
(Botswana, South Africa)
Cerceris severini Kohl, 1913
(Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo)
Cerceris seyrigi Arnold, 1945
(Madagascar)
Cerceris spectrum Arnold, 1936
(Zimbabwe)
Cerceris spinicaudata Cameron,
1905 (South Africa)
Cerceris spirans de Saussure,
1892 (Madagascar)
Cerceris splendidissima Giordani
Soika, 1942 (Tanzania)
Cerceris stevensoni
Brauns, 1926
(Mozambique)
Cerceris synagroides R.Turner,
1912 (Malawi)
Cerceris trichionota
Cameron,
1908 (Kenya)
Cerceris trichionota ovambo Empey,
1972 (Namibia)
Cerceris trichionota somereni
Empey, 1974 (Kenya)
Cerceris tricolorata amaura
Schletterer, 1891 (Liberia,
Democratic Republic of Congo)
Cerceris nigrifrons F.Smith, 1856
(Mozambique, South Africa)
Cerceris tshontandae Arnold, 1946
(Zimbabwe)
Cerceris ugandensis Arnold, 1931
(Uganda)
Cerceris ulcerosa Arnold, 1936
(Zimbabwe)
Cerceris umhlangae Arnold, 1942
(South Africa)
Cerceris umtaliensis Empey, 1974
(Zimbabwe)
Cerceris varicincta Cameron, 1905
(South Africa)
Cerceris vegeta
Arnold, 1940
(Zimbabwe)
Cerceris ventripilosa Empey, 1931
(Namibia)
Cerceris verecunda Arnold, 1958
(Zambia)
Cerceris vernayi Arnold, 1935
(Botswana)
Cerceris vulpecula
Empey, 1971
(Namibia)
Cerceris vulpecula fuscicauda
Empey, 1971 (South Africa)
Cerceris waltoni
Arnold, 1940
(South Africa)
Cerceris xanthogaster Arnold,
1942 (Zimbabwe)
Cerceris xanthostigma
Arnold,
1945 (Madagascar)
Cerceris xosa Brauns, 1926 (South
Africa)
Cerceris yalensis R.Turner, 1913
(Kenya)
Cerceris yngvei Cameron, 1908
(Kenya, Zimbabwe)
Cerceris zavattarii Guiglia, 1939
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Distribution
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Worldwide. |
Biology
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Nest in aggregations in bare, sand clay or gravel clay soil.
Nests are usually provisioned with beetles (Bruchidae, Buprestidae,
Cerambycidae, Chrysomelidae, Curculionidae, Scareabaieidae,
Tenebrionidae) or sometimes with bees or wasps (Hymenoptera) (Bohart &
Menke, 1976). |
Reference
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Arnold, G. 1942.
Systematic notes on African species of Cerceris (Hymenoptera) and
descriptions of new species. Journal of Entomological Society of Southern
Africa 5:1-25, pls. I-II.
Bohart, R.M. &
Menke, A. S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: a
Generic Revision. University of California Press, Berkeley, California.
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).
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