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Walter Sisulu Botanical Gardens, Gauteng, South
Africa.
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Distribution
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Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, South
Africa, Tanzania, Yemen, Zimbabwe. |
Biology
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Nest in small to large aggregations in bare, sandy soil.
Nests are provisioned with bees or wasps. |
References
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Arnold, G. 1925.
The Sphegidae of South Africa. Part VI. Annals of the Transvaal Museum
11:137-175.
Bohart, R.M. &
Menke, A. S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: a
Generic Revision. University of California Press, Berkeley, California.
Dahlbom, G. 1845. Hymenoptera Europaea praecipue borealia;
formis typicis nonnullis Specierum Generumve Exoticorum aut Extraneorum propter
nexum systematicus associatis; per Familias, Genera, Species et Varietates
disposita atque descripta. Tomus: Sphex in sensu Linneano. Pp. 353-528. Officina
Lundbergiana, Lund. pp. |
Credits
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Photographs of live specimen © Vida van der Walt (Pretoria).
Photographs of pinned specimen and map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
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