(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Apoidea; Family: Sphecidae; Subfamily: Ammophilinae; Genus: Ammophila)
Ammophila argyrocephala Dollfuss, 2015. Holotype in Natural History Museum, London (BMNH). Type locality: River Errer, Meisso, Ethiopia.
Botswana, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Unknown.
Dollfuss, H. 2015. Revision of the wasp genus Ammophila Kirby, 1798 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Sphecidae) of the Sub-Saharan Region of Africa. Linzer biologische Beiträge 47: 307–412.
CATALOG OF WORLD SPHECIDAE sensu lato (= Apoidea excluding bees) compiled by Wojciech J. Pulawski (California Academy of Sciences).
Map illustration © Simon van Noort (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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