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Ammophila kalaharica (Arnold)

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Apoidea; Family: Sphecidae; Subfamily: Ammophilinae; Genus: Ammophila)

Sphex kalaharicus Arnold, 1935. Syntypes in Ditsong Museum, Pretoria (TMSA). Type locality: Namibia: Damara Pan.

Classification
Ammophila_kalaharica_SAM_HYM_A009709_female_habitus_dorsal Ammophila_kalaharica_SAM_HYM_A009709_female_habitus_lateral
Ammophila_kalaharica_SAM_HYM_A009709_female_head_mesosoma_dorsal Ammophila_kalaharica_SAM_HYM_A009709_female_head_mesosoma_lateral
Ammophila_kalaharica_SAM_HYM_A009709_female_wings

Distribution

Botswana, Namibia, South Africa.

Biology

Nest provisioned with caterpillars.

References

Arnold, G. 1920. A revision of the South African species of the genus Sphex Linn. (olim Ammophila Kirby). Proceedings of the Rhodesia Scientific Association 18 (2):25-55, 2 pls.

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.

Links

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

Credits

Photographs by Sandy Sauls © Iziko Museums of South Africa.

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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