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Ammophila laticeps (Arnold)

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

Sphex laticeps Arnold, 1928. Holotype: in Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC). Type locality: Namibia: Koakoveld: Warmbad.

Junior synonym of Ammophila braunsi (R.Turner, 1919)  (synonymy by Dollfuss, 2015).

Classification

Distribution

 Namibia.

Biology

 Nest provisioned with caterpillars.

References

Arnold, G.  1928. The Sphegidae of South Africa. Part X. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 12: 233-279, pls. IX-XI.

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.

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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