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Ammophila tuberculiscutis (R. Turner)

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

Sphex tuberculiscutis R. Turner, 1919. Syntypes in Natural History Museum, London (BMNH). Syntype localities: sevral localities, Kenya.

 

Classification

Distribution

Kenya, Namibia.

Biology

Unknown.

Reference

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.

Turner R.E. 1919. Notes on fossorial Hymenoptera. XXXVIII. On new Ethiopian species. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) 4: 44-50.

Links

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

Credits

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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