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Prionyx crudelis F.Smith, 1856
(Burkina Faso, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar,
Mauritius, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Yemen.
Palaearctic region: Algeria, Bulgaria, Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece,
Kuwait, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Mauritania, Oman,
Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United
Arab Emirates. Oriental region: India) |
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Prionyx
funebris (Berland,
1926) (Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa) |
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Prionyx indus (Linneaus, 1758) (Angola,
South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe. Oriental region: India)
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Prionyx kirbii kirbii
(van der Linden,
1827) (Angola, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mozambique, South Africa,
Tanzania, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Zimbabwe. Palaearctic region:
Algeria, Austria, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt,
France, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Libya,
Morocco, Portugal, Romania, Russia including Western Siberia, Slovakia,
Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan,
Ukraine, Uzbekistan) |
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Prionyx kirbii marginatus (F. Smith,
1856) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon,
Gambia, Ivory Coast, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania)
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Prionyx niveatus
(Dufour, 1854) (Djibouti, Malawi, Niger, Saudi Arabia,
South Africa, Sudan, Yemen. Palaearctic region: Afghanistan, Algeria,
Egypt, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania,
Mongolia, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Tajikistan, Tunisia,
Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Western Sahara) |
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Prionyx subfuscatus
Giordani Soika, 1942 (Angola, Ethiopia, Somalia, South Africa,
Tanzania, Zimbabwe. Also Palaearctic region: Albania, Algeria, China,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece,
Hungary, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kyrgyzstan,
Libya, Malta, Mongolia, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Turkey,
Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan) |
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Prionyx subfuscatus albovillosulus
Giordani Soika, 1942 (Somalia)
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Prionyx subfuscatus rhodesianum
(Arnold, 1936) (Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe)
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Prionyx subfuscatus rukwaensis
(Arnold, 1959) (Tanzania)
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Prionyx sundewalli (Dahlbom, 1845)
(South Africa) |
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Prionyx viduatus (Christ,
1791) (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia,
Gabon, Guinea, Namibia, Niger, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, Somalia,
Tanzania, Yemen. Also Oriental region: India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan,
Thailand, Vietnam; and Palaearctic region: Afghanistan, Algeria, Canary
Islands, China, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel,
Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Malta, Mauritania, Morocco,
Oman, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia,
Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Western
Sahara) |
Distribution
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Worldwide. |
Biology
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Prey on Grasshoppers (Acrididae). Nest in
prey-existing burrows and provision with a single or multiple prey
items. |
References
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Bohart, R.M. &
Menke, A. S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: a
Generic Revision. University of California Press, Berkeley, California.
Brothers D.J. 1999. Phylogeny and
evolution of wasps, ants and bees (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea, Vespoidea and
Apoidea) Zoologica Scripta 28: 233–250.
Finnamore, A.T. & Michener, C.D. 1993. Superfamily Apoidea (pp.
279-357). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World:
an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture
Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp. |
Links
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CATALOG OF WORLD SPHECIDAE
sensu lato (= Apoidea excluding bees) compiled by
Wojciech J. Pulawski (California Academy of Sciences). |
Credits
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Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums
of South Africa).
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