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Cyphononyx bretonii Guérin

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Pompiloidea; Family: Pompilidae; Genus: Cyphononyx)

Cyphononyx bretonii Guérin, 1843

Cyphononyx bretoni femelle détourée

Distribution

Arabia, Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Marocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Togo, Tunisia, Yemen, Zaire.

Biology

Females hunt and paralyse large spiders such as Rain spiders (Palystes).

Reference

Picker, M., Griffiths, C & Weaving, A. 2002. Field Guide to Insects of South Africa. Struik Publishers, Cape Town.

Credits

Photographs © Mike Picker & Charles Griffiths (published in Struik's Field Guide to Insects 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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