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Episyron argillaceus Arnold, 1936 (Zambia)
Episyron bequaerti Arnold, 1936 (Liberia)
Episyron bicinctus Bischoff, 1913 (South
Africa, Zimbabwe)
Episyron braunsii Arnold, 1936 (South
Africa)
Episyron crassicornis Arnold, 1936 (Democratic
Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Uganda)
Episyron gryps Saussure, (Madagascar) |
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Episyron histrio Lepeletier,
1845 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Mali, South Africa,
Yemen, Zimbabwe) |
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Episyron natalicolus Dalla Torre, (Ethiopia)
Episyron pedunculatus Arnold, 1936
(Liberia)
Episyron solitaneum Kohl, 1906 (Yemen)
Episyron tropicalis Arnold, 1936 (Democratic
Republic of Congo)
Episyron turneri Arnold, 1936 (South
Africa)
Episyron viduus Arnold, 1936 (Namibia,
South Africa, Zimbabwe)
Episyron vindex Smith, 1879
(Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, South Africa) |
Distribution
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Biology |
Females hunt
Orb-web spiders (Araneidae), capturing the spider in its web, to
provision their nest with. Adult wasps feed on nectar for their energy
requirements. |
Reference |
Arnold, G. 1936. The Psammocharidae of the Ethiopian
region. Part V. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 18: 73-12.
Arnold, G. 1936. The Psammocharidae of the Ethiopian
region. Part VI. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 18: 415-460.
Arnold, G. 1936.
New African Hymenoptera No. 3. Occasional Papers of the Rhodesian Museum
5: 1-38, pl. I.
Kohl, F. 1906.
Hymenopteren.
Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition der Kaiserlichen Akademie der
Wissenschaften nach Sudarabien und Sokotra im jahre 1898-1899. (pp. 1-133).
Picker,
M., Griffiths, C & Weaving, A. 2002. Field Guide to Insects of South Africa.
Struik Publishers, Cape Town. |
Credits
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Photograph © Mike Picker & Charles Griffiths (University of Cape Town) (published
in Struik's
Field Guide to Insects of South Africa). |
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