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Herpetosphex staphylinoides Arnold

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

Herpetosphex staphylinoides Arnold, 1940. Holotype in Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC). Type locality: Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.

Protosclerogibba australis Olmi, Marletta, Guglielmino & Speranza, 2016. Holotype in Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC). Type locality: Kimberley, South Africa. Synonymy by Martynova et al 2019.

 

Holotype in SAMC

 

Non type in BMNH

 

Non type in BMNH

 

Distribution

Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe.

Biology

Unknown.

References

Arnold, G. 1940. A new genus and two new species of apterous Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) from Southern Rhodesia. Journal of the Entomological Society of southern Africa 3: 30-34.

Credits

Photographs and 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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