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Subgenus Cathimeris Betrem, 1972 |
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Cathimeris (Cathimeris) accraensis Betrem, 1972 (Ghana)
Cathimeris (Cathimeris) bredoi Betrem, 1972 (Democratic Republic
of Congo)
Cathimeris (Cathimeris) betremi Betrem, 1972 (Democratic
Republic of Congo, Uganda)
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Cathimeris (Cathimeris) capensis (de Saussure,
1858) (Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa)
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Cathimeris (Cathimeris) clotho clotho (de Saussure, 1859)
(Burundi, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia,
Zimbabwe)
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Cathimeris (Cathimeris) clotho entebbensis Betrem, 1972 (Uganda)
Cathimeris (Cathimeris) clotho ghindae Betrem, 1972 (Ethiopia,
Sudan)
Cathimeris (Cathimeris) clotho aberdarensis Betrem, 1972 (Kenya,
Tanzania, Uganda)
Cathimeris (Cathimeris) clotho pediflavata Betrem, 1972 (Kenya,
Nairobi, Uganda)
Cathimeris (Cathimeris) clotho glaucocincta (Bischoff, 1911)
(Rwanda)
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Cathimeris (Cathimeris) deserta deserta (Tullgr., 1904)
(Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ivory Coast,
Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe)
Cathimeris (Cathimeris) deserta viridis Betrem, 1972 (Senegal)
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Cathimeris (Cathimeris)
dispilus Cameron, (Tanzania) |
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Cathimeris (Cathimeris) hymenaea hymenaea
(Gerstaecker,
1871) (Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic
Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea,
Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra
Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zanzibar, Zimbabwe)
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Cathimeris (Cathimeris) hymenaea bradleyana
Betrem, 1972 (Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya,
Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, Zanzibar, Zimbabwe)
Cathimeris (Cathimeris) hymenaea afroccidentalis Betrem, 1972
(Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast,
Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone)
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Cathimeris (Cathimeris) lachesis lachesis
(de Saussure, 1859) (Democratic
Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, South
Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zanzibar, Zimbabwe)
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Cathimeris (Cathimeris) lachesis corrupta Betrem, 1972 (Burundi,
Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria,
Zimbabwe)
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Cathimeris (Cathimeris) masaica (Cameron, 1910) (Democratic Republic of Congo,
Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe)
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Cathimeris (Cathimeris) pseudocapensis
Betrem, 1972 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
Cathimeris (Cathimeris) sjoestedti (Cameron, 1910) (Ethiopia,
Kenya, Tanzania) |
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Subgenus Garantimeris Betrem, 1972 |
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Cathimeris (Garantimeris) auraria (de Saussure, 1858)
(Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda)
Cathimeris (Garantimeris) garamantica Betrem, 1971 (Cameroon) |
Distribution
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Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of
Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast,
Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nairobi, Nigeria, Rwanda,
Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia,
Zanzibar, Zimbabwe. |
Biology |
External parasitoids of beetle larvae (mostly Scarabaeidae)
that live in soil or decaying vegetable matter. |
References |
Betrem, J.G. & Bradley, J.C. 1972. The African Campsomerinae (Hymenoptera,
Scoliidae). Monografieën van de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging 6:
1-326.
Bradley, J.C. 1959. The Scoliidae of Africa.
Annals of the Transvaal Museum 23: 331-362.
Brothers, D.J. &
Finnamore A.T. 1993. Superfamily Vespoidea (pp. 161-278).
In
GOULET, H. & HUBER,
J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World: an identification guide to families.
Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.
Madl, M. 2018. A preliminary catalogue
of the Hymenoptera (Insecta) of the Republic of Djibouti, Linzer biologische
Beiträge 50: 907-967.
Picker,
M., Griffiths, C & Weaving, A. 2002. Field Guide to Insects of South Africa.
Struik Publishers, Cape Town. |
Credits
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Photographs © Iziko Museums of South Africa.
Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa). |
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