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Afreumenes
aethiopicus aethiopicus
(de Saussure, 1852)
Afreumenes
aethiopicus affinis
(von Schulthess Rechberg, 1910)
Afreumenes
aethiopicus longirostris
(Gerstäcker,1857)
Afreumenes
aethiopicus longitudinalis
Giordani Soika, 1968
Afreumenes aterrimus
aterrimus
(von Schulthess,
Rechberg, 1910)
Afreumenes aterrimus
bicoloratus
Giordani Soika, 1987
Afreumenes aterrimus
pseudomelanosoma
Giordani Soika, 1968
Afreumenes
erythrosoma
(Giordani Soika,
1940)
Afreumenes
melanosoma melanosoma
(de Saussure, 1852)
Afreumenes
melanosoma ealensis
Giordani Soika, 1968
(Democratic Republic of Congo)
Afreumenes moseri
moseri (Schulz, 1906)
Afreumenes moseri
bimidiatus
Giordani Soika, 1968
Afreumenes
nigrorufus
Giordani Soika, 1968
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Afreumenes violaceus
violaceus (Giordani
Soika, 1941)
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Afreumenes violaceus
paramelanosoma
Giordani Soika, 1968
Afreumenes violaceus
rugosopunctatus
Giordani Soika, 1968
Afreumenes
violaceus trifasciatus
Giordani
Soika, 1987 |
Distribution
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Angola, Benin, Burkina
Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo,
Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon,
Gambia, Ghana,
Guinea, Guinea
Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone,
South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda,
Yemen,
Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
Biology |
Mud nest usually built on surfaces of rocks, walls or
branches and trunks of trees, either as a single pot or as a group of
cells covered by an outer envelope; prey are usually geometrid moth
caterpillars (Gess & Gess, 2014). |
References |
Bequaert, J. 1918. A Revision of the Vespidae of
the Belgian Congo Based on the Collection of the American Museum Congo
Expedition, With A List of Ethiopian Diplopterous Wasps. Bulletin of the American Museum
of Natural History 39: 2-384.
Bequaert, J. 1926. The genus Eumenes Latreille, in
South Africa, with a revision of the Ethiopian species (Hymenoptera.) Annals
of the South African Museum 23: 483–577.
Carpenter, J.M. 1986. A Synonymic Generic Checklist of the
Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Psyche 93: 61-90.
Carpenter, J. M. & M.
Madl. 2009. A catalogue of the Vespidae of the Malagasy Subregion (Insecta,
Hymenoptera). Linzer Biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1871-1935.
Carpenter, J.M., J.
Gusenleitner, & M. Madl. 2009. A catalogue of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera:
Vespidae) of the Ethiopian Region excluding Malagasy Subregion. Part I:
Introduction, Key to Genera, Genera Aethiopicodynerus Gusenleitner, 1997
to Cyrtolabulus van der VECHT 1969. Linzer Biologische Beiträge 41
(1): 513-638.
Carpenter, J.M., J.
Gusenleitner, & M. Madl. 2010a. A catalogue of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera:
Vespidae) of the Ethiopian Region excluding Malagasy Subregion. Part II: Genera
Delta de Saussure, 1885 to Zethus Fabricius, 1804 and Species
Incertae Sedis. Linzer Biologische Beiträge 42 (1): 95-315.
Carpenter, J.M., J.
Gusenleitner, & M. Madl. 2010b. A Catalogue of the Eumeninae
(Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of the Ethiopian Region excluding Malagasy Subregion.
Part III: Classification, Additions, Corrections and Index.
Linzer Biologische Beiträge 42 (1): 919-1004. |
Credits
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Photographs
© Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa)
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