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Belonogaster species |
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Belonogaster species |
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Belonogaster abyssinica Buysson, 1906 |
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Belonogaster acaulis Richards, 1982 |
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Belonogaster adenensis
Giordani Soika, 1957 |
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Belonogaster apicalis
Saussure, 1900 |
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Belonogaster arabica
Giordani Soika, 1958 |
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Belonogaster atrata Schulthess, 1912 |
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Belonogaster aurata Richards, 1982 |
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Belonogaster barbata
Richards, 1982 |
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Belonogaster bicolor
Saussure, 1900 |
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Belonogaster bimaculata
Richards, 1982 |
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Belonogaster brachystoma
Kohl, 1894 |
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Belonogaster brevipetiolata
Saussure, 1891 |
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Belonogaster brevitarsus
Richards, 1982 |
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Belonogaster brunnea
Ritsema, 1874 |
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Belonogaster brunnescens
Richards, 1982 |
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Belonogaster clypeata
Kohl, 1894 |
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Belonogaster dubia Khol, 1894 |
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Belonogaster eumenoides Saussure, 1891 |
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Belonogaster facialis Buysson,
1908 |
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Belonogaster ferruginea Richards, 1982 |
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Belonogaster filiventris
(Saussure, 1853) |
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Belonogaster flava Richards, 1982 |
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Belonogaster freyi Buysson, 1909 |
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Belonogaster fuscipennis Buysson,
1909 |
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Belonogaster grisea (Fabricius,
1775) |
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Belonogaster guerini (Saussure,
1853) |
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Belonogaster hildebrandti
Saussure, 1891 |
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Belonogaster hirsuta Richards, 1982 |
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Belonogaster jordani Richards,
1982 |
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Belonogaster juncea juncea (Fabricius,
1781) |
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Belonogaster juncea colonialis Khol, 1894 |
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Belonogaster keiseri Richards,
1982 |
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Belonogaster kelnerpillautae
Richards, 1982 |
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Belonogaster kohli Schulz, 1906 |
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Belonogaster lateritia
Gerstaecker, 1855 |
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Belonogaster leonhardii Buysson,
1909 |
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Belonogaster leonina Richards,
1982 |
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Belonogaster levior Richards, 1982 |
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Belonogaster libera Richards,
1982 |
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Belonogaster longitarsus
Richards, 1982 |
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Belonogaster macilenta (Fabricius,
1781) |
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Belonogaster maculata Richards,
1982 |
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Belonogaster madecassa (Saussure,
1853) |
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Belonogaster maromandia Richards,
1982 |
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Belonogaster meneliki Gribodo,
1879 |
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Belonogaster multipunctata Richards, 1982 |
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Belonogaster neavei Richards,
1982 |
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Belonogaster nigricans Richards,
1982 |
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Belonogaster nitida Richards, 1982 |
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Belonogaster pennata Richards,
1982 |
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Belonogaster petiolata (Degeer,
1778) |
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Belonogaster pileata Richards, 1982 |
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Belonogaster prasina Saussure,
1891 |
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Belonogaster principalis
Richards, 1982 |
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Belonogaster punctata Richards,
1982 |
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Belonogaster punctilla Richards,
1982 |
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Belonogaster pusilloides
Richards, 1982 |
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Belonogaster rothkirchi
Schulthess, 1914 |
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Belonogaster saeva Saussure, 1891 |
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Belonogaster saussurei Kirby,
1881 |
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Belonogaster somereni Richards,1982 |
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Belonogaster tarsata Kohl, 1893 |
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Belonogaster turbulenta
Kohl,
1894 |
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Belonogaster turgida Kohl, 1894 |
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Belonogaster ugandae Richards,
1982 |
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Belonogaster vasseae Buysson,
1906 |
Distribution
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Afrotropical region.
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Biology |
Social, constructing communal paper nests. Larvae are fed
on chewed-up, soft-bodied insects such as caterpillars. |
References |
Bequaert, J.C. 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 AMNH 39: 1-384.
Keeping MG & Crewe RM. 1983. Parasitoids, commensals and
colony size in nests of Belonogaster (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Journal
of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa. 46: 309–323.
Picker,
M., Griffiths, C & Weaving, A. 2002. Field Guide to Insects of South Africa.
Struik Publishers, Cape Town.
Richards, O.W.
1982. A revision of the genus
Belonogaster de Saussure (Hymenoptera: Vespidae).
Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) Vol 44: 31-114. |
Credits
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Photographs
© Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa) or © Vida van der Walt (Pretoria) or © Mike Picker & Charles Griffiths (University of Cape Town) (published
in Struik's
Field Guide to Insects of South Africa).
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