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Classification and checklist of Afrotropical Crabronidae

Checklist of square-headed wasps of the Afrotropical region

Updated according to Branstetter et al. 2017 and Sann et al. 2018; 2021

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Apoidea; Family: Crabronidae)

    Family Crabronidae Latreille, 1802

    • Subfamily Crabroninae Latreille, 1802

      • Tribe Crabronini Latreille, 1802

      • Subtribe Anacrabronina Ashmead, 1899

        • Genus Encopognathus Kohl, 1897

          • Encopognathus africanus Leclercq, 1955 (Tanzania)

          • Encopognathus brownei Turner, 1917 (Ethiopia)

          • Encopognathus chirindensis (Arnold, 1932) (Zimbabwe)

          • Encopognathus hessei (Arnold, 1929) (Namibia)

          • Encopognathus rhodesianus (Arnold, 1932) (Zimbabwe)

          • Encopognathus rugosopunctatus Turner, 1912 (South Africa)

        • Genus Entomognathus Dahlbom, 1844

          • Entomognathus apiformis  (Arnold, 1926) (Zimbabwe)

          • Entomognathus arnoldi Bohart and Menke (Madagascar)

          • Entomognathus bidentatus (Arnold, 1927) (Zimbabwe)

          • Entomognathus diversicornis  (Arnold, 1944) (Madagascar)

          • Entomognathus faunus (Arnold, 1944) (Madagascar)

          • Entomognathus ignavus (Arnold, 1927) (Zimbabwe)

          • Entomognathus midus (Arnold, 1944) (Madagascar)

          • Entomognathus mimicus (Arnold, 1944) (Madagascar)

          • Entomognathus patricius (Arnold, 1932) (Zimbabwe)

          • Entomognathus ruficaudatus (Arnold, 1944) (Madagascar)

          • Entomognathus rugosissimus Turner, 1917 (Malawi, Zimbabwe)

          • Entomognathus stevensoni (Arnold, 1926) (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

          • Entomognathus stevensoni fraternus (Arnold, 1936) (Zimbabwe)

          • Entomognathus subnasutus (Arnold, 1927) (Zimbabwe)

          • Entomognathus swellendamensis (Arnold, 1934) (South Africa)

          • Entomognathus tricoloripes (Arnold, 1934) (South Africa)

          • Entomognathus verecundus (Arnold, 1932) (Zimbabwe)

      • Subtribe Crabronina Latreille, 1802

        • Genus Arnoldita Pate, 1948

          • Arnoldita canalifera (Arnold, 1944) (Zimbabwe)

          • Arnoldita perarmata (Arnold, 1926) (Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo)

          • Arnoldita senex (Arnold, 1926) (Zimbabwe)

        • Genus Crossocerus Lepeletier and Brullé, 1835

          • Crossocerus angolae Leclercq, 2008 (Angola)

          • Crossocerus bukavu Leclercq, 2008 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

          • Crossocerus bulawayoensis (Arnold, 1932) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe)

          • Crossocerus brunniventris (Arnold, 1932) (Zimbabwe)

          • Crossocerus burungaensis (Arnold, 1934) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

          • Crossocerus capax Leclercq, 2008 (Kenya)

          • Crossocerus gaboni Leclercq, 2008 (Gabon)

          • Crossocerus glabricornis(Arnold, 1926) (South Africa)

          • Crossocerus hirtitibia (Arnold, 1944) (Madagascar)

          • Crossocerus lokojae Leclercq, 2008 (Nigeria)

          • Crossocerus micromegas (Saussure, 1892) (Madagascar)

          • Crossocerus minitulus (Arnold, 1944) (Zimbabwe)

          • Crossocerus repositus (Arnold, 1944) (Zimbabwe)

          • Crossocerus riparium (Arnold, 1926) (Zimbabwe)

          • Crossocerus ruandensis (Arnold, 1932) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

          • Crossocerus ruwenzoriensis (Arnold, 1926) (Uganda)

          • Crossocerus sciaphillus Leclercq, 1961 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

          • Crossocerus segregatus Leclercq, 1958 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

          • Crossocerus senonus Leclercq, 1961 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

          • Crossocerus sociabilis (Arnold, 1932) (Madagascar, Zimbabwe)

          • Crossocerus tropicalis (Arnold, 1947) (Tanzania)

          • Crossocerus turneri (Arnold, 1927) (South Africa)

          • Crossocerus upembae Leclercq, 2008 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Genus Dasyproctus Lepeletier and Brullé, 1835

          • Dasyproctus abax Leclercq, 1958 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

          • Dasyproctus angusticollis (Arnold, 1926) (Zimbabwe)

          • Dasyproctus angustifrons (Arnold, 1927) (South Africa)

          • Dasyproctus barkeri (Arnold, 1927) (South Africa)

          • Dasyproctus nyholmi Arnold, 1952 (Uganda)

          • Dasyproctus basifasciatus (Arnold, 1951) (Ethiopia)

          • Dasyproctus benoiti Leclercq, 1958 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

          • Dasyproctus bipunctatusLepeletier and Brullé (Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, South Africa, Tanzania)

          • Dasyproctus bipunctata avius (Arnold, 1951) (Ethiopia)

          • Dasyproctus bipunctata lugubris (Arnold, 1927) (Zimbabwe)

          • Dasyproctus bipunctata rebellus Leclercq, 1958 (Rwanda)

          • Dasyproctus bipunctata tanzaniae Leclercq, 1990 (Tanzania)

          • Dasyproctus boketanus Leclercq, 1990 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

          • Dasyproctus braunsii (Kohl, 1894) (Kenya, Malawi, South Africa)

          • Dasyproctus bredoi (Arnold, 1947) (Zambia)

          • Dasyproctus callani Leclercq, 1990 (South Africa)

          • Dasyproctus croceosignatus (Arnold, 1940) (Zimbabwe)

          • Dasyproctus bicuspidatus Arnold, 1944 (Zimbabwe)

          • Dasyproctus crudelis (de Saussure, 1892) (Madagascar)

          • Dasyproctus dubiosis (Arnold, 1926) (Zimbabwe)

          • Dasyproctus erythrotoma (Cameron, 1905) (South Africa)

          • Dasyproctus ferox (de Saussure, 1892) (Madagascar)

          • Dasyproctus frater (Dahlbom, 1844) (South Africa)

          • Dasyproctus immitis (de Saussure, 1892) (South Africa)

          • Dasyproctus jacksoni Leclercq, 1990 (Cameroon)

          • Dasyproctus kibonotensis Cameron, 1908 (Tanzania)

          • Dasyproctus uniguttatus (Arnold, 1951) (Ethiopia)

          • Dasyproctus kutui Leclercq, 1958 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

          • Dasyproctus lambertoni Leclercq, 1958 (Madagascar)

          • Dasyproctus lichtenburgensis (Arnold, 1926) (South Africa)

          • Dasyproctus localis Leclercq, 1958 (Namibia)

          • Dasyproctus medicus Leclercq, 1958 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

          • Daspyroctus saevus (de Saussure, 1892) (Madagascar)

          • Dasyproctus saussurei (Kohl, 1894) (Madagascar)

          • Dasyproctus simillimus (Smith, 1856) (South Africa)

          • Dasyproctus simillimus funereus (Arnold, 1926) (Zimbabwe)

          • Dasyproctus simillimus kenyanus Leclercq, 1990 (Kenya)

          • Dasyproctus simillimus oedignathus (Arnold, 1933) (Ethiopia)

          • Dasyproctus simillimus tervureni Leclercq, 1958 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

          • Dasyproctus vumbuiensis (Arnold, 1932) (Zimbabwe)

          • Dasyproctus westermanni (Dahlbom, 1844) (South Africa)

          • Dasyproctus rhodesiensis Arnold, 1926 (Zimbabwe)

        • Genus Lestica Billberg, 1820

          • Lestica sylvatica Arnold, 1932 (Zimbabwe)

        • Genus Neodasyproctus Arnold, 1926

          • Neodasyproctus basutorum (Turner, 1929) (South Africa)

          • Neodasyproctus densepunctatus (Arnold, 1945) (Madagascar)

          • Neodasyproctus ealaenis Leclercq, 1951 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

          • Neodasyproctus eburneopictus (Arnold, 1945) (Madagascar)

          • Neodasyproctus ferrierei Leclercq, 1951 (Madagascar)

          • Neodasyproctus kohli (Arnold, 1926) (South Africa)

          • Neodasyproctus protensus (Arnold, 1945) (Madagascar)

          • Neodasyproctus striolatus (Arnold, 1945) (Madagascar)

        • Genus Rhopalum Stephens, 1829

          • Rhopalum cruentatum (Arnold, 1944) (Zimbabwe)

          • Rhopalum ichneumoniforme (Arnold, 1927) (Madagascar, South Africa)

          • Rhopalum ichneumoniforme stramineipes (Arnold, 1932) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe)

    • Tribe Larrini Latreille, 1810

      • Subtribe Gastrosericina André, 1886

        • Genus Gastrosericus Spinola, 1839

        • Genus Holotachysphex de Beaumont, 1940

          • Holotachysphex sacalava (Arnold, 1945) (Madagascar)

          • Holotachysphex turneri (Arnold, 1923) (South Africa)

        • Genus Kohliella Brauns, 1910

          • Kohliella alaris Brauns, 1910 (South Africa)

          • Kohliella stevensoni Arnold, 1924 (Zimbabwe)

        • Genus Larropsis Patton, 1892

        • Genus Parapiagetia Kohl, 1897

          • Parapiagetia longicornis Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

          • Parapiagetia pluridentata Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

          • Parapiagetia subtilis Pulawski, 1977 (Namibia)

          • Parapiagetia vernalis Brauns, 1910 (South Africa)

          • Parapiagetia zomba Pulawski, 1977 (Malawi)

        • Genus Prosopigastra Costa, 1867

          • Prosopigastra capensis Brauns, 1906 (South Africa)

          • Prosopigastra creon (Nurse, 1903) (South Africa)

          • Prosopigasra morogoro Pulawski, 2003 (Tanzania)

          • Prosopigastra neavei Turner, 1917 (Zambia)

        • Genus Tachysphex Kohl, 1883

          • Tachysphex aethiopicus Arnold, 1923 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachysphex agilis (Smith, 1856) (South Africa)

          • Tachysphex albocinctus (Lucas, 1849) (Ethiopia, South Africa)

          • Tachysphex ambiguus Arnold, 1923 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachysphex ambositrae Leclercq, 1967 (Madagascar)

          • Tachysphex ampijoroa Pulawski, 2007 (Madagascar)

          • Tachysphex anceps Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

          • Tachysphex angustus Arnold, 1924 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachysphex argentifrons Arnold, 1924 (South Africa)

          • Tachysphex asinus Arnold, 1923 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachysphex aterrimus Arnold, 1924 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachysphex aureorufoniger Pulawski, 2007 (Zambia)

          • Tachysphex auropilosus Turner, 1917 (Kenya)

          • Tachysphex bara Pulawski, 2007 (Madagascar)

          • Tachysphex barkeri Arnold, 1923 (South Africa)

          • Tachysphex bemba Pulawski, 2007 (Zambia)

          • Tachysphex bipustulosus Arnold, 1923 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachysphex bostryx Pulawski, 2007 (Ethiopia)

          • Tachysphex brachypus Pulawski, 2007 (Zambia)

          • Tachysphex braunsi Arnold, 1923 (South Africa)

          • Tachysphex brinckerae Turner, 1917 (South Africa)

          • Tachysphex bruneiceps Arnold, 1923 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachysphex caliban Arnold, 1923 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachysphex calidus Pulawski, 2007 (Ethiopia)

          • Tachysphex camptopygus Pulawski, 2007 (Namibia)

          • Tachysphex capensis (de Saussure, 1867) (South Africa)

          • Tachysphex carinatus Pulawski, 2007 (Tanzania)

          • Tachysphex cavatus Pulawski, 2007 (Madagascar)

          • Tachysphex claripes Arnold, 1924 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachysphex clypeatus Arnold, 1947 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachysphex congoensis Arnold, 1924 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

          • Tachysphex consocius Kohl, 1892 (Tanzania)

          • Tachysphex crassipes Arnold, 1923 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachysphex detritus Arnold, 1924 (South Africa)

          • Tachysphex diabolicus Arnold, 1923 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachysphex dissimulatus Pulawski, 2007 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachysphex diversilabris Arnold, 1960 (South Africa)

          • Tachysphex dolosus Arnold, 1923 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachysphex ebeninus Arnold, 1929 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachysphex erectus Pulawski, 2007 (South Africa)

          • Tachysphex erythrurus Pulawski, 2007 (Kenya, Tanzania)

          • Tachysphex eurystoma Pulawski, 2007 (South Africa)

          • Tachysphex excisus Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

          • Tachysphex flavofimbriatus Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

          • Tachysphex frigidus Pulawski, 2007 (Namibia)

          • Tachysphex fulgidus Arnold, 1924 (South Africa)

          • Tachysphex gagates Arnold, 1940 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachysphex gastrotrichus Pulawski, 2007 (Namibia)

          • Tachysphex georgii Arnold, 1940 (South Africa)

          • Tachysphex gessianus Pulawski, 2007 (South Africa)

          • Tachysphex hadronyx Pulawski, 2007 (Namibia)

          • Tachysphex harpax Arnold, 1923 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachysphex hermia Arnold, 1924 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachysphex hippolyta Arnold, 1924 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachysphex iaphetes Pulawski, 2007 (Kenya)

          • Tachysphex ibi Pulawski, 2007 (South Africa)

          • Tachysphex insulsus Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

          • Tachysphex kalaharicus Arnold, 1924 (Botswana, Zimbabwe)

          • Tachysphex karoo Pulawski, 2007 (South Africa)

          • Tachysphex khoikhoi Pulawski, 2007 (South Africa)

          • Tachysphex lacertosus Arnold, 1944 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachysphex limatus Arnold, 1924 (South Africa)

          • Tachysphex longipes Pulawski, 2007 (Namibia)

          • Tachysphex luctuosus Arnold, 1924 (South Africa)

          • Tachysphex marshalli Turner, 1917 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachysphex mashona Arnold, 1929 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachysphex melanius Pulawski, 2007 (South Africa)

          • Tachysphex melas Pulawski, 2007 (South Africa)

          • Tachysphex mesembrius Pulawski, 2007 (South Africa)

          • Tachysphex miniatulus Arnold, 1924 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachysphex mkomazi Pulawski, 2007 (Tanzania)

          • Tachysphex modestus Arnold, 1924 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

          • Tachysphex montivagus Arnold, 1944 (South Africa)

          • Tachysphex mzingeli Pulawski, 2007 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachysphex namaqua Pulawski, 2007 (South Africa)

          • Tachysphex oberon Arnold, 1923 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachysphex octodentatus Arnold, 1924 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachysphex omoi Guiglia, 1943 (Ethiopia)

          • Tachysphex onager Pulawski, 2007 (Tanzania)

          • Tachysphex paulus Pulawski, 2007 (Namibia)

          • Tachysphex pentheri Cameron, 1905 (South Africa)

          • Tachysphex perniger Arnold, 1947 (Madagascar)

          • Tachysphex platystethus Pulawski, 2007 (Madagascar)

          • Tachysphex prosopigastroides Bischoff, 1913 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachysphex psilonotus Pulawski, 2007 (South Africa)

          • Tachysphex punctatiformis Arnold, 1923 (South Africa)

          • Tachysphex punctatus (Smith, 1856) (South Africa)

          • Tachysphex punctiger Pulawski, 2007 (Namibia)

          • Tachysphex quadricolor (Gerstaecker, 1858) (Mozambique)

          • Tachysphex rapax Pulawski, 2007 (Kenya)

          • Tachysphex rhacodes Pulawski, 2007 (Zambia)

          • Tachysphex rhodesianus Bischoff, 1913 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachysphex rotundus Pulawski, 2007 (Namibia)

          • Tachysphex ruber Pulawski, 2007 (Namibia)

          • Tachysphex rufopictus Arnold, 1929 (South Africa)

          • Tachysphex sabulosus Pulawski, 2007 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachysphex saevus Arnold, 1924 (South Africa)

          • Tachysphex samburu Pulawski, 2007 (Kenya)

          • Tachysphex saturnus Arnold, 1924 (South Africa)

          • Tachysphex scaber Pulawski, 2007 (Zambia)

          • Tachysphex scaurus Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

          • Tachysphex schoenlandi Cameron, 1905 (South Africa)

          • Tachysphex scopa Pulawski, 2007 (Namibia)

          • Tachysphex sericeus (Smith, 1856) (South Africa, Tanzania)

          • Tachysphex sexinus Leclercq, 1961 (Madagascar)

          • Tachysphex seyrigi Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

          • Tachysphex spectrum Pulawski, 2007 (Tanzania)

          • Tachysphex stevensoni Arnold, 1924 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachysphex suavis Arnold, 1929 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachysphex subcoriaceus Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

          • Tachysphex subfimbriatus Arnold, 1924 (South Africa)

          • Tachysphex sycorax Arnold, 1923 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachysphex taita Pulawski, 2007 (Kenya)

          • Tachysphex tanqua Pulawski, 2007 (South Africa)

          • Tachysphex tembe Pulawski, 2007 (South Africa)

          • Tachysphex tenuicornis Bischoff, 1913 (Namibia)

          • Tachysphex thysanomerus Pulawski, 2007 (Namibia)

          • Tachysphex titania Arnold, 1923 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachysphex tryssus Pulawski, 2007 (South Africa)

          • Tachysphex ulonyovu Pulawski, 2007 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachysphex ulothrix Pulawski, 2007 (Namibia)

          • Tachysphex usakos Pulawski, 2007 (Namibia)

          • Tachysphex vanrhynsi Arnold, 1940 (South Africa)

          • Tachysphex venator Arnold, 1960 (Zambia)

          • Tachysphex vulneratus Turner, 1917 (South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

          • Tachysphex waltoni Arnold, 1940 (South Africa)

          • Tachysphex zambius Pulawski, 2007 (Zambia)

          • Tachysphex ziziphi Pulawski, 2007 (Namibia)

        • Genus Tachytella Brauns, 1906

          • Tachytella heliophila Pulawski, 1995 (Namibia)

          • Tachytella nama Pulawski, 1995 (South Africa)

        • Genus Tachytes Panzer, 1806

          • Tachytes abercornensis Arnold, 1959 (Zambia)

          • Tachytes admirabilis Turner, 1916 (Uganda)

          • Tachytes alacer Arnold, 1960 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachytes argenteovestitus Cameron, 1910 (South Africa)

          • Tachytes argyropis de Saussure, 1887 (Madagascar)

          • Tachytes associatus Turner, 1917 (Mozambique)

          • Tachytes aurichalceus Kohl in Schletterer, 1891 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

          • Tachytes auripes Berland, 1942 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

          • Tachytes bimetallicus Turner, 1917 (South Africa)

          • Tachytes braunsi Turner, 1917 (South Africa)

          • Tachytes bredoi Arnold, 1947 (Zambia)

          • Tachytes brunneomarginatus Arnold, 1947 (Zambia)

          • Tachytes bulawayoensis Bischoff, 1913 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachytes cataractae Arnold, 1923 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachytes cinerascens Arnold, 1935 (Botswana)

          • Tachytes confusus Arnold, 1923 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachytes copiosus Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

          • Tachytes danae Arnold, 1923 (Malawi, Zimbabwe)

          • Tachytes disputabilis Turner, 1917 (Malawi)

          • Tachytes distanti Turner, 1917 (South Africa)

          • Tachytes erynnis Turner, 1917 (South Africa)

          • Tachytes flavocinereus Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

          • Tachytes gondarabai (Guiglia, 1943) (Ethiopia)

          • Tachytes gracilicornis Arnold, 1944 (Mozambique)

          • Tachytes habilis Turner, 1917 (Malawi)

          • Tachytes hamiltoni Turner, 1917 (Kenya)

          • Tachytes hirsutus Smith, 1856 (South Africa)

          • Tachytes indifferens Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

          • Tachytes inexorabilis Turner, 1917 (South Africa)

          • Tachytes instabilis Turner, 1917 (Malawi)

          • Tachytes irritabilis Turner, 1917 (Malawi)

          • Tachytes kristenseni Turner, 1917 (Ethiopia)

          • Tachytes labilis Turner, 1917 (Malawi)

          • Tachytes lachesis Turner, 1017 (Malawi)

          • Tachytes lepidus Arnold, 1929 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachytes lingnaui Arnold, 1933 (South Africa)

          • Tachytes longirostris Arnold, 1947 (Zambia)

          • Tachytes maerens Turner, 1917 (Malawi)

          • Tachytes marshalli Turner, 1912 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachytes melancholicus Arnold, 1923 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachytes memnon Turner, 1916 (Malawi)

          • Tachytes midasArnold, 1929 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachytes mirus Kohl, 1894 (Mozambique)

          • Tachytes modestus neglectus Turner, 1917 (Malawi)

          • Tachytes natalensis de Saussure, 1854 (South Africa)

          • Tachytes nigroannulatus Bischoff, 1913 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachytes lichtenburgensis Arnold, 1923 (South Africa)

          • Tachytes nigropilosellus (Cameron, 1910) (South Africa)

          • Tachytes notabilis Turner, 1917 (Kenya, Malawi, Uganda)

          • Tachytes nudiventris Turner, 1917 (Uganda)

          • Tachytes observabilis Kohl, 1894 (Ethiopia, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo)

          • Tachytes oppositus Turner, 1917 (Zambia)

          • Tachytes oviventris de Saussure, 1891 (Madagascar)

          • Tachytes pallidiventris Arnold, 1947 (Zambia)

          • Tachytes perornatus Turner, 1917 (Uganda)

          • Tachytes picticornis Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

          • Tachytes praestabilis Turner, 1917 (Uganda)

          • Tachytes pulchricornis Turner, 1917 (Malawi)

          • Tachytes punctuosus Arnold, 1923 (South Africa)

          • Tachytes rarus Arnold, 1960 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachytes rhodesianus Bischoff, 1913 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachytes rufiscutis Turner, 1918 (Malawi)

          • Tachytes rufomarginatus Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

          • Tachytes sagani Guiglia, 1943 (Ethiopia)

          • Tachytes separabilis Turner, 1917 (Ghana, Kenya, South Africa)

          • Tachytes sheppardi Arnold, 1940 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachytes silverlocki Turner, 1917 (Kenya, Zambia)

          • Tachytes simulatrix Turner, 1917 (Nigeria)

          • Tachytes sjoestedti Cameron, 1908 (Kenya)

          • Tachytes formosus Arnold, 1923 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachytes karrooensis Arnold, 1923 (South Africa)

          • Tachytes testaceinervus Cameron, 1908 (Tanzania)

          • Tachytes tomentosus Kohl in Scheletterer, 1891 (South Africa)

          • Tachytes transvaalensis Cameron, 1905 (South Africa)

          • Tachytes turneri Arnold, 1923 (Zimbabwe)

          • Tachytes ugandensis Turner, 1917 (Uganda)

          • Tachytes velox Smith, 1856 (Gambia)

          • Tachytes versatilis Turner, 1917 (Malawi, Uganda)

          • Tachytes volubilis Turner, 1917 (Kenya)

      • Subtribe Larrina Latreille, 1810

        • Genus Dicranorhina Shuckard, 1840

          • Dicranorhina kohli (Brauns, 1899) (South Africa)

          • Dicranorhina woerdeni (Ritsema, 1872) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Genus Larra Fabricius, 1793

          • Larra abdominalis Guérin-Méneville in Lefebvre, 1849 (Ethiopia)

          • Larra betsilea de Saussure, 1887 (Madagascar)

          • Larra betsilea proditor Kohl, 1891 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

          • Larra betsilea rufa Arnold, 1929 (Zimbabwe)

          • Larra bulawayoensis Bischoff, 1913 (Zimbabwe)

          • Larra occidentalis Arnold, 1923 (Cameroon)

          • Larra erythropyga Turner, 1916 (Malawi)

          • Larra extrema Dahlbom, 1845 (South Africa)

          • Larra heydenii (de Saussure, 1890) (Madagascar)

          • Larra impressifrons Arnold, 1923 (Zimbabwe)

          • Larra madecassa de Saussure, 1887 (Madagascar)

          • Larra nigripes (Fabricius, 1793) (South Africa)

          • Larra outeniqua Arnold, 1923 (South Africa)

          • Larra pusilla Arnold, 1932 (Zimbabwe)

          • Larra saussurei Kohl, 1887 (Madagascar)

          • Larra variipes de Saussure, 1892 (Madagascar)

          • Larra zarudniana Gussakovskij, 1933 (South Africa)

          Genus Liris Fabricius, 1804

          • Liris abyssinicus (Arnold, 1933) (Ethiopia)

          • Liris alaris (de Saussure, 1892) (Madagascar)

          • Liris alaris felinus (Arnold, 1923) (South Africa)

          • Liris alberti (Arnold, 1943) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

          • Liris angustiventris (Arnold, 1923) (Zimbabwe)

          • Liris antaka (de Saussure, 1890) (Madagascar)

          • Liris apicalis (Fox, 1896) (Ethiopia)

          • Liris aterrimus (Smith, 1856) (South Africa)

          • Liris atropos Gribodo 1984 (Mozambique)

          • Liris atrox Arnold, 1959 (Zambia)

          • Liris avellanipes (de Saussure, 1890) (Madagascar)

          • Liris avellanipes flavivena Arnold, 1947 (Zimbabwe)

          • Liris bembesianus (Bischoff, 1913) (Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

          • Liris bembesianus pseudocroesus (Arnold, 1940) (Zimbabwe)

          • Liris bequearti Arnold, 1929 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

          • Liris bidentatus (Arnold, 1923) (Zimbabwe)

          • Liris braunsi (Arnold, 1923 (Zimbabwe)

          • Liris bredoi Benoit, 1951 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

          • Liris brunnipennis Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

          • Liris ciliatus (Smith, 1856) (South Africa)

          • Liris consobrinus Arnold, 1959 (Tanzania)

          • Liris cowani (Kirby, 1883) (Madagascar)

          • Liris crepitans Leclercq, 1967 (Madagascar)

          • Liris croesus (Smith, 1856) (Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo)

          • Liris congoensis Arnold, 1932 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

          • Liris dejectus Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

          • Liris denticulatus (Turner, 1920) (South Africa)

          • Liris dentipes tanganyikae Arnold, 1945 (Tanzania)

          • Liris diabolicus (Smith, 1873) (Kenya, South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo)

          • Liris dyscheirus (de Saussure, 1892) (Madagascar)

          • Liris erythropyga (Arnold, 1940) (Zimbabwe)

          • Liris erythrotomus (Cameron, 1908) (Tanzania)

          • Liris flavitinctus (Arnold, 1940) (Zimbabwe)

          • Liris ganahlii (Dalla Torre, 1892) (Madagascar)

          • Liris gowdeyi (Turner, 1913) (Uganda)

          • Liris gracilicornis (Arnold, 1923) (Zimbabwe)

          • Liris incertus Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

          • Liris irroratus tibialis Arnold, 1932 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

          • Liris ituriensis Benoit, 1951 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

          • Liris jucundus Arnold, 1959 (Tanzania)

          • Liris keiseri (Leclercq, 1961) (Madagascar)

          • Liris memnonius coloripes Arnold, 1940 (Madagascar)

          • Liris minimus (Arnold, 1923) (Zimbabwe)

          • Liris minimus lacustris Arnold, 1947 (Zambia)

          • Liris miscophoides (Arnold, 1923) (Zimbabwe)

          • Liris montivagus (Cameron, 1908) (Tanzania)

          • Liris neavei (Turner, 1917) (Malawi)

          • Liris niger namana (Bischoff, 1913) (South Africa)

          • Liris nitens (Arnold, 1929) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

          • Liris nugax (Kohl, 1894) (South Africa)

          • Liris ordinarius Arnold, 1932 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

          • Liris radialis (de Saussure, 1887) (Madagascar)

          • Liris rufoscapus (Cameron, 1905) (South Africa)

          • Liris rugifer (Turner, 1918) (Uganda)

          • Liris sabrinus (Leclercq, 1961) (Madagascar)

          • Liris scabriusculus Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

          • Liris sepulchralis (Gerstaecker, 1858) (Mozambique, Tanzania)

          • Liris sepulcharis hova (Arnold, 1945) (Madagascar)

          • Liris simulatrix (Arnold, 1923) (Zimbabwe)

          • Liris solstitialis (Smith, 1856) (Madagascar, South Africa, Tanzania)

          • Liris thysanomerus usumbaraensis (Cameron, 1908) (Kenya)

          • Liris transvaalensis (Cameron, 1910) (South Africa)

          • Liris tropicalis Arnold, 1960 (Liberia, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo)

          • Liris utopicus (Leclercq, 1961) (Madagascar)

          • Liris voeltzkowii (Kohl, 1909) (Madagascar)

          • Liris wheeleri Arnold, 1960 (Zimbabwe)

          • Liris xanthopterus Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

          • Liris nyasae Arnold, 1947 (Malawi)

    • Tribe Miscophini W. Fox, 1894

      • Genus Miscophus Jurine, 1807

        • Miscophus aeneus Lomholdt, 1985 (Namibia)

        • Miscophus atrescens Lomholdt, 1985 (South Africa)

        • Miscophus bellulus Arnold, 1924 (Zimbabwe)

        • Miscophus botswanaensis Lomholdt, 1985 (Botswana)

        • Miscophus bridwelli Lomholdt, 1985 (South Africa)

        • Miscophus ceorulescens Arnold, 1923 (Zimbabwe)

        • Miscophus crassipes Lomholdt, 1985 (South Africa)

        • Miscophus cyanescens Turner, 1917 (Zimbabwe)

        • Miscophus deserticolus Turner, 1929 (Namibia)

        • Miscophus fasciatus Lomholdt, 1985 (South Africa)

        • Miscophus fluviatilis Lomholdt, 1985 (Namibia)

        • Miscophus ichneumonoides Arnold, 1929 (Zimbabwe)

        • Miscophus impressifrons Lomholdt, 1985 (South Africa)

        • Miscophus infernalis Arnold, 1929 (Zimbabwe)

        • Miscophus karrooensis Arnold, 1923 (South Africa)

        • Miscophus kohlii Brauns, 1899 (South Africa)

        • Miscophus kriechbaumeri Brauns, 1899 (South Africa)

        • Miscophus krunki Lomholdt, 1985 (Namibia)

        • Miscophus lugubris Arnold, 1929 (Zimbabwe)

        • Miscophus maculipes Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

        • Miscophus modestus Arnold, 1929 (Zimbabwe)

        • Miscophus oraniensis Brauns, 1906 (South Africa)

        • Miscophus pseudonotogonia Brauns, 1899 (South Africa)

        • Miscophus pulcherrimus Lomholdt, 1985 (Namibia)

        • Miscophus punctatissimus Lomholdt, 1985 (South Africa)

        • Miscophus sabulosus Lomholdt, 1985 (Namibia)

        • Miscophus seyrigi Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

        • Miscophus sordidatus Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

        • Miscophus spinifer Lomholdt, 1985 (Namibia)

        • Miscophus stevensoni Arnold, 1923 (Zimbabwe)

        • Miscophus turneri Lomholdt, 1985 (South Africa)

        • Miscophus verecundus Arnold, 1924 (Zimbabwe)

      • Genus Lyroda Say, 1837

        • Lyroda madecassa Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

      • Genus Nitela Latreille, 1809

        • Nitela braunsii Arnold, 1940 (South Africa)

        • Nitela capicola Brauns, 1911 (South Africa)

        • Nitela lubutuana Arnold, 1929 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Nitela nyasae Arnold, 1947 (Malawi)

        • Nitela merceti Brauns, 1911 (South Africa)

        • Nitela ochripes Arnold, 1940 (Zimbabwe)

        • Nitela parallela Arnold, 1929 (Zimbabwe)

        • Nitela promontorii Brauns, 1911 (South Africa)

        • Nitela retifera Arnold, 1940 (Zimbabwe)

        • Nitela rhodesiae Arnold, 1940 (Zimbabwe)

        • Nitela rufiventris Turner, 1916 (Malawi)

        • Nitela rugosissima Arnold, 1940 (Zimbabwe)

      • Genus Miscophoidellus Menke, 1976

        • Miscophoidellus formosus (Arnold, 1924) (Zimbabwe)

        • Miscophoidellus minutus Arnold, 1952 (South Africa)

      • Genus Miscophoides Brauns, 1897

        • Miscophoides discoidalis Lomholdt, 1985 (South Africa)

        • Miscophoides handlirschi Brauns, 1897 (South Africa)

      • Genus Namiscophus Lomholdt, 1985

        • Namiscophus namaquensis Lomholdt, 1985 (Namibia)

        • Namiscophus pilosus Lomholdt, 1985 (Namibia)

      • Genus Paranysson Guérin-Méneville, 1844

        • Paranysson abdominalis Guérin-Méneville, 1844 (Senegal, South Africa)

        • Paranysson brevispinosus Arnold, 1929 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe)

        • Paranysson bumbanus Leclercq, 1968 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Paranysson foxii (Ashmead, 1899) (Ethiopia, Somalia)

        • Paranysson helioryctoides (Turner, 1912) (Zambia)

        • Paranysson inermis Leclercq, 1968 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Paranysson melanopyrus (F. Smith, 1856) (Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Gambia, Liberia, Somalia, Zambia)

        • Paranysson oscari Turner, 1914 (Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Liberia, Zambia)

        • Paranysson quadridentatus (Cameron, 1910) (Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa, Zambia)

      • Genus Saliostethoides Arnold, 1924

        • Saliostethoides saltator Arnold, 1924 (Zimbabwe)

      • Genus Saliostethus Brauns, 1897

        • Saliostethus albomaculatus Lomholdt, 1985 (Namibia)

        • Saliostethus capicola Arnold, 1923 (South Africa)

        • Saliostethus clypealis Lomholdt, 1985 (South Africa)

        • Saliostethus flavomaculatus Lomholdt, 1985 (Namibia)

        • Saliostethus fuscifrons Lomholdt, 1985 (Namibia)

        • Saliostethus lentifrons Brauns, 1899 (South Africa)

        • Saliostethus lounsburyi (Bridwell, 1920) (South Africa)

        • Saliostethus mimicus (Bridwell, 1920) (South Africa)

        • Saliostethus minor Lomholdt, 1985 (Namibia)

        • Saliostethus rhodesianus Arnold, 1929 (Zimbabwe)

        • Saliostethus ruficeps Lomholdt, 1985 (Zimbabwe)

        • Saliostethus ungulatus Lomholdt, 1985 (Namibia)

        • Saliostethus xanthomaculatus Lomholdt, 1985 (Namibia)

      • Genus Solierella Spinola, 1851

        • Solierella madagascariensis Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

        • Solierella pallidipes Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

        • Solierella rhodesiana Arnold, 1923 (Zimbabwe)

        • Solierella scrobiculata Arnold, 1923 (South Africa)

    • Tribe Oxybelini  Leach, 1815

      • Genus Belarnoldus Antropov, 2007

        • Belarnoldus crassus Arnold, 1936 (South Africa)

      • Genus Belokohlus Antropov, 2007

        • Belokohlus ferrieri (Kohl, 1924) (South Africa)

      • Genus Belomicrinus Antropov, 2000

        • Belomicrinus luteosquamatus Antropov, 2000 (Namibia)

        • Belomicrinus minutissimus (Arnold, 1936) (Namibia)

      • Genus Belomicroides Kohl, 1899

        • Belomicroides arenarius Arnold, 1960 (Zimbabwe)

        • Belomicroides clypeatus Antropov, 2002 (South Africa)

        • Belomicroides erythrogaster Antropov, 2002 (Namibia)

        • Belomicroides marleyi Arnold, 1927 (South Africa)

        • Belomicroides maximiliani Antropov, 2002 (Namibia)

        • Belomicroides pictus Arnold, 1927 (South Africa)

        • Belomicroides pictus chrysoptilus Antropov, 2002 (Namibia)

        • Belomicroides politus Antropov, 2002 (Namibia)

        • Belomicroides rift Antropov, 2002 (Kenya)

        • Belomicroides veronicae Antropov, 2002 (Ethiopia)

        • Belomicroides woji Antropov, 2002 (Namibia)

      • Genus Belomicrus Costa, 1867

        • Belomicrus mirificus Kohl, 1905 (Ethiopia)

      • Genus Brimocelus Arnold, 1927

        • Brimocelus radiatus (Arnold, 1927) (South Africa)

        • Brimocelus roosevelti Antropov, 2000 (South Africa)

        • Brimocelus schwarzi Antropov, 2000 (Namibia)

      • Genus Gessus Antropov, 2001

        • Gessus capensis Antropov, 2001 (South Africa)

      • Genus Minimicroides Antropov, 2000

        • Minimicroides perexiguus Antropov, 2000 (Namibia)

      • Genus Nototis Arnold, 1927

        • Nototis bicornutus Arnold, 1927 (South Africa)

        • Nototis falcidens Antropov, 2007 (Namibia)

      • Genus Oxybelomorpha Brauns, 1897

        • Oxybelomorpha braunsii (Kohl, 1923) (South Africa)

        • Oxybelomorpha funesta (Arnold, 1929) (South Africa)

        • Oxybelomorpha gessi Antropov, 2005 (South Africa)

        • Oxybelomorpha imitans Antropov, 2005 (South Africa)

        • Oxybelomorpha kohlii Brauns in Kohl, 1896 (South Africa)

        • Oxybelomorpha nitens Antropov, 2005 (South Africa)

        • Oxybelomorpha pseudosordida Antropov, 2005 (Namibia)

        • Oxybelomorpha pulawskii Antropov, 2005 (South Africa)

        • Oxybelomorpha rhodesiana (Arnold, 1927) (Zimbabwe)

        • Oxybelomorpha rubicunda Antropov, 2005 (Namibia)

        • Oxybelomorpha rufiventris (Arnold, 1936) (South Africa)

        • Oxybelomorpha separata Antropov, 2005 (South Africa)

        • Oxybelomorpha sgessae Antropov, 2005 (South Africa)

        • Oxybelomorpha sordida (Arnold, 1927) (South Africa)

        • Oxybelomorpha turneri (Arnold, 1927) (South Africa)

        • Oxybelomorpha wojciechi Antropov, 2005 (Namibia)

      • Genus Oxybelus Latreille, 1796

        • Oxybelus acutissimus Bischoff, 1912 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Oxybelus acutissimus propinquus Arnold, 1927 (Zimbabwe)

        • Oxybelus aethiopicus Cameron, 1906 (South Africa)

        • Oxybelus angustus de Saussure, 1892 (South Africa)

        • Oxybelus arnoldi Benoit, 1951 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Oxybelus bechuanae Arnold, 1936 (Botswana)

        • Oxybelus bicornutus Arnold, 1929 (Namibia, South Africa)

        • Oxybelus braunsi Arnold, 1927 (South Africa)

        • Oxybelus congophilus Benoit, 1951 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Oxybelus coniferus Arnold, 1951 (Ethiopia)

        • Oxybelus cristatus de Saussure, 1892 (Madagascar)

        • Oxybelus curviscutis Arnold, 1927 (Zimbabwe)

        • Oxybelus dissimilis Arnold, 1934 (Zimbabwe)

        • Oxybelus eburneoguttatus Arnold, 1952 (Zimbabwe)

        • Oxybelus flavicornis Arnold, 1927 (Zimbabwe)

        • Oxybelus flavicornis nyassae Arnold, 1927 (Tanzania)

        • Oxybelus flaviventris Arnold, 1927 (Zimbabwe)

        • Oxybelus fraudulentus Arnold, 1929 (Namibia)

        • Oxybelus harraricus Arnold, 1927 (Ethiopia)

        • Oxybelus hessei Arnold, 1929 (Namibia)

        • Oxybelus imperialis Gerstaecker, 1867 (South Africa)

        • Oxybelus lepturus Arnold, 1927 (Zimbabwe)

        • Oxybelus limatus Arnold, 1927 (Zimbabwe)

        • Oxybelus lingula Gerstaecker, 1867 (South Africa)

        • Oxybelus matabele Arnold, 1927 (Zimbabwe)

        • Oxybelus metopias Kohl, 1894 (Mozambique)

        • Oxybelus nasutus Bischoff, 1913 (Namibia)

        • Oxybelus natalensis Arnold, 1927 (South Africa)

        • Oxybelus neuvillei Magretti, 1908 (Kenya)

        • Oxybelus pallidus Arnold, 1927 (Ethiopia, Tanzania)

        • Oxybelus paucipunctatus Arnold, 1927 (Zimbabwe)

        • Oxybelus peringueyi de Saussure, 1892 (South Africa)

        • Oxybelus perornatus Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

        • Oxybelus pictus Arnold, 1927 (Zimbabwe)

        • Oxybelus pilosus Arnold, 1927 (Ethiopia)

        • Oxybelus rubrocaudatus Arnold, 1927 (Zimbabwe)

        • Oxybelus ruficaudis Cameron, 1905 (South Africa)

        • Oxybelus ruficaudis melanarius Arnold, 1927 (South Africa)

        • Oxybelus solitarius Arnold, 1927 (Zimbabwe)

        • Oxybelus stevensoni Arnold, 1927 (Zimbabwe)

        • Oxybelus subcristatus de Saussure, 1892 (Madagascar)

        • Oxybelus taschenbergi Kohl, 1875 (South Africa)

        • Oxybelus willowmorensis Arnold, 1927 (South Africa)

        • Oxybelus woosnami Arnold, 1927 (Botswana, South Africa)

        • Oxybelus zavattarii Guiglia, 1943 (Ethiopia)

      • Genus Wojus Antropov, 1999

        • Wojus inopinatus Antropov, 1999 (South Africa)

    • Tribe Palarini Schrottky, 1909

      • Genus Mesopalarus Brauns, 1899

        Genus Palarus Latreille, 1802

        • Palarus ambustus Klug, 1845 (Algeria, Egypt, Turkey)

          • Palarus ambustus almeriensis Gayubo, Asís, and Tormos, 1992 (Spain)

        • Palarus arabicus Pulawski, 2008 (Saudi Arabia)

        • Palarus bernardi de Beaumont, 1949 (Libya)

        • Palarus bisignatus Morawitz, 1890 (Iran, Kazakhstan, Oman, Turkmenistan, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates)

        • Palarus comberi R. Turner, 1911 (India, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates)

        • Palarus confusus R. Turner, 1911(Algeria, Libya)

        • Palarus dongalensis Klug, 1845 (Egypt, Iran, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, United Arab Emirates)

        • Palarus fulviventris Latreille, 1812 (Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan, Libya, Oman, Russia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan)

        • Palarus funerarius Morawitz, 1889 (China, Greece, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan)

        • Palarus furtivus Pulawski and Prentice, 2008 (Namibia)

        • Palarus gao Pulawski and Prentice, 2008 (Mali)

        • Palarus gynaecotrichus Pulawski and Prentice, 2008 (Togo)

        • Palarus hastatifrons R. Turner, 1919 (Egypt, Israel, Libya, Morocco)

        • Palarus histrio Spinola, 1839 (Iran, Israel, Jordan, North Africa, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates)

        • Palarus inexpectatus Pulawski, 2016 (United Arab Emirates)

        • Palarus interruptus (Fabricius, 1787) (India, Sri Lanka)

        • Palarus jaxartes Pulawski and Prentice, 2008 (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan)

        • Palarus klugi Menke in R. Bohart and Menke, 1976 (India)

        • Palarus laetus Klug, 1845 (Benin, Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Gambia, India, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, North Africa, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sudan, Togo, United Arab Emirates)

        • Palarus latifrons Kohl, 1884 (Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia)

        • Palarus maculatus Dahlbom, 1845 (Namibia, South Africa)

          • Palarus maculatus nigrior Arnold, 1923 (Botswana, Zimbabwe)

        • Palarus nama Pulawski and Prentice, 2008 (Namibia, South Africa)

        • Palarus obesus Arnold, 1951 (Mauritania)

        • Palarus occidentalis Arnold, 1929 (Namibia)

        • Palarus oneili Brauns, 1899 (Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa)

        • Palarus parvulus de Beaumont, 1949 (Israel, Jordan, Mauritania, Oman, United Arab Emirates)

        • Palarus pentheri Brauns, 1899 (Namibia, South Africa)

        • Palarus pictiventris F. Morawitz, 1890 (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan)

        • Palarus rufipes Latreille, 1812 (Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia)

        • Palarus saundersi Morice, 1897 (Israel, Kuwait, North Africa, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan)

        • Palarus turneri Brauns, 1912 (Namibia, South Africa)

        • Palarus variegatus (Fabricius, 1781) (widespread in Palaearctic region)

          • Palarus variegatus varius Sickmann, 1894 (China, Russia, South Korea)

    • Tribe Trypoxylini Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845

      • Genus Pison Jurine, 1808

        • Pison allonymum Schulz, 1906 (South Africa)

        • Pison auratum Shuckard, 1838 (South Africa)

        • Pison denticeps Cameron, 1910 (South Africa)

        • Pison humile Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

        • Pison inaequale Turner, 1916 (Malawi)

        • Pison lobiferum Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

        • Pison mimicum Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

        • Pison montanum Cameron, 1908 (Kenya, South Africa, Zambia)

        • Pison multistrigatum Turner, 1917 (Malawi)

        • Pison pasteelsi Leclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Pison petularum Leclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Pison pregustum Leclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Pison premunitum Leclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Pison repentinum Arnold, 1940 (Zimbabwe)

        • Pison rufitarse Arnold, 1944 (Zimbabwe)

        • Pison scruposum Arnold, 1955 (Zimbabwe)

        • Pison seyrigi Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

        • Pison transvaalense Cameron, 1910 (South Africa)

        • Pison ugandense Arnold, 1955 (Uganda)

        • Pison wagneri Arnold, 1932 (Tanzania)

      • Genus Trypoxylon Latreille, 1796

        • Trypoxylon abditum Arnold, 1924 (South Africa)

        • Trypoxylon aeneipenne Arnold, 1943 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Trypoxylon algoense Arnold, 1924 (South Africa)

        • Trypoxylon arnoldi Menke, 1976 (South Africa, Tanzania)

        • Trypoxylon arudum Leclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Trypoxylon asinum Leclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Trypoxylon braunsi Arnold, 1924 (South Africa)

        • Trypoxylon breviventre Arnold, 1959 (Tanzania)

        • Trypoxylon capense Cameron, 1905 (South Africa)

        • Trypoxylon carcinum Leclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Trypoxylon cariosum Arnold, 1959 (Tanzania)

        • Trypoxylon carpenteri Richards, 1933 (Uganda)

        • Trypoxylon castoris Leclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Trypoxylon cataractae Arnold, 1924 (Zimbabwe)

        • Trypoxylon cataractae madecassum Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

        • Trypoxylon catinum Leclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Trypoxylon cavallum Lerclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Trypoxylon chirindense Arnold, 1936 (Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, Zimbabwe)

        • Trypoxylon crassipunctatum Arnold, 1946 (Malawi)

        • Trypoxylon cricetum Leclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Trypoxylon darium Leclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Trypoxylon dendrophilum Arnold, 1959 (Tanzania)

        • Trypoxylon deuterium Leclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Trypoxylon egregium Arnold, 1959 (Tanzania)

        • Trypoxylon elgonense Arnold, 1956 (Kenya)

        • Trypoxylon eyeni Leclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Trypoxylon flavimanum Arnold, 1946 (Malawi)

        • Trypoxylon foveatum Cameron, 1904 (South Africa)

        • Trypoxylon gracilicorne Arnold, 1946 (Malawi)

        • Trypoxylon gustatum Leclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Trypoxylon hova de Saussure, 1892 (Madagascar)

        • Trypoxylon inconstans Arnold, 1946 (Zimbabwe)

        • Trypoxylon infimum Arnold, 1940 (Zimbabwe)

        • Trypoxylon insulsum Arnold, 1959 (Tanzania)

        • Trypoxylon judicum Leclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Trypoxylon kabeyae Leclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Trypoxylon kapiricum Leclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Trypoxylon katangae Leclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Trypoxylon kohli Arnold, 1924 (South Africa)

        • Trypoxylon lacustre Arnold, 1956 (Uganda)

        • Trypoxylon latiscutatum Arnold, 1946 (Malawi)

        • Trypoxylon latiscutatum rectirugosum Arnold, 1959 (Tanzania)

        • Trypoxylon letiferum Arnold, 1946 (Zimbabwe)

        • Trypoxylon lissonotum Cameron, 1910 (South Africa)

        • Trypoxylon longiscute Tsuneki, 1978 (Madagascar)

        • Trypoxylon lucidum Arnold, 1959 (Tanzania)

        • Trypoxylon lusingum Leclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Trypoxylon luteosignatum Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

        • Trypoxylon mabwense Leclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Trypoxylon magrettii Gribodo, 1884 (Ethiopia)

        • Trypoxylon marginifrons Cameron, 1912 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Trypoxylon massaicum Cameron, 1908 (Tanzania)

        • Trypoxylon montivagum Arnold, 1940 (Zimbabwe)

        • Trypoxylon nodosum Arnold, 1944 (Zimbabwe)

        • Trypoxylon paulisum Leclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Trypoxylon punctatissimum Arnold, 1924 (South Africa)

        • Trypoxylon scutifrons de Saussure, 1892 (Madagascar)

        • Trypoxylon seyrigi Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

        • Trypoxylon sinuosiscute Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

        • Trypoxylon solivagum Arnold, 1946 (Malawi)

        • Trypoxylon stevensoni Arnold, 1924 (Zimbabwe)

        • Trypoxylon stroudi Gribodo, 1884 (Ethiopia, South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Trypoxylon testaceipes Arnold, 1924 (Zimbabwe)

        • Trypoxylon tremulum Arnold, 1946 (Malawi)

        • Trypoxylon triste Arnold, 1924 (Zimbabwe)

        • Trypoxylon tuberculifrons Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)

        • Trypoxylon turbulentum Arnold, 1946 (Malawi)

        • Trypoxylon viduum Arnold, 1951 (Ethiopia)

        • Trypoxylon volitans Arnold, 1956 (Uganda)

        • Trypoxylon zikae Arnold, 1956 (Uganda)

        • Trypoxylon zurki Leclercq, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

  • Subfamily Dinetinae W. Fox, 1895

    • Genus Dinetus Panzer, 1806

      • Dinetus arenarius Kazenas, 1973 (Kazakhstan)

      • Dinetus cereolus Morice, 1897 (Egypt)

      • Dinetus cereolus politus Turner, 1917 (India)

      • Dinetus dentipes E. Saunders, 1910 (Egypt, Kazakhstan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates)

      • Dinetus nabataeus de Beaumont, 1960 (Oman, United Arab Emirates)

      • Dinetus pictus (Fabricius, 1793) (Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Yugoslavia)

      • Dinetus porcellaneus Guichard, 1980(Oman)

      • Dinetus psammophilus Kazenas, 1977 (Kazakhstan)

      • Dinetus pulawskii de Beaumont, 1960 (Egypt

      • Dinetus simplicipes E. Saunders, 1910 (Algeria)

      • Dinetus turanicus Kazenas, 1993 (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan)

      • Dinetus venustus de Beaumont, 1957 (Morocco)

      • Dinetus wojciechi Kazenas, 1998 (Kazakhstan)

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Links

CATALOG OF WORLD SPHECIDAE sensu lato (= Apoidea excluding bees) compiled by Wojciech J. Pulawski (California Academy of Sciences).

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Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

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