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Stizus ruficornis (J.
Forster)
(Life:
Kingdom: Metazoa (animals);
Phylum: Arthropoda;
Class: Hexapoda; Order:
Hymenoptera; Superfamily:
Apoidea; Family: Bembicidae; Subfamily: Bembicinae; Genus:
Stizus)
Vespa
ruficornis J. Forster, 1771. Holotype or syntypes
depository unknown. Type locality: Cádiz, Spain.
Bembex ruficornis Fabricius,
1787. Junior secondary homonym of Vespa ruficornis J.
Forster, 1771 and of Tiphia ruficornis Fabricius, 1787.
Lectotype ♂in (ZMUC). Type locality: Spain: no
specific locality. Designated by van der Vecht, 1961.
Synonymy by van der Vecht, 1969.
Larra ferruginea F. Smith,
1856. Holotype or syntypes ♂ in London (NHMUK). Type
locality: Gambia: no specific locality. Synonymy by
Guichard, 1989.
Stizus ritsemae Handlirsch,
1895. Holotype ♀ in Leiden (RMNH) Type locality:
West Africa: "St. George d'Elmina". Synonymy with
Stizus ferrugineus by R. Bohart and Menke, 1976.
Stizus komarovi Radoszkowski, 1888. Syntypes:
deposition unknown Type locality: origin not
indicated. Synonymy by Handlirsch, 189.
Stizus scutellaris W.F. Kirby, 1900. Holotype ♀ in
London (NHMUK). Type locality: Yemen: Island of
Sokotra: Dahamis Synonymy by R. Turner, 1912.
Stizus distinguendus Handlirsch, 1901. Syntypes in
Vienna (NHMW). Type locality: Spain: Barcelona; southern
France. Synonymy by de Beaumont, 1951.
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Distribution
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Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Yemen. Widespread in Palaearctic
region. |
Biology
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Females excavate burrows in sandy soil. One to
several cells are provisioned with mantids or grasshoppers. |
References
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Bohart, R.M. &
Menke, A. S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: a
Generic Revision. University of California Press, Berkeley, California.
Brothers D.J. 1999. Phylogeny and
evolution of wasps, ants and bees (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea, Vespoidea and
Apoidea) Zoologica Scripta 28: 233–250.
Finnamore, A.T. & Michener, C.D. 1993. Superfamily Apoidea (pp.
279-357). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World:
an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture
Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.
Gess, S.K. & Gess, F.W. 2014. Wasps and bees in southern Africa. SANBI
Biodiversity Series 24. South African National Biodiversity Institute,
Pretoria. 320 pp. |
Links
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CATALOG OF WORLD SPHECIDAE
sensu lato (= Apoidea excluding bees) compiled by
Wojciech J. Pulawski (California Academy of Sciences). |
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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