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Paraclavelia Haupt

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Pompiloidea; Family: Pompilidae; Subfamily: Ctenocerinae)

Paraclavelia Haupt, 1930: 728. Type species: Pompilus caffer Kohl, 1886, by original designation and monobasic.

  Paraclavelia anomala Arnold, 1960 (Tanzania)
 

Paraclavelia antennata (Smith, 1855) (South Africa)

Paraclavelia arnoldi Guiglia, 1939 (Somalia)

Paraclavelia brevipennis Arnold, 1932  (Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Tanzania)

    Paraclavelia brevipennis katangae Arnold, 1932 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Paraclavelia caffra (Kohl, 1886) (South Africa)

Paraclavelia crudelis (Smith, 1879) (South Africa)

    Paraclavelia crudelis gracilior Arnold 1932 (South Africa)

Paraclavelia decipiens (Arnold, 1932)  (Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

Paraclavelia distinguenda Arnold, 1932  (Namibia)

Paraclavelia flavifrons Arnold, 1932  (South Africa)

Paraclavelia flavipennis Arnold, 1932  (Namibia)

Paraclavelia hirtiscapa (Cameron, 1904) (South Africa)

Paraclavelia katbergensis Arnold, 1948 (South Africa)

Paraclavelia lugubris Arnold, 1932  (South Africa)

Paraclavelia marshalli (Bingham, 1902) (Namibia, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

Paraclavelia mimetica Cameron, 1905 (South Africa)

Paraclavelia minima Arnold, 1932  (Namibia)

Paraclavelia nigrifrons Arnold 1960 (Zimbabwe)

Paraclavelia nyasae Arnold, 1932  (Malawi)

    Paraclavelia nyasae amatongae Arnold, 1932  (Mozambique)

Paraclavelia opulenta Arnold, 1958 (Zimbabwe)

    Paraclavelia opulenta umtaliensis Arnold, 1958 (Zimbabwe)

Paraclavelia paucipilosa Arnold, 1932  (Zimbabwe)

Paraclavelia pseudocaffer (Kohl, 1886) (South Africa)

Paraclavelia punctipleura Arnold, 1932  (South Africa)

Paraclavelia rhodesiensis Arnold, 1932  (Namibia, Zimbabwe)

Paraclavelia ruficeps Arnold, 1932  (Zambia)

Paraclavelia somalica Arnold, 1932  (Kenya)

Paraclavelia transvaalensis Arnold, 1934 (South Africa)

Paraclavelia visenda (Kohl, 1913) (Democratic Republic of Congo)
  Paraclavelia wheeleri Arnold, 1960 (Zimbabwe)

Distribution

Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Biology

  

References

Arnold, G. 1932. The Psammocharidae of the Ethiopian region. Part I. Subfamily Pepsinae. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 14: 284-396.

Arnold, G. 1932. The Psammocharidae of the Ethiopian region. Part II. Subfamily Claveliinae, Haupt. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 15: 41-122.

Arnold, G. 1935. The Psammocharidae of the Ethiopian region. Part IV. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 15: 413-483.

Arnold G. 1960. Mission zoologique de l’I.R.S.A.C. en Afrique orientale. (P. Basilewsky et N. Leleup, 1957). XXXII. Hymenoptera Pompilidae. Annales du Musée royal du Congo belge (Sér. 8˚). 81: 437–445.

Shimizu, A., Broad, G., Yoshimura, J., & Pitts, J.P. 2022. First records of the spider wasps Ctenocerus Dahlbom and Paraclavelia Haupt from Asia, with discussions on the systematics of Ctenocerinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). European journal of taxonomy 845:101-131. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.845.1957.

Smith, F. 1855. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museuim. Part III. Mutillidae and Pompilidae. London: 1-206, 6 pls.

Credits

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Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2026. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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