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Paracyphononyx difficilis Bischoff

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

Paracyphononyx difficilis Bischoff, 1913.

Distribution

 Malawi, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe.

Biology

 Prey on spiders in several families as koinobiont ectoparastoids of the host spider that recovers normal beahviour after being stung and having an egg laid on it.

References

Arnold, G. 1934. New African Hymenoptera No. 2. Occasional Papers of the Rhodesian Museum 3: 18-28.

Arnold, G. 1936. The Psammocharidae of the Ethiopian region. Part V. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 18: 73–12.

Arnold, G. 1937. The Psammocharidae of the Ethiopian region. Part VII. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 19: 1-98.

Credits

Photographed in Mopani, Kruger NP.

Photographs© Alan Manson https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/99063109

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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