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Checklist for Subfamily Bembicinae Latreille, 1802 (Sand wasps)
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
630
8507
21838
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
628
8495
21797
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
600
8347
21509
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
384
6839
18665
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
70
1218
3403
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
63
1190
3374
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
26
500
2369
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
10
190
1232
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCrabronidae
Latreille, 1802
Bee Wolves, Cicadakillers, Crabronid wasps, Mud daubers
62
338
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyBembicinae
Latreille, 1802
Sand wasps
14
80
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cape
14 Genera with 80 Species
Ammatomus A. Costa, 19293SpeciesTaxom
Bembecinus A. Costa, 192929SpeciesTaxom
Bembix Fabricius, 1986Sand Wasps25SpeciesTaxom
Brachystegus A. Costa, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Didineis Wesmael, 1852
0SpeciesTaxom
Gorytes Latreille, 18562SpeciesTaxom
Harpactus Shuckard, 18953SpeciesTaxom
Hoplisoides Gribodo, 18953SpeciesTaxom
Kohlia Handlirsch, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Nysson Latreille, 19112SpeciesTaxom
Oryttus Spinola, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Sphecius Dahlbom, 1929Cicada killer wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Stizoides Guérin-Ménev..., 18561SpeciesTaxom
Stizus Latreille, 17718SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape
80 Species
Ammatomus elongatulus Turner, 1920
Ammatomus spiniferus du Buysson, 1897
Ammatomus stevensoni Arnold, 1929
Bembecinus aemulus Handlirsch, 1895
Bembecinus argentifrons F. Smith, 1856
Bembecinus atratus Arnold, 1936
Bembecinus bidens Arnold, 1933
Bembecinus boer Handlirsch, 1900
Bembecinus buyssoni Arnold, 1929
Bembecinus cinguliger Smith, 1856
Bembecinus corpulentus Arnold, 1929
Bembecinus dentiventris Handlirsch, 1895
Bembecinus distinctus Arnold, 1955
Bembecinus haemorrhoidalis Handlirsch, 1900
Bembecinus herbsti Arnold, 1929
Bembecinus hoplites Handlirsch, 1892
Bembecinus hyperocrus Arnold, 1929
Bembecinus karooensis Arnold, 1936
Bembecinus laticinctus Arnold, 1929
Bembecinus mitulus Arnold, 1929
Bembecinus monodon Handlirsch, 1895
Bembecinus mutabilis Arnold, 1929
Bembecinus namibicus Bohart, 1997
Bembecinus nyasae Turner, 1912
Bembecinus oxydorcus Handlirsch, 1900
Bembecinus pakhuisae Bohart, 1997
Bembecinus polychromus Handlirsch, 1895
Bembecinus rectilateralis Arnold, 1945Purple gay-mallow
Bembecinus rhopaloceroides Arnold, 1929
Bembecinus rhopalocerus Handlirsch, 1895
Bembecinus ruficaudus Bohart, 1997
Bembecinus witzenbergensis Arnold, 1929
Bembix afra Handlirsch, 1893
Bembix albata J. Parker, 1929
Bembix albofasciata F. Smith, 1873
Bembix arnoldi Arnold, 1929
Bembix atrospinosa Turner, 1917
Bembix baumanni Handlirsch, 1893
Bembix bubalus Handlirsch, 1893
Bembix cameronis Handlirsch, 1893
Bembix capensis Lepeletier, 1845
Bembix capicola Handlirsch, 1893
Bembix carinata Smith, 1856
Bembix denticauda Arnold, 1946
Bembix fraudulenta Arnold, 1929
Bembix fuscipennis Lepeletier, 1845
Bembix harenarum Arnold, 1929
Bembix karooensis Gess, 1986
Bembix labidura Handlirsch, 1893
Bembix liturata Turner, 1917
Bembix melanopa Handlirsch, 1893
Bembix moebii Handlirsch, 1893
Bembix ochracea Handlirsch, 1893
Bembix olivata Dahlbom, 1845
Bembix sibilans Handlirsch, 1893
Bembix ulula Arnold, 1919
Bembix zinni Gess, 1986
Brachystegus capensis Handlirsch, 1887
Gorytes effugiens Brauns, 1911
Gorytes natalensis Smith, 1856
Harpactus decipiens Arnold, 1936
Harpactus rufithorax Brauns, 1911
Harpactus vicarius Handlirsch, 1895
Hoplisoides aglaia Handlirsch, 1895
Hoplisoides intricans Gribodo, 1884
Hoplisoides thalia Handlirsch, 1895
Kohlia cephalotes Handlirsch, 1895
Nysson braunsii Handlirsch, 1900
Nysson willowmorensis Brauns, 1911
Oryttus kraepelini Brauns, 1899
Sphecius citrinus Arnold, 1929
Stizoides fenestratus Smith, 1856
Stizus atrox F. Smith, 1856
Stizus chrysorrhoeus Handlirsch, 1892
Stizus dewitzii Handlirsch, 1892
Stizus fuscipennis Smith, 1856
Stizus hamatus Arnold, 1929
Stizus imperialis Handlirsch, 1892Fringed littleneck
Stizus marshallii R. Turner, 1912
Stizus ruficornis (J. Forster, 1771)⇒ Gorytes quinquecinctus Fabricius, 1793

Subnodes of Bembicinae with occurrences in Cape
TribeAlyssontini
Dalla Torre, 1897
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeBembicini
Latreille, 1802
Sand Wasps
11
77
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeNyssonini
Latreille, 1804
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Bembicinae at artfakta.se
Bembicinae at dyntaxa.se
Bembicinae at itis.gov