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Checklist for Tribe Bembicini Latreille, 1802 (Sand Wasps)
and region Southern Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
754
15371
60267
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
750
15333
60124
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
715
15096
59373
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
442
12146
51799
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
76
1935
9284
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
68
1895
9174
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
27
759
6196
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
10
280
2988
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCrabronidae
Latreille, 1802
Bee Wolves, Cicadakillers, Crabronid wasps, Mud daubers
87
728
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyBembicinae
Latreille, 1802
Sand wasps
19
176
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeBembicini
Latreille, 1802
Sand Wasps
15
170
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Southern Africa
15 Genera with 170 Species
Afrogorytes Menke, 18942SpeciesTaxom
Ammatomus A. Costa, 19296SpeciesTaxom
Bembecinus A. Costa, 199750SpeciesTaxom
Bembix Fabricius, 1986Sand Wasps62SpeciesTaxom
Gorytes Latreille, 19155SpeciesTaxom
Handlirschia Kohl, 19733SpeciesTaxom
Harpactus Shuckard, 18887SpeciesTaxom
Hoplisoides Gribodo, 19058SpeciesTaxom
Kohlia Handlirsch, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Lestiphorus Lepeletier d..., 19311SpeciesTaxom
Microbembex Patton, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Oryttus Spinola, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Sphecius Dahlbom, 1915Cicada killer wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Stizoides Guérin-Ménev..., 19994SpeciesTaxom
Stizus Latreille, 189521SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southern Africa
170 Species and 5 Subspecies
Afrogorytes gibbosus Arnold, 1936
Afrogorytes monstrosus Handlirsch, 1894
Ammatomus elongatulus Turner, 1920
Ammatomus gemellus Arnold, 1929
Ammatomus pictipes Arnold, 1929
Ammatomus pretoriensis Arnold, 1936
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 caffer de Saussure, 1854
Bembecinus cinguliger Smith, 1856
Bembecinus corpulentus Arnold, 1929
Bembecinus damarensis F.Gess & Pul..., 2015
Bembecinus dentiventris Handlirsch, 1895
Bembecinus distinctus Arnold, 1955
Bembecinus flavopictus Arnold, 1936
Bembecinus fraterculus Arnold, 1929
Bembecinus gariepensis F.Gess & Pul..., 2015
Bembecinus gilvus Bohart, 1997
Bembecinus haemorrhoidalis Handlirsch, 1900
Bembecinus haplocerus Handlirsch, 1895
Bembecinus herbsti Arnold, 1929
Bembecinus hoplites Handlirsch, 1892
Bembecinus hoplites minor Arnold, 1929
Bembecinus hyperocrus Arnold, 1929
Bembecinus irwini Bohart, 1997
Bembecinus karasanus F.Gess & Pul..., 2015
Bembecinus karooensis Arnold, 1936
Bembecinus kobrowi Arnold, 1936
Bembecinus laterimacula Handlirsch, 1895
Bembecinus laticaudatus Arnold, 1929
Bembecinus laticinctus Arnold, 1929
Bembecinus loriculatus F. Smith, 1856
Bembecinus maior Handlirsch, 1895
Bembecinus mitulus Arnold, 1929
Bembecinus monodon Handlirsch, 1895
Bembecinus mutabilis Arnold, 1929
Bembecinus namibicus Bohart, 1997
Bembecinus nyasae Turner, 1912
Bembecinus omaruru Pulawski, 2015
Bembecinus oxydorcus Handlirsch, 1900
Bembecinus pakhuisae Bohart, 1997
Bembecinus polychromus Handlirsch, 1895
Bembecinus quadristrigatus Arnold, 1929
Bembecinus rectilateralis Arnold, 1945Purple gay-mallow
Bembecinus rhopaloceroides Arnold, 1929
Bembecinus rhopalocerus Handlirsch, 1895
Bembecinus rozenorum Bohart, 1997
Bembecinus ruficaudus Bohart, 1997
Bembecinus sipapomae Arnold, 1929
Bembecinus solitarius Arnold, 1936
Bembecinus witzenbergensis Arnold, 1929
Bembecinus zebratus Bohart, 1997
Bembix abercornensis Arnold, 1960
Bembix afra Handlirsch, 1893
Bembix albata J. Parker, 1929
Bembix albicapilla Arnold, 1946
Bembix albofasciata F. Smith, 1873
Bembix albopilosa (Arnold, 1929)⇒ Bembix albata J. Parker, 1929
Bembix anomalipes Arnold, 1929
Bembix arnoldi Arnold, 1929
Bembix atrospinosa Turner, 1917
Bembix baumanni Handlirsch, 1893
Bembix bequearti Arnold, 1929
Bembix bequearti dira Arnold, 1929
Bembix brachyptera Arnold, 1952Fringed littleneck
Bembix bubalus Handlirsch, 1893
Bembix cameronis Handlirsch, 1893
Bembix capensis Lepeletier, 1845
Bembix capicola Handlirsch, 1893
Bembix carinata Smith, 1856
Bembix compedita Turner, 1913Basin saltbush
Bembix cultrifera Arnold, 1929
Bembix denticauda Arnold, 1946
Bembix diversidens Arnold, 1946
Bembix diversipennis F. Smith, 1873
Bembix flavicincta Turner, 1912
Bembix flavocincta Turner, 1912
Bembix forcipata Handlirsch, 1893
Bembix fraudulenta Arnold, 1929
Bembix fuscipennis Lepeletier, 1845
Bembix gracilens Parker, 1929
Bembix grisescens Dahlbom, 1845
Bembix harenarum Arnold, 1929
Bembix junodi (Arnold, 1929)⇒ Bembix ulula Arnold, 1919
Bembix karooensis Gess, 1986
Bembix kora Evans & Matt..., 1973
Bembix kriechbaumeri scitula Arnold, 1929
Bembix labidura Handlirsch, 1893
Bembix liturata Turner, 1917
Bembix liturata flavopicta Arnold, 1929
Bembix melanopa Handlirsch, 1893
Bembix melanopa algoensis Arnold, 1946
Bembix moebii Handlirsch, 1893
Bembix monedula Handlirsch, 1893
Bembix namibensis Gess, 1986
Bembix obtusa Turner, 1917
Bembix ochracea Handlirsch, 1893
Bembix odontopyga Turner, 1917
Bembix olivata Dahlbom, 1845
Bembix opima (Turner, 1917)⇒ Bembix ochracea Handlirsch, 1893
Bembix palmata Smith, 1856
Bembix regnata J. Parker, 1929
Bembix scaura Arnold, 1929
Bembix sibilans Handlirsch, 1893
Bembix speciosa Arnold, 1929
Bembix stevensoni (J. Parker, 1929)⇒ Bembix fuscipennis Lepeletier, 1845
Bembix triangulifera Arnold, 1944
Bembix uloola Evans & Matt..., 1973
Bembix ulula Arnold, 1919
Bembix undulata Spinola, 1838Fire on the mountain
Bembix velox Handlirsch, 1893
Bembix venusta Arnold, 1929
Bembix versuta Arnold, 1946
Bembix zinni Gess, 1986
Gorytes effugiens Brauns, 1911
Gorytes jonesi Turner, 1920
Gorytes melpomene Arnold, 1936
Gorytes natalensis Smith, 1856
Gorytes nyasicus Turner, 1915
Handlirschia aethiopa Handlirsch, 1889
Handlirschia scoliaeformis Arnold, 1929
Handlirschia tricolor (Gess, 1973)⇒ Handlirschia scoliaeformis Arnold, 1929
Harpactus decipiens Arnold, 1936
Harpactus karooensis Brauns, 1911
Harpactus lepidus Arnold, 1944
Harpactus rufithorax Brauns, 1911
Harpactus tshardarensis (Kazenas, 1989)⇒ Harpactus walteri Handlirsch, 1888
Harpactus vicarius Handlirsch, 1895
Harpactus walteri Handlirsch, 1888
Hoplisoides aglaia Handlirsch, 1895
Hoplisoides basutorum Arnold, 1958
Hoplisoides eurynome Arnold, 1955
Hoplisoides intricans Gribodo, 1884
Hoplisoides marshalli Turner, 1915
Hoplisoides thalia Handlirsch, 1895
Hoplisoides umtalicus Arnold, 1929
Hoplisoides whitei Cameron, 1905
Kohlia cephalotes Handlirsch, 1895
Lestiphorus mimicus Arnold, 1931
Microbembex gratiosa F. Smith, 1856
Oryttus kraepelini Brauns, 1899
Sphecius citrinus Arnold, 1929
Sphecius milleri R.Turner, 1915
Stizoides amoenus F. Smith, 1856Crabronid wasp
Stizoides fenestratus Smith, 1856
Stizoides funebris Handlirsch, 1900
Stizoides zulu Ohl, 1999
Stizus atrox F. Smith, 1856
Stizus breyeri Arnold, 1936
Stizus chrysorrhoeus Handlirsch, 1892
Stizus dewitzii Handlirsch, 1892
Stizus ellenbergeri Arnold, 1929
Stizus excellens Lohrmann, 1943
Stizus franzi R. Turner, 1916
Stizus fuscipennis Smith, 1856
Stizus hamatus Arnold, 1929
Stizus imperialis Handlirsch, 1892Fringed littleneck
Stizus lohrmanni Bohart, 1939
Stizus marshalli Turner, 1912
Stizus marshallii R. Turner, 1912
Stizus melanurus Handlirsch, 1892
Stizus multicolor R. Turner, 1916
Stizus neavei (Turner, 1912)⇒ Stizus franzi R. Turner, 1916
Stizus pubescens (Klug, 1835)⇒ Stizus lohrmanni Bohart, 1939
Stizus richardsi Arnold, 1959Cracking pearly mussel
Stizus rubellus Turner, 1912
Stizus ruficornis (J. Forster, 1771)⇒ Gorytes quinquecinctus Fabricius, 1793
Stizus saussurei Handlirsch, 1895

Subnodes of Bembicini with occurrences in Southern Africa
SubtribeBembicina
Latreille, 1802
2
60
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubtribeGorytina
Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845
6
24
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubtribeHandlirschiina
Nemkov & Lelej, 1996
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubtribeSpheciina
Nemkov and Ohl, 2011
3
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubtribeStizina
A. Costa, 1859
3
74
Genera
Species

Taxom



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