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Checklist for Family Crabronidae Latreille, 1802 (Bee Wolves)
and region Western Cape (Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
528
5425
11871
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
526
5418
11860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
502
5315
11672
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
332
4419
10200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
65
906
2123
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
61
892
2112
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
25
380
1470
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
9
148
791
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCrabronidae
Latreille, 1802
Bee Wolves, Cicadakillers, Crabronid wasps, Mud daubers
49
212
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Western Cape
49 Genera with 212 Species
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Ammoplanellus Gussakovskij, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Ammoplanus Giraud, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Astata Latreille, 18563SpeciesTaxom
Belokohlus Antropov, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Belomicroides Kohl, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Belomicrus A. Costa, 1871
0SpeciesTaxom
Bembecinus A. Costa, 192914SpeciesTaxom
Bembix Fabricius, 1986Sand Wasps20SpeciesTaxom
Brachystegus A. Costa, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Cerceris Latreille, 1926Weevil Wasp31SpeciesTaxom
Crabro Fabricius, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Crossocerus Lepeletier d..., 19262SpeciesTaxom
Dasyproctus Lepeletier d..., 18445SpeciesTaxom
Diodontus Curtis, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Diploplectron W. Fox, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Dryudella Spinola, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Encopognathus Kohl, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Entomognathus Dahlbom, 19342SpeciesTaxom
Gastrosericus Spinola, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Gorytes Latreille, 1804
0SpeciesTaxom
Harpactus Shuckard, 19112SpeciesTaxom
Holotachysphex de Beaumont, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Hoplisoides Gribodo, 18953SpeciesTaxom
Kohlia Handlirsch, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Kohliella Brauns, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Larra Fabricius, 1923Mole Cricket Hunters2SpeciesTaxom
Larropsis Patton, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Liris Fabricius, 18567SpeciesTaxom
Mesopalarus Brauns, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Mimesa Shuckard, 19801SpeciesTaxom
Miscophus Jurine, 18993SpeciesTaxom
Neodasyproctus Arnold, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Nysson Latreille, 19112SpeciesTaxom
Oryttus Spinola, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Oxybelomorpha Brauns, 19276SpeciesTaxom
Oxybelus Latreille, 19057SpeciesTaxom
Palarus Latreille, 19125SpeciesTaxom
Philanthus Fabricius, 1925Bee-hunters8SpeciesTaxom
Pison Spinola, 19103SpeciesTaxom
Prosopigastra A. Costa, 19172SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalum Stephens, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Saliostethus Brauns, 19202SpeciesTaxom
Spilomena Shuckard, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Stizoides Guérin-Ménev..., 18561SpeciesTaxom
Stizus Latreille, 17716SpeciesTaxom
Tachysphex Kohl, 2007Black cockroach hunter48SpeciesTaxom
Tachytella Brauns, 02SpeciesTaxom
Tachytes Panzer, 19052SpeciesTaxom
Trypoxylon Latreille, 19043SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Western Cape
212 Species
Ammoplanellus latiscapus Leclercq, 1959
Ammoplanus mandibularis (Cameron, 1903)⇒ Pulverro mescalero Pate, 1937
Astata fuscistigma Cameron, 1905
Astata melanaria Cameron, 1905
Astata rufitarsis Smith, 1856
Belokohlus ferrieri Kohl, 1924
Belomicroides clypeatus Antropov, 2002
Bembecinus aemulus Handlirsch, 1895
Bembecinus argentifrons F. Smith, 1856
Bembecinus bidens Arnold, 1933
Bembecinus boer Handlirsch, 1900
Bembecinus cinguliger Smith, 1856
Bembecinus hyperocrus Arnold, 1929
Bembecinus laticinctus Arnold, 1929
Bembecinus mitulus Arnold, 1929
Bembecinus monodon Handlirsch, 1895
Bembecinus mutabilis Arnold, 1929
Bembecinus pakhuisae Bohart, 1997
Bembecinus rhopaloceroides Arnold, 1929
Bembecinus rhopalocerus Handlirsch, 1895
Bembecinus witzenbergensis Arnold, 1929
Bembix afra Handlirsch, 1893
Bembix albofasciata F. Smith, 1873
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 liturata Turner, 1917
Bembix melanopa Handlirsch, 1893
Bembix ochracea Handlirsch, 1893
Bembix olivata Dahlbom, 1845
Bembix sibilans Handlirsch, 1893
Bembix zinni Gess, 1986
Brachystegus capensis Handlirsch, 1887
Cerceris albifrons F.Smith, 1856
Cerceris amakosa Brauns, 1926
Cerceris armaticeps Cameron, 1910Mokihana
Cerceris curvitarsis Schletterer, 1887
Cerceris diodonta Schletterer, 1887
Cerceris discrepans Brauns, 1926
Cerceris dominicana Brauns, 1926
Cerceris emeryana Gribodo, 1894
Cerceris erythrosoma Schletterer, 1887
Cerceris fingo Brauns, 1926
Cerceris fischeri (Spinola, 1839)⇒ Cerceris histerisnica Spinola, 1839
Cerceris gomphocarpi Brauns, 1911
Cerceris holconota Cameron, 1905Alani
Cerceris kilimandjaroensis Arnold, 1931
Cerceris languida Cameron, 1905Mokihana
Cerceris latifrons Bingham, 1902Oahu melicope
Cerceris lunigera Dahlbom, 1845
Cerceris multipicta F. Smith, 1873
Cerceris nasidens Schletterer, 1887
Cerceris nigrostoma Brauns, 1926
Cerceris pearstonensis Cameron, 1905
Cerceris pictifacies Brauns, 1926
Cerceris reginula Brauns, 1926
Cerceris rostrifera Brauns, 1926
Cerceris ruficauda Cameron, 1905Mokihana
Cerceris rufocincta Gribodo, 1895Mokihana
Cerceris spinicaudata Cameron, 1905Mokihana
Cerceris tricolorata Spinola, 1839Fire on the mountain
Cerceris varicincta Cameron, 1905
Cerceris waltoni Arnold, 1940
Cerceris xosa Brauns, 1926
Crabro occultus Fabricius, 1804Aleutian macoma
Crossocerus acanthophorus Kohl, 1892
Crossocerus glabricornis Arnold, 1926
Dasyproctus bipunctatus Lepeletier &..., 1835
Dasyproctus braunsii Kohl, 1894Bates's mallow
Dasyproctus dubiosus Arnold, 1926
Dasyproctus immitis de Saussure, 1892Moundscale
Dasyproctus westermanni Dahlbom, 1844
Diodontus atratulus Taschenberg, 1875
Diploplectron kriegeri Brauns, 1899
Dryudella flavoundata Arnold, 1923
Encopognathus chirindensis Arnold, 1932
Entomognathus midus Arnold, 1944
Entomognathus swellendamensis Arnold, 1934
Gastrosericus chalcithorax Arnold, 1922
Harpactus decipiens Arnold, 1936
Harpactus rufithorax Brauns, 1911
Holotachysphex turneri Arnold, 1923
Hoplisoides aglaia Handlirsch, 1895
Hoplisoides intricans Gribodo, 1884
Hoplisoides thalia Handlirsch, 1895
Kohlia cephalotes Handlirsch, 1895
Kohliella alaris Brauns, 1910
Larra bulawayoensis Bischoff, 1913
Larra outeniqua Arnold, 1923
Larropsis obliqua F. Smith, 1856
Liris ciliatus Smith, 1856
Liris flavitinctus Arnold, 1940Grapeleaf begonia
Liris nigricans Walker, 1871
Liris nugax Kohl, 1894
Liris sepulchralis Gerstaecker, 1858California saltmarsh mosquito
Liris simulatrix Arnold, 1923
Liris solstitialis F.Smith, 1856
Mesopalarus mayri Brauns, 1899
Mimesa foxi Finnamore, 1980
Miscophus bridwelli Lomholdt, 1985
Miscophus kohlii Brauns, 1899
Miscophus kriechbaumeri Brauns, 1899
Neodasyproctus kohli Arnold, 1926
Nysson braunsii Handlirsch, 1900
Nysson willowmorensis Brauns, 1911
Oryttus kraepelini Brauns, 1899
Oxybelomorpha braunsii Kohl, 1923
Oxybelomorpha funesta Arnold, 1929
Oxybelomorpha kohlii Brauns, 1896
Oxybelomorpha rufiventris Arnold, 1936
Oxybelomorpha sgessae Antropov, 2005
Oxybelomorpha turneri Arnold, 1927
Oxybelus aethiopicus Cameron, 1906
Oxybelus angustus de Saussure, 1892
Oxybelus curviscutus
Oxybelus imperialis Gerstaecker, 1867
Oxybelus lingula Gerstaecker, 1867
Oxybelus peringueyi de Saussure, 1892
Oxybelus ruficaudis Cameron, 1905
Palarus latifrons Kohl, 1884
Palarus maculatus Dahlbom, 1845
Palarus oneili Brauns, 1898
Palarus pentheri Brauns, 1898
Palarus turneri Brauns, 1912
Philanthus capensis Dahlbom, 1845
Philanthus fuscipennis Kohl, 1891
Philanthus histrio Arnold, 1951Aleutian macoma
Philanthus major Kohl, 1891
Philanthus melanderi Arnold, 1925
Philanthus rugosus Kohl, 1891
Philanthus triangulum Fabricius, 1775Bee killer
Philanthus turneri Arnod, 1925
Pison allonymum Schulz, 1906
Pison montanum (Cameron, 1908)⇒ Pison allonymum Schulz, 1906
Pison transvaalense Cameron, 1910
Prosopigastra capensis Brauns, 1906
Prosopigastra neavei (Turner, 1917)⇒ Prosopigastra creon Nurse, 1903
Rhopalum ichneumoniforme Arnold, 1927
Saliostethus lounsburyi Bridwell, 1920
Saliostethus mimicus Bridwell, 1920
Spilomena robusta Arnold, 1927
Stizoides fenestratus Smith, 1856
Stizus atrox F. Smith, 1856
Stizus chrysorrhoeus Handlirsch, 1892
Stizus dewitzii Handlirsch, 1892
Stizus hamatus Arnold, 1929
Stizus imperialis Handlirsch, 1892Fringed littleneck
Stizus ruficornis (J. Forster, 1771)⇒ Gorytes quinquecinctus Fabricius, 1793
Tachysphex aethiopicus Arnold, 1923
Tachysphex albocinctus Lucas, 1849
Tachysphex argentifrons (Arnold, 1924)⇒ Tachysphex melanius Pulawski, 2007
Tachysphex braunsi Arnold, 1923
Tachysphex brevipennis Mercet, 1909Silverleaf milkvetch
Tachysphex brinckerae Turner, 1917
Tachysphex calidus Pulawski, 2007Crescent milkvetch
Tachysphex capensis de Saussure, 1867
Tachysphex claripes Arnold, 1924
Tachysphex consocius Kohl, 1892
Tachysphex costae De Stefani, 1882Mourning milkvetch
Tachysphex detritus Arnold, 1924
Tachysphex diabolicus (Arnold, 1923)⇒ Tachysphex barkeri Arnold, 1923
Tachysphex dissimulatus Pulawski, 2007Crescent milkvetch
Tachysphex diversilabris Arnold, 1960
Tachysphex dolosus Arnold, 1923
Tachysphex fugax Radoszkowski, 1877
Tachysphex georgii Arnold, 1940
Tachysphex gessianus Pulawski, 2007Crescent milkvetch
Tachysphex hadronyx Pulawski, 2007Crescent milkvetch
Tachysphex harpax Arnold, 1923
Tachysphex ibi Pulawski, 2007Crescent milkvetch
Tachysphex kalaharicus Arnold, 1924
Tachysphex khoikhoi Pulawski, 2007Crescent milkvetch
Tachysphex limatus Arnold, 1924
Tachysphex marshalli Turner, 1917
Tachysphex melanius Pulawski, 2007Crescent milkvetch
Tachysphex modestus Arnold, 1924
Tachysphex namaqua Pulawski, 2007Crescent milkvetch
Tachysphex nanus
Tachysphex octodentatus Arnold, 1924
Tachysphex pentheri Cameron, 1905
Tachysphex plicosus A. Costa, 1867
Tachysphex psilonotus Pulawski, 2007Crescent milkvetch
Tachysphex punctatiformis Arnold, 1923
Tachysphex punctatus Smith, 1856
Tachysphex quadricolor Gerstaecker, 1858
Tachysphex rotundus Pulawski, 2007Crescent milkvetch
Tachysphex schoenlandi Cameron, 1905
Tachysphex scopa Pulawski, 2007Crescent milkvetch
Tachysphex sericeus F. Smith, 1856
Tachysphex subfimbriatus Arnold, 1924
Tachysphex tanqua Pulawski, 2007Crescent milkvetch
Tachysphex titania Arnold, 1923
Tachysphex vanrhynsi Arnold, 1940
Tachysphex vulneratus R. Turner, 1917
Tachysphex waltoni Arnold, 1940
Tachysphex ziziphi Pulawski, 2007Crescent milkvetch
Tachytella aureopilosa Brauns, 1906
Tachytella nana
Tachytes bimetallicus Turner, 1917
Tachytes transvaalensis Cameron, 1905
Trypoxylon (Trypoxylon) stroudi Gribodo, 1884
Trypoxylon abditum Arnold, 1924
Trypoxylon foveatum Cameron, 1904

Subnodes of Crabronidae with occurrences in Western Cape
SubfamilyAstatinae
Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyBembicinae
Latreille, 1802
Sand wasps
11
51
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCrabroninae
Latreille, 1802
Square-headed Wasps
28
112
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPemphredoninae
Dahlbom, 1835
aphid wasp, Aphid Wasps
5
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhilanthinae
Latreille, 1802
Digger Flies
2
39
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Crabronidae at artfakta.se
Crabronidae at dyntaxa.se
Crabronidae at gbif.org
Crabronidae at irmng.org
Crabronidae at itis.gov