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Checklist for Family Pompilidae Latreille, 1805 (Pompilid wasps)
and region West Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
614
13248
40770
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
610
13239
40744
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
581
13079
40224
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
365
10638
34907
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
64
1352
4180
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
58
1330
4145
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
23
552
2483
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
6
164
501
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPompilidae
Latreille, 1805
Pompilid wasps, Spider hunting wasps, Spider wasp
50
152
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West Africa
50 Genera with 152 Species
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Ageniella Banks, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Agenioideus Ashmead, 18385SpeciesTaxom
Amblyellus Day, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Anoplius Dufour, 1879Blue-Black Spider Wasps6SpeciesTaxom
Aporinellus Banks, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Aporus Spinola, 01SpeciesTaxom
Atopompilus Arnold, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Atopopompilus Arnold, 19373SpeciesTaxom
Auplopus Spinola, 024SpeciesTaxom
Caliadurgus Pate, 1946
0SpeciesTaxom
Ceropales Latreille, 193717SpeciesTaxom
Cryptocheilus Panzer, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Ctenagenia Saussure, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Cyemagenia Arnold, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Cyphononyx Dahlbom, 18556SpeciesTaxom
Dicyrtomellus Gussakovskij, 19553SpeciesTaxom
Elaphrosyron Haupt, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Eoferreola Arnold, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Epipompilus Kohl, 1884
0SpeciesTaxom
Episyron Schioedte, 19064SpeciesTaxom
Euryzonotulus Arnold, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Gonaporus Ashmead, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Guichardia Arnold, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Hemipepsis Dahlbom, 1855Tarantula Hawks15SpeciesTaxom
Homonotus Dahlbom, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Java Pate, 19042SpeciesTaxom
Kyphopompilus Arnold, 19602SpeciesTaxom
Minagenia Banks, 1934
0SpeciesTaxom
Notocyphus Smith, 1855
0SpeciesTaxom
Parabatozonus Yasumatsu, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Paracyphononyx Gribodo, 18026SpeciesTaxom
Pepsis Fabricius, 1843Tarantula hawk10SpeciesTaxom
Platyderes Guérin-Ménev..., 18801SpeciesTaxom
Poecilagenia Haupt, 19514SpeciesTaxom
Poecilopompilus Howard, 1901
0SpeciesTaxom
Pompilus Fabricius, 17875SpeciesTaxom
Priochilus Banks, 01SpeciesTaxom
Priocnemella Banks, 1925
0SpeciesTaxom
Priocnessus Banks, 1925
0SpeciesTaxom
Psammochares McKeown, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Pseudagenia Kohl, 193616SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopedinaspis Brauns, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Psorthaspis Banks, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Pygmachus Haupt, 19302SpeciesTaxom
Schistonyx Saussure, 18343SpeciesTaxom
Schizanoplius Cameron, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Sericopompilus Howard, 1901
0SpeciesTaxom
Tachyagetes Haupt, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Telostegus Costa, 19555SpeciesTaxom
Xerochares Evans, 1951
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Africa
152 Species and 10 Subspecies
Agenioideus (Gymnochares) rutilus Klug, 1834
Agenioideus benedictus Cameron, 1908
Agenioideus cinnamomeus Arnold, 1937
Agenioideus meadiensis Priesner, 1955
Agenioideus waltlii Spinola, 1838
Amblyellus willowmorensis Arnold, 1937
Anoplius aethiopicus Arnold, 1937
Anoplius apicalis Haupt, 1938
Anoplius montanus Haupt, 1950
Anoplius octomaculatus Arnold, 1951
Anoplius suspectus Saussure, 1904
Anoplius viridicatus Smith, 1879
Aporus (Aporus) idris
Atopompilus jacens (Bingham, 1912)⇒ Atopopompilus jacens Bingham, 1912
Atopopompilus jacens Bingham, 1912
Atopopompilus venans Arnold, 1937
Atopopompilus venans mlanjiensis (Arnold, 1937)⇒ Atopopompilus venans Arnold, 1937
Auplopus accraensis Arnold, 1951
Auplopus aenescens
Auplopus cinnamomeus
Auplopus commendabilis Arnold, 1934
Auplopus demissus
Auplopus enodans Kohl, 1894
Auplopus ferrugineus Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus flavotegulata Arnold, 1936
Auplopus infantulus Kohl, 1894
Auplopus iridis
Auplopus kilimandjaroensis
Auplopus laevigatus Smith, 1855
Auplopus nigeriensis
Auplopus nigroaurantiacus Magretti, 1895
Auplopus personatus
Auplopus pumilio Arnold, 1934
Auplopus remipes Arnold, 1937
Auplopus rufocinctus Smith, 1855
Auplopus sansibaricus Arnold, 1934
Auplopus scapularis Arnold, 1939
Auplopus spilotaenia Arnold, 1934
Auplopus stigmalis
Auplopus subintermedia Magretti, 1898
Auplopus subpetiolatus
Ceropales (Ceropales) africana Moczar, 1989
Ceropales (Ceropales) albitarsa Moczar, 1994
Ceropales (Ceropales) cribrata Costa, 1881
Ceropales cribrata cribrata (Costa, 1881)⇒ Ceropales cribrata Costa, 1881
Ceropales (Ceropales) gambiae Moczar, 1989
Ceropales (Ceropales) kongoensis Móczár, 1988
Ceropales (Ceropales) kriechbaumeri Magretti, 1884
Ceropales (Ceropales) maliensis Moczar, 1989
Ceropales (Ceropales) maroccana de Beaumont, 1947
Ceropales (Ceropales) punctulatus Cameron, 1904
Ceropales punctulatus bulawayoensis (Bischoff, 1913)⇒ Ceropales punctulatus Cameron, 1904
Ceropales (Ceropales) scobiniferus Arnold, 1937
Ceropales senegalensis mbouri Moczar, 1988
Ceropales senegalensis senegalensis
Ceropales (Ceropales) spinolai Moczar, 1989
Ceropales (Ceropales) subhelvetica Móczár, 1988
Ceropales (Ceropales) variolosus Arnold, 1937
Cryptocheilus rhodesianus senegalensis Arnold, 1951
Ctenagenia vespiformis Klug, 1834
Cyemagenia imitatrix Arnold, 1934
Cyemagenia rubrozonata Cameron, 1910
Cyphononyx aeneipennis Lucas, 1898
Cyphononyx auropubens Arnold, 1932
Cyphononyx bretonii Guérin, 1843
Cyphononyx castaneus castaneus
Cyphononyx castaneus simonyi Kohl, 1906
Cyphononyx optimus Smith, 1855
Dicyrtomellus dubitabilis Saunders, 1901
Dicyrtomellus meruensis Cameron, 1910
Dicyrtomellus simulans Priesner, 1955
Elaphrosyron insidiosus (Smith, 1879)⇒ Telostegus insidiosus Smith, 1879
Eoferreola cyrenaica Guiglia, 1941
Episyron bequaerti Arnold, 1936
Episyron histrio Lepeletier, 1845
Episyron pedunculatus Arnold, 1936
Episyron solitaneum Kohl, 1906
Euryzonotulus nigeriensis Arnold, 1937
Gonaporus maureanus Wolf, 1990
Guichardia macilenta (Arnold, 1951)⇒ Bambesa grisea Arnold, 1936
Hemipepsis capensis Fabricius, 1781
Hemipepsis dedjas Guérin, 1848
Hemipepsis erythropyga Arnold, 1932
Hemipepsis gestroi (Gribodo, 1884)⇒ Hemipepsis imperialis Smith, 1855
Hemipepsis heros Guérin-Ménev..., 1849
Hemipepsis imperialis Smith, 1855
Hemipepsis insignis Smith, 1855
Hemipepsis iodoptera Stål, 1857
Hemipepsis iodoptera meridionalis (Arnold, 1932)⇒ Hemipepsis iodoptera Stål, 1857
Hemipepsis ochropus Stål, 1857
Hemipepsis sabulosa Smith, 1855
Hemipepsis simpsoni Arnold, 1932
Hemipepsis sinuosa Kohl, 1913
Hemipepsis tamisieri Guérin, 1848
Hemipepsis vindex Smith, 1855
Homonotus excavatus Arnold, 1935
Java atropos Smith, 1855
Java nigricornis Tullgren, 1904
Kyphopompilus disseminatus Wahis, 2002
Kyphopompilus flavipes Arnold, 1960
Parabatozonus fuliginosus Klug, 1834
Paracyphononyx affinis Haupt, 1929
Paracyphononyx africanus Radoszkowski, 1881
Paracyphononyx difficilis Bischoff, 1913
Paracyphononyx metemmensis Magretti, 1884
Paracyphononyx ruficrus Klug, 1834
Paracyphononyx zonatus Illiger, 1802
Pepsis (Gigantopepsis) aquila Lucas, 1894
Pepsis (Pepsis) mexicana Lucas, 1894
Pepsis basifusca Lucas, 1895
Pepsis grossa Fabricius, 1798
Pepsis inbio Vardy, 2000
Pepsis lepida Mocsáry, 1894
Pepsis menechma Lepeletier, 1845
Pepsis optima Smith, 1879
Pepsis sommeri Dahlbom, 1845
Pepsis terminata Dahlbom, 1843
Platyderes chalybeus Taschenberg, 1880
Poecilagenia braunsi Arnold, 1934
Poecilagenia longicollis Arnold, 1951
Poecilagenia nigeriensis Arnold, 1934
Poecilagenia rugosa Arnold, 1951
Pompilus cinereus Fabricius, 1775Grey spider wasp
Pompilus contrarius (Arnold, 1951)⇒ Agenioideus benedictus Cameron, 1908
Pompilus haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1804
Pompilus levis Arnold, 1951
Pompilus plumbeus (Fabricius, 1787)⇒ Pompilus cinereus Fabricius, 1775
Priochilus splendidulum opacifrons
Psammochares rutilus (Klug, 1834)⇒ Agenioideus rutilus Klug, 1834
Pseudagenia accraensis Arnold, 1951
Pseudagenia aenescens Arnold, 1934
Pseudagenia cameruna Kohl, 1894
Pseudagenia flavotegulata Bingham, 1902
Pseudagenia iridis Arnold, 1934
Pseudagenia kilimandjaroensis Cameron, 1910
Pseudagenia laevigata Smith, 1855
Pseudagenia nigeriensis Arnold, 1934
Pseudagenia personata Gribodo, 1879
Pseudagenia pulchricoma Arnold, 1934
Pseudagenia remipes Arnold, 1937
Pseudagenia sansibarica Lucas, 1898
Pseudagenia spilotaenia Kohl, 1894
Pseudagenia stigmalis Lucas, 1898
Pseudagenia subintermedia Magretti, 1887
Pseudagenia trisinuata Arnold, 1936
Pseudopedinaspis sanquinolenta Heymons, 1915
Pygmachus bifasciatus Haupt, 1930
Pygmachus umbratus Haupt, 1930
Schistonyx perezi Tournier, 1895
Schistonyx semitestaceus Haupt, 1930
Schistonyx umbrosus (Klug, 1834)⇒ Schistonyx perezi Tournier, 1895
Schizanoplius lutarius (Saussure, 1891)⇒ Agenioideus rutilus Klug, 1834
Tachyagetes linsenmaieri Wolf, 1988
Telostegus adulator Priesner, 1955
Telostegus argyrellus Klug, 1834
Telostegus insidiosus Smith, 1879
Telostegus melanurus Klug, 1834
Telostegus sabulicola (Priesner, 1955)⇒ Telostegus melanurus Klug, 1834

Subnodes of Pompilidae with occurrences in West Africa
SubfamilyCeropalinae
Ashmead, 1900
4
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPepsinae
Lepeletier, 1845
14
79
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPompilinae
Latreille, 1805
32
58
Genera
Species

Taxom



Pompilidae (Latreille 1805)
Pompilidae (Latreille 1805)


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