Batozonellus fuliginosus (Klug, 1834)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Hymenoptera → suborder Apocrita → infraorder Aculeata → superfamily Vespoidea → family Pompilidae → subfamily Pompilinae → tribe Pompilini → genus Batozonellus → species Batozonellus fuliginosus
Species name(s)
Batozonellus fuliginosus (Klug, 1834).
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Expansion
This species marks on the maps: 1.
Zoogeographical regions
Ethiopic.
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Central Africa, Congo, Ethiopia, Madagascar, South Africa, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe [218].
General info about Imago
- Females hunt Orb-web spiders (Araneidae), capturing the spider in its web, to provision their nest with.
Adult wasps feed on nectar for their energy requirements. [218].
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Vasiliy Feoktistov. Text data: Vasiliy Feoktistov.
The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.
References
- [218] Simon van Noort Wasps, bees and ants of Africa and Madagascar Iziko Museums of South Africa 2004-2015 http://www.waspweb.org/Afrotropical_wasps/
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