African Arthropods/Hymenoptera of South Africa
South African wasps of Subtribe Larrina Latreille, 1810
[edit | edit source]Genus Dicranorhina Shuckard, 1840
[edit | edit source]- Dicranorhina kohli (Brauns, 1899) (South Africa)
Genus Larra Fabricius, 1793
[edit | edit source]- Larra extrema Dahlbom, 1845 (South Africa)
- Larra nigripes (Fabricius, 1793) (South Africa)
- Larra outeniqua Arnold, 1923 (South Africa)
Genus Liris Fabricius, 1804
[edit | edit source]- Liris alaris felinus (Arnold, 1923) (South Africa)
- Liris antaka transvaalensis (Cameron, 1910) (South Africa, Ethiopia)
- Liris aterrimus (Smith, 1856) (South Africa)
- Liris atropos Gribodo, 1894 (Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe)
- Liris bembesianus (Bischoff, 1913) (Namibia, Zimbabwe, [South Africa?])
- Liris ciliatus (Smith, 1856) (South Africa)
- Liris denticulatus (Turner, 1920) (South Africa)
- Liris diabolicus (Smith, 1873) (Kenya, South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo)
- Liris haemorrhoidalis (Fabricius, 1804) (Old World)
- Liris memnonia (Smith, 1856) (South Africa, Afrotropics, Palearctic)
- Liris niger namana (Bischoff, 1913) (South Africa)
- Liris nugax (Kohl, 1894) (South Africa, Ethiopia, Malawi)
- Liris rufoscapus (Cameron, 1905) (South Africa)
- Liris sepulchralis (Gerstaecker in Peters, 1858) (South Africa, Afrotropics)
- Liris solstitialis (Smith, 1856) (Madagascar, South Africa, Tanzania)
- Liris subfasciatus (Walker, 1871) (South Africa, Afrotropics)
- Liris transvaalensis (Cameron, 1910) (South Africa)
South African Philanthus species (Bee wolves).
[edit | edit source]There are 17 species in South Africa (Pulawski 2023):
- Philanthus bucephalus
- Philanthus capensis
- Philanthus fuscipennis
- Philanthus histrio
- Philanthus impatiens
- Philanthus loeflingi
- Philanthus major
- Philanthus melanderi
- Philanthus namaqua
- Philanthus natalensis
- Philanthus oraniensis
- Philanthus pilifrons
- Philanthus promontorii
- Philanthus rugosus
- Philanthus strigulosus
- Philanthus triangulum
- Philanthus turneri
All are described in Arnold (1925). However:
- Philanthus major is not in the key - Arnold (1925) merely presents the original description (Kohl, 1891) translated into English.
- Philanthus promontorii - only the male has been described; Arnold (1925) states that it is "closely allied to capensis Dahlb., and probably only a race of that species".
Review and key: Arnold, G. (1925). The Sphegidae of South Africa. Part VI. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 11(3), 137-175. https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/AJA00411752_704