Batozonellus
Genus of wasps
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Batozonellus is a genus of the spider hunting wasps (insects belonging to the family Pompilidae).[1]
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| Batozonellus | |
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| Batozonellus annulatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Pompilidae |
| Subfamily: | Pompilinae |
| Genus: | Batozonellus Arnold, 1937 |
| Synonyms | |
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Heteronyx Saussure, 1887 (preocc. Heteronyx Guérin-Méneville, 1831) | |
Description
The species of the genus Batozonellus range from large to very large. Body is black and yellow. The compound eyes are large. Clypeus is short and broad. The wings are yellow. The tip of the forewing has a brownish band. The pterostigma is quite small. The tibiae have long spines. The females dig their nests in the ground and supply larvae with spiders of the family Araneidae.[2]
Species
The 10 species in the genus are:[1][3]
- Batozonellus aliciae (Bingham, 1896)
- Batozonellus annulatus (Fabricius, 1793)
- Batozonellus fuliginosus (Klug, 1834)
- Batozonellus flavithoracicus Li & Li, 2014
- Batozonellus maculifrons (Smith, 1873)
- Batozonellus magadiensis Arnold, 1937
- Batozonellus nigeriensis Arnold, 1937
- Batozonellus occidentalis Arnold, 1937
- Batozonellus tricolor Turner, 1916
- Batozonellus vespoides Turner, 1916
Transferred to Parabatozonus
The following species formerly placed within the genus Batozonellus have been reclassified under to the genus Parabatozonus:[4]
- Parabatozonus lacerticida (Pallas, 1771)
Distribution and habitat
These wasps colonize predominantly open habitats and forest edges.[citation needed] The genus Batozonellus is found across Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia.[1]
