''Batozonellus'' is a genus of the spider hunting wasps (insects belonging to the family Pompilidae).

Description

The species of the genus ''Batozonellus'' range from large to very large. Body is black and yellow. The compound eyes are large. Clypeus (arthropod anatomy), 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.

Species

The species in the genus are: *''Batozonellus aliciae'' (Bingham, 1896) *''Batozonellus annulitarsis'' (Cameron, 1891) *''Batozonellus bipunctatus'' Banks, 1941 *''Batozonellus exiguus'' Banks, 1947 *''Batozonellus gundlachi'' (Cresson, 1865) *''Batozonellus ichneumonoides'' Banks, 1944 *''Batozonellus inornatus'' Banks, 1945 *''Batozonellus madecassus'' (Saussure, 1887) *''Batozonellus marcidus'' Banks, 1925 *''Batozonellus multipictus'' (Smith, 1879) *''Batozonellus navus'' Briml., 1936 *''Batozonellus orientalis'' (Cameron, 1891) *''Batozonellus pentodon'' Arlé, 1947 *''Batozonellus separabilis'' (Turner, 1916) *''Batozonellus submaculatus'' Banks, 1934 *''Batozonellus tricolor'' Turner, 1916 *''Batozonellus vespoides'' Turner, 1916 *''Batozonellus willistoni'' Banks, 1944 Some species formerly placed within the genus ''Batozonellus'' have been assigned to the genus ''Parabatozonus'' by some authorities, including the type species of the genus, ''Batozonellus fuliginosus''. If this classification is to be followed then a new type species will have to be designated for ''Batozonellus''. The species reclassified under ''Parabatozonus'' are: *''Batozonellus annulatus'' (Fabricius, 1793) *''Batozonellus bioculatus'' (Bingham, 1896) *''Batozonellus bracatus'' (Bingham, 1890) *''Batozonellus fuliginosus'' (Klug, 1834) *''Batazonus lacerticida'' (Pallas, 1771) *''Batozonellus maculifrons'' (Smith, 1873) — species studied for its venom Pompilidotoxin *''Batozonellus sareptanus'' (Tournier, 1889) *''Batozonellus truchmenus'' (Morawitz, 1888) *''Batozonellus unifasciatus'' (Smith, 1855)

Distribution and habitat

These wasps can be found in most of Europe.Fauna europaea
/ref> They colonize predominantly open habitats and forest edges. Under newer studies the genus ''Batozonellus'' ''sensu stricto'' is found only in Africa and Australia, and ''Parabatozonus'' is found in Europe, Asia and Africa.

References

Pompilinae Hymenoptera genera {{apocrita-stub