''Batozonellus'' is a genus of the spider hunting wasps (insects belonging to the family
Pompilidae
Wasps in the family Pompilidae are commonly called spider wasps, spider-hunting wasps, or pompilid wasps. The family is cosmopolitan, with some 5,000 species in six subfamilies. Nearly all species are solitary (with the exception of some group-ne ...
).
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.
Species
The species in the genus are:
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Batozonellus aliciae''
(Bingham, 1896)
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Batozonellus annulitarsis''
(Cameron, 1891)
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Batozonellus bipunctatus''
Banks, 1941
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Batozonellus exiguus''
Banks, 1947
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Batozonellus gundlachi''
(Cresson, 1865)
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Batozonellus ichneumonoides''
Banks, 1944
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Batozonellus inornatus''
Banks, 1945
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Batozonellus madecassus
''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. C ...
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(Saussure, 1887)
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Batozonellus marcidus''
Banks, 1925
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Batozonellus multipictus''
(Smith, 1879)
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Batozonellus navus''
Briml., 1936
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Batozonellus orientalis
''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. Cl ...
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(Cameron, 1891)
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Batozonellus pentodon''
Arlé, 1947
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Batozonellus separabilis''
(Turner, 1916)
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Batozonellus submaculatus''
Banks, 1934
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Batozonellus tricolor
''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. C ...
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Turner, 1916
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Batozonellus vespoides
''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. C ...
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Turner, 1916
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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
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specime ...
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:
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Batozonellus annulatus''
(Fabricius, 1793)
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Batozonellus bioculatus''
(Bingham, 1896)
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Batozonellus bracatus''
(Bingham, 1890)
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Batozonellus fuliginosus''
(Klug, 1834)
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Batazonus lacerticida''
(Pallas, 1771)
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Batozonellus maculifrons''
(Smith, 1873) — species studied for its venom
Pompilidotoxin
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Batozonellus sareptanus''
(Tournier, 1889)
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Batozonellus truchmenus''
(Morawitz, 1888)
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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.[
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References
Pompilinae
Hymenoptera genera
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