Kingdom Animalia Suborder Apocrita Family Pompilidae Phylum Arthropoda Order Hymenopterans | Class Insecta Superfamily Vespoidea Subfamily Pompilinae Rank Genus | |
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Similar Batozonellus lacerticida, Hymenopterans, Agenioideus, Anoplius, Episyron | ||
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Batozonellus a genus of the spider hunting wasps (insects belonging to the family Pompilidae).
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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 Araneidae family.
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Distribution and habitat
These wasps can be found in most of Europe. They colonize predominantly open habitats and forest edges.
References
Batozonellus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA