Paracyphononyx

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Kingdom Animalia Suborder Apocrita Phylum Arthropoda Order Hymenopterans		Class Insecta Family Pompilidae Rank Genus
Similar Hymenopterans, Agenioideus, Aporinellus, Batozonellus, Pompilus

Paracyphononyx is a genus of spider wasps distributed in the tropics and warmer temperate regions, they differ from other pompilids in that the do not permanently disable the host spider but allow the spider to resume activity after the wasp has laid its egg on the spider while the wasp larve exists as koinobiont ectoparasitoid of the spider.

Species

There are 51 species currently recognised in Paracophonyx and some of these are listed below with the areas where they have been recorded from.

Paracyphononyx affinis Haupt, 1929 Cameroon, Ghana, Uganda, Ecuador

Paracyphononyx africanus Rad., 1881 Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Paracyphononyx alienus Smith, 1879 Japan

Paracyphononyx amoenissimus Dalla Torre Brazil

Paracyphononyx ater Priesner, 1955 Egypt

Paracyphononyx capensis Arnold, 1959 South Africa

Paracyphononyx carinatus Rad., 1881 Angola, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Zimbabwe

Paracyphononyx coloratus Haupt, 1929 Cameroon

Paracyphononyx consimilis Smith, 1879 Australia

Paracyphononyx diabolicus Holmberg Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina

Paracyphononyx difficilis Bischoff, 1913 Mali, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe)

Paracyphononyx diversipes Arnold, 1962 Zimbabwe

Paracyphononyx diversus Dahlbom, 1845 Central and East Africa to South Africa, Yemen

Paracyphononyx elliotti Saussure Madagascar

Paracyphononyx fairchildi Banks, 1947 Brazil

Paracyphononyx frustratus Smith, 1879 South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Paracyphononyx funebris Magretti, 1884 Ethiopia

Paracyphononyx funereus Lepeletier, 1845 eastern and central United States of America

Paracyphononyx furibundus Kohl, 1894 Central Asia

Paracyphononyx gemellus Arnold, 1936 South Africa, Zimbabwe

Paracyphononyx incalis Banks, 1947 {Peru]]

Paracyphononyx incognitus Cameron, 1891 Philippines

Paracyphononyx laboriosus Arnold, 1936 Ethiopia, South Africa

Paracyphononyx languidus Haupt, 1929 South Africa, Zimbabwe

Paracyphononyx metemmensis Magretti, 1884 Ghana, Mali, South Africa, Zimbabwe

Paracyphononyx minor Banks, 1947 Brazil

Paracyphononyx mombassicus R. Luc., 1898 Kenya

Paracyphononyx montanus Arnold, 1960 South Africa

Paracyphononyx neriene Banks, 1947 Argentina

Paracyphononyx parallelus Haupt, 1929 Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa

Paracyphononyx pedestris Smith, 1885 Philippines

Paracyphononyx petiolaris Saussure, 1891 Madagascar

Paracyphononyx plutonis Banks, 1940 Madagascar

Paracyphononyx rothneyi Cameron, 1891 India

Paracyphononyx rotundinervis Cameron, 1910 Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda

Paracyphononyx ruficrus Klug, 1834 Asia Minor, Egypt, South Africa, Yemen, Zimbabwe

Paracyphononyx scapulatus Brethes South America

Paracyphononyx semiplumbeus Taschenberg, 1869 Brazil, Argentina

Paracyphononyx sericeus Banks, 1947 Brazil

Paracyphononyx serraticornis Taschenberg Brazil

Paracyphononyx sulcatusFox Brazil

Paracyphononyx unicolor Smith, 1879 Panama

Paracyphononyx vivax Cameron, 1891 India

Paracyphononyx wroughtoni Cameron, 1891 India

Paracyphononyx zavattarii Guiglia, 1943 Canary Islands

Paracyphononyx zonatus Illiger,1802 Mali, South Africa, Zimbabwe

References

Paracyphononyx Wikipedia

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