''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
The pterostigma (plural: pterostigmata) is a group of specialized cells in the outer wings of insects, which are often thickened or coloured, and thus stand out from other cells. It is particularly noticeable in dragonflies, but present also in ...
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''
(Saussure, 1887)
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Batozonellus marcidus''
Banks, 1925
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Batozonellus multipictus''
(Smith, 1879)
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Batozonellus navus
''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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Briml., 1936
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Batozonellus orientalis''
(Cameron, 1891)
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Batozonellus pentodon
''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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Arlé, 1947
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Batozonellus separabilis
''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 submaculatus''
Banks, 1934
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Batozonellus tricolor''
Turner, 1916
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Batozonellus vespoides''
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 International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, 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 spe ...
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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Batozonellus lacerticida
''Batozonellus lacerticida'' is a species of the spider-hunting wasp of the family Pompilidae.
Description
''Batozonellus lacerticida'' can reach a length of about . These spider hunting wasps have a mainly black body, with yellow markings on the ...
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(Pallas, 1771)
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Batozonellus maculifrons''
(Smith, 1873) — species studied for its venom
Pompilidotoxin
Pompilidotoxins (PMTXs) are toxic substances that can only be found in the venom of several solitary wasps. This kind of wasp uses their venom to offensively capture prey and is relatively harmless to humans. This is in stark contrast to social ins ...
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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
''Sensu'' is a Latin word meaning "in the sense of". It is used in a number of fields including biology, geology, linguistics, semiotics, and law. Commonly it refers to how strictly or loosely an expression is used in describing any particular c ...
'' 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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