Batozonellus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Pompiloidea

Familia: Pompilidae
Subfamilia: Pompilinae
Tribus: Pompilini
Genus: Batozonellus
Species: B. annulatus – B. flavithoracicus – B. fuliginosus – B. lacerticida – B. maculifrons – B. magadiensis – B. nigeriensis – B. occidentalis – B. philippinensis – B. tricolor – B. vespoides
Name

Batozonellus Arnold, 1937

Type species: Batozonellus fuliginosus (Klug, 1834).
Synonyms

Heteronys Saussure, 1887
Type species: Cyphononyx (Heteronyx) madecassus Saussure, 1887

References

Li, C.-Y. et al. 2014: The genus Batozonellus from China with description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Zoological systematics 39(4): 555–560. DOI: 10.11865/zs20140408 Open access. Reference page.

Batozonellus is a genus of the spider hunting wasps (insects belonging to the family Pompilidae).[1]

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.[2]
Species

The species in the genus are:[3]

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:[4]

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.[5] 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.[3][4]
References

Biolib
Bogdan Wiśniowski: Spider-hunting wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of Poland. Ojców National Park, Ojców 2009, OCLC 751138831.
"Batozonellus Arnold, 1937". GBIF. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
"Parabatozonus Yasumatsu, 1936". GBIF. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
Fauna europaea