African Arthropods/Hymenoptera of South Africa

South African wasps of Subtribe Larrina Latreille, 1810

Genus Dicranorhina Shuckard, 1840

• Dicranorhina kohli (Brauns, 1899) (South Africa)

Genus Larra Fabricius, 1793

• Larra extrema Dahlbom, 1845 (South Africa)
• Larra nigripes (Fabricius, 1793) (South Africa)
• Larra outeniqua Arnold, 1923 (South Africa)

Genus Liris Fabricius, 1804

• Liris alaris felinus (Arnold, 1923) (South Africa)

• Liris antaka transvaalensis (Cameron, 1910) (South Africa, Ethiopia)

• Liris aterrimus (Smith, 1856) (South Africa)

• Liris atropos Gribodo, 1894 (Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

• Liris bembesianus (Bischoff, 1913) (Namibia, Zimbabwe, [South Africa?])

• Liris ciliatus (Smith, 1856) (South Africa)

• Liris denticulatus (Turner, 1920) (South Africa)

• Liris diabolicus (Smith, 1873) (Kenya, South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo)

• Liris haemorrhoidalis (Fabricius, 1804) (Old World)

• Liris memnonia (Smith, 1856) (South Africa, Afrotropics, Palearctic)

• Liris niger namana (Bischoff, 1913) (South Africa)

• Liris nugax (Kohl, 1894) (South Africa, Ethiopia, Malawi)

• Liris rufoscapus (Cameron, 1905) (South Africa)

• Liris sepulchralis (Gerstaecker in Peters, 1858) (South Africa, Afrotropics)

• Liris solstitialis (Smith, 1856) (Madagascar, South Africa, Tanzania)

• Liris subfasciatus (Walker, 1871) (South Africa, Afrotropics)

• Liris transvaalensis (Cameron, 1910) (South Africa)

South African Philanthus species (Bee wolves).

There are 17 species in South Africa (Pulawski 2023):

• Philanthus bucephalus
• Philanthus capensis
• Philanthus fuscipennis
• Philanthus histrio
• Philanthus impatiens
• Philanthus loeflingi
• Philanthus major
• Philanthus melanderi
• Philanthus namaqua
• Philanthus natalensis
• Philanthus oraniensis
• Philanthus pilifrons
• Philanthus promontorii
• Philanthus rugosus
• Philanthus strigulosus
• Philanthus triangulum
• Philanthus turneri

All are described in Arnold (1925). However:

• Philanthus major is not in the key - Arnold (1925) merely presents the original description (Kohl, 1891) translated into English.
• Philanthus promontorii - only the male has been described; Arnold (1925) states that it is "closely allied to capensis Dahlb., and probably only a race of that species".

Review and key: Arnold, G. (1925). The Sphegidae of South Africa. Part VI. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 11(3), 137-175. https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/AJA00411752_704