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Sphictostethus

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Sphictostethus
Sphictostethus nitidus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Pompilidae
Subfamily: Pepsinae
Genus: Sphictostethus
Kohl, 1884
Type species
Sphictostethus gravesii
(Haliday, 1837)

Sphictostethus is a genus of pepsine spider wasps which has a dispersed southern Pacific distribution which encompasses Chile, eastern Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand, and is very similar to the distribution of the southern beeches of the genus Nothofagus.[1] The type species is S. gravesii, but the genus's greatest diversity is in Australia, especially in the more humid and temperate south east, with one species, S. insularis, endemic to Lord Howe Island.[2]

Species

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The species in the genus Sphictostethus include:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Harris, A. C. 1987: Pompilidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Fauna of New Zealand [no.] 12. ISBN 0-477-02501-3
  2. ^ a b Krogmann, L. & Austin, A.D. 2011 Systematic revision of the spider wasp genus Sphictostethus Kohl (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae: Pepsinae) in Australia with description of nine new species Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie 4 105–128,