Proepipona
Proepipona sp., South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Eumeninae
Genus: Proepipona
Giordani Soika, 1977[1]
Type species
Proepipona lateralis
(Fabricius, 1781)[1]
Species
  • Proepipona ampla
  • Proepipona bothriogaster
  • Proepipona falcata
  • Proepipona lateralis
  • Proepipona marginipunctata
  • Proepipona meadewaldoi
  • Proepipona rhodesiensis

Proepipona is an Afrotropical genus of potter wasps.

Species, subspecies and distribution

Seven species have been described.[1]

  • Proepipona ampla ampla Giordani Soika, 1989
    • Distribution: Cameroon, Liberia.
  • Proepipona ampla ealensis Giordani Soika, 1989
    • Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo.


  • Proepipona bothriogaster (Schletterer, 1891)
    • Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo.


  • Proepipona falcata (Tullgren, 1904)
    • Distribution: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania.


  • Proepipona lateralis lateralis (Fabricius, 1781)
    • Distribution: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde (Santiago), Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania.
  • Proepipona lateralis lateropicta (Bequaert, 1918)
    • Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Namibia.
  • Proepipona lateralis marginiscutis (Cameron, 1910)
    • Distribution: Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia.
  • Proepipona lateralis paolii (Giordani Soika, 1934)
    • Distribution: Somalia.


  • Proepipona marginipunctata (Meade-Waldo, 1915)
    • Distribution: Malawi, Zambia.


  • Proepipona meadewaldoi meadewaldoi (Bequaert, 1918)
    • Distribution: Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
  • Proepipona meadewaldoi postscutellaris Giordani Soika, 1989
    • Distribution: Angola.
  • Proepipona meadewaldoi sedata (Giordani Soika, 1940)
    • Distribution: Kenya, Somalia, South Africa.


  • Proepipona rhodesiensis rhodesiensis (Giordani Soika, 1941)
    • Distribution: Zambia, Zimbabwe.
  • Proepipona rhodesiensis aurea Giordani Soika, 1983
    • Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo.
  • Proepipona rhodesiensis flavofasciata Giordani Soika, 1983
    • Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo.
  • Proepipona rhodesiensis ruficollis Giordani Soika, 1989
    • Distribution: South Africa.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Carpenter, J. M., Gusenleitner, J., & Madl, M. (2010). A catalogue of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of the Ethiopian region excluding Malagasy subregion. Part II: genera Delta de Saussure 1885 to Zethus Fabricius 1804 and species incertae sedis. Linzer Biologische Beiträge, 42(1), 251-253.


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