Batozonellus

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

Batozonellus
Batozonellus annulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Pompilidae
Subfamily:	Pompilinae
Genus:	Batozonellus Arnold, 1937
Synonyms
Heteronyx Saussure, 1887 (preocc. Heteronyx Guérin-Méneville, 1831)

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 10 species in the genus are:^[1][3]

• Batozonellus aliciae (Bingham, 1896)
• Batozonellus annulatus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Batozonellus fuliginosus (Klug, 1834)
• Batozonellus flavithoracicus Li & Li, 2014
• Batozonellus maculifrons (Smith, 1873)
• Batozonellus magadiensis Arnold, 1937
• Batozonellus nigeriensis Arnold, 1937
• Batozonellus occidentalis Arnold, 1937
• Batozonellus tricolor Turner, 1916
• Batozonellus vespoides Turner, 1916

Transferred to Parabatozonus

The following species formerly placed within the genus Batozonellus have been reclassified under to the genus Parabatozonus:^[4]

• Parabatozonus lacerticida (Pallas, 1771)

Distribution and habitat

These wasps colonize predominantly open habitats and forest edges.^{[citation needed]} The genus Batozonellus is found across Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia.^[1]