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Classification of Pompilidae

Classification and checklist of Afrotropical pompilid wasps

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Vespoidea; Family: Pompilidae)

UNDER CONSTRUCTION! Errors exist in list

Higher Classification follows Pitts et al. 2006
  • Subfamily Ceropalinae
    • Genus Ceropales Latreille, 1796
      • Ceropales africana Moczar, 1989 (Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Togo, Yemen, Zambia)
      • Ceropales karooensis karooensis Arnold, 1937 (Namibia, South Africa)
        • Ceropales karooensis waltoni Arnold, 1959 (South Africa)
      • Ceropales kriechbaumeri Magretti, 1884 (South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe)
      • Ceropales latifasciatus latifasciatus Arnold, 1937 (Ethiopia)
      • Ceropales pictus Shuck, 1837 (Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa, Uganda)
      • Ceropales punctulatus Cameron, 1904 (South Africa)
      • Ceropales scobiniferus Arnold, 1937 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, South Africa)
      • Ceropales variolosus Arnold, 1937 (Uganda)
  • Subfamily Ctenocerinae
    • Genus Apteropompilus Brauns, 1899
      • Apteropompilus saussurei Brauns, 1899 (South Africa)
    • Genus Apteropompiloides Brauns, 1899
      • Apteropompiloides leptosomus Arnold, 1937 (Mozambique)
      • Apteropompiloides tosquineti Brauns, 1899 (South Africa)
    • Genus Ateloclavelia Arnold, 1932
      • Ateloclavelia angustipennis Arnold, 1932 (South Africa)
      • Ateloclavelia johannis Arnold, 1932 (South Africa)
    • Genus Claveliella Arnold, 1939
      • Claveliella braunsi Arnold, 1939  (South Africa)
    • Genus Clavelia Lucas, 1851
      • Clavelia algoensis Arnold, 1935  (South Africa)
      • Clavelia amplicornis Arnold, 1935  (South Africa)
      • Clavelia auranticornis Arnold, 1935  (Zimbabwe)
      • Clavelia capensis Bischoff, 1913 (South Africa)
      • Clavelia croceicornis Arnold, 1935  (South Africa)
      • Clavelia decipiens Arnold, 1935  (Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Clavelia flavicauda Arnold, 1935  (Zimbabwe)
      • Clavelia fuscipennis Arnold, 1935  (South Africa)
      • Clavelia katangae Arnold, 1935  (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Clavelia lacteipennis Arnold, 1935  (South Africa)
      • Clavelia modesta Arnold, 1935 (Namibia)
      • Clavelia pannosicornis Arnold, 1935  (South Africa)
      • Clavelia pennata Bischoff, 1913 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Clavelia ramosa Smith, 1865 (South Africa)
      • Clavelia robusta Arnold, 1935  (Malawi)
    • Genus Ctenocerus Dahlbom, 1845
      • Ctenocerus ramosus Smith, 1865 (South Africa)
    • Genus Euclavelia Arnold, 1935
      • Euclavelia fasciata Smith, 1851 (South Africa)
      • Euclavelia longicollis Arnold, 1934 (South Africa)
    • Genus Marimba Pate, 1946
      • Marimba capensis capensis Arnold, 1948 (South Africa)
        • Marimba capensis rhodesiensis Arnold, 1948 (Zimbabwe)
      • Marimba contristans (Turner, 1918) (Malawi)
      • Marimba guichardi Pate, 1946 (Ethiopia)
      • Marimba elgonensis (Turner, 1918) (Uganda)
      • Marimba perluctuosus (Turner, 1918) (Malawi)
    • Genus Masisa Arnold, 1934
      • Masisa longipalpis Arnold, 1934 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
    • Genus Micragenia Arnold, 1934
      • Micragenia calcarata Arnold, 1934 (South Africa)
      • Micragenia longipalpis (Malawi)
      • Micragenia nubilipennis Arnold, 1934 (Uganda)
    • Genus Paraclavelia Haupt, 1930
      • Paraclavelia anomala Arnold, 1960 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Paraclavelia antennata Smith, 1855 (South Africa)
      • Paraclavelia brevipennis Arnold, 1932  (Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya)
      • Paraclavelia caffer Kohl, 1886 (South Africa)
      • Paraclavelia capensis Arnold, 1935  (South Africa)
      • Paraclavelia crudelis Smith, 1855 (South Africa)
      • Paraclavelia distinguenda Arnold, 1935  (Namibia)
      • Paraclavelia flavifrons Arnold, 1935  (South Africa)
      • Paraclavelia hirtiscapa Cameron, 1904 (South Africa)
      • Paraclavelia plavipennis Arnold, 1935  (Zimbabwe)
      • Paraclavelia katbergensis Arnold, 1948 (South Africa)
      • Paraclavelia lugubris Arnold, 1935  (South Africa)
      • Paraclavelia marshalli Bingham, 1902 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Paraclavelia mimetica Cameron, 1905 (South Africa)
      • Paraclavelia minima Arnold, 1935  (Namibia)
      • Paraclavelia nyasae Arnold, 1935  (Malawi)
      • Paraclavelia opulenta opulenta Arnold, 1958 (Zimbabwe)
        • Paraclavelia opulenta umtaliensis Arnold, 1958 (Zimbabwe)
      • Paraclavelia paucipilosa Arnold, 1935  (Zimbabwe)
      • Paraclavelia punctipleura Arnold, 1935  (South Africa)
      • Paraclavelia rhodesiensis Arnold, 1935  (Namibia, Zimbabwe)
      • Paraclavelia ruficeps Arnold, 1935  (Zambia)
      • Paraclavelia somalica Arnold, 1935  (Kenya)
      • Paraclavelia transvaalensis Arnold, 1934 (South Africa)
      • Paraclavelia visendus Kohl, 1913 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Paraclavelia wheeleri Arnold, 1960 (Zimbabwe)
    • Genus Parapompilus Smith, 1855
      • Parapompilus angustiventris Arnold, 1935  (Kenya)
      • Parapompilus argenteus Arnold, 1935  (Zimbabwe)
      • Parapompilus auroguttatus Arnold, 1935  (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Parapompilus braunsi Arnold, 1935  (South Africa)
      • Parapompilus bulawayoensis Bischoff,  (Zimbabwe)
      • Parapompilus congicus Arnold, 1937 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Parapompilus flavipes Arnold, 1935  (South Africa)
      • Parapompilus gravis Arnold, 1937 (South Africa)
      • Parapompilus infernalis Arnold, 1935  (South Africa)
      • Parapompilus iridipennis Cameron, 1904 (South Africa)
      • Parapompilus jansei Cameron, 1910 (South Africa)
      • Parapompilus namana Bischoff,   (Namibia)
      • Parapompilus nitidulus Arnold, 1935  (South Africa)
      • Parapompilus octoguttatus Arnold, 1935  (South Africa)
      • Parapompilus robustus Cameron, 1904 (South Africa)
      • Parapompilus rufithorax Arnold, 1935 (South Africa)
      • Parapompilus tenuis Arnold, 1959 (South Africa)
      • Parapompilus zuluensis Arnold, 1935  (South Africa)
    • Genus Parapsilotelus Arnold, 1960
      • Parapsilotelus fasciatipennis Arnold, 1960 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
    • Genus Protoclavelia Arnold, 1932
      • Protoclavelia amplicollis Arnold, 1948 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Protoclavelia bredoi Arnold, 1948 (Zambia)
      • Protoclavelia gracilis Arnold, 1948 (Zambia)
      • Protoclavelia robusta kaputae Arnold, 1948 (Zimbabwe)
        • Protoclavelia robusta vumbae Arnold, 1948 (Zimbabwe)
    • Genus Psilotelus Arnold, 1932
      • Psilotelus orangiae Arnold, 1932 (South Africa)
      • Psilotelus turneri Arnold, 1932 (South Africa)
    • Genus Stenoclavelia Arnold, 1935
      • Stenoclavelia mirabilis Arnold, 1935 (South Africa)
    • Genus Trichosalius Arnold, 1934
      • Trichosalius flavipennis Arnold, 1934 (South Africa)
      • Trichosalius johannis Arnold, 1934 (South Africa)
      • Trichosalius nitidiventris Arnold, 1934 (South Africa)
      • Trichosalius obesus obesus Arnold, 1934 (South Africa)
        • Trichosalius obesus montanus Arnold, 1958 (Lesotho)
  • Subfamily Pepsinae
    • Genus Anoplius Dufour, 1834
      • Anoplius aethiopicus Arnold, 1937 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia)
      • Anoplius alecto Arnold, 1946 (South Africa)
      • Anoplius bifasciatus Tullgren., 1904 (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Uganda)
      • Anoplius concinnus (Dahlbom, 1845) (Yemen)
      • Anoplius fuscus fuscus Arnold, 1937 (Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, South Africa, Tanzania)
        • Anoplius fuscus excelsior Arnold, 1950 (Tanzania)
      • Anoplius morosus Smith, 1855 (Ethiopia, South Africa)
      • Anoplius panmelas Saussure,   (Madagascar)
      • Anoplius saegeri Arnold, 1937 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Anoplius subfasciatus Arnold, 1937 (South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe)
      • Anoplius successor Cameron, 1910 (Ethiopia, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe)
      • Anoplius viridicatus Smith, 1879 (West Africa)
    • Genus Arachnospila Kincaid, 1900
      • Subgenus Ammosphex
        • Arachnospila (Ammosphex) consobrina heringi (Haupt, 1928) (California, Canary Islands, Spain, Tanzania, Yemen)
    • Genus Arpactomorpha Haupt, 1926
      • Arpactomorpha pulchella Arnold, 1934 (Uganda)
    • Genus Auplopus Spinola, 1841
      • Auplopus commendabilis (Kohl, 1894) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal, Yemen, Zaire)
      • Auplopus enodans (Kohl, 1894) (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, Yemen)
      • Auplopus pumilio (Arnold, 1934) (Botswana, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Guinea Bissau, Senegal, South Africa, Yemen)
      • Auplopus rufocinctus (Smith, 1855) (Botswana, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Togo, Yemen)
    • Genus Cryptocheilus Panzer, 1806
      • Cryptocheilus arnoldi Bischoff, 1913 (Zimbabwe)
      • Cryptocheilus impressiceps Arnold, 1932 (Malawi, Zimbabwe)
      • Cryptocheilus mlanjiensis Arnold, 1932 (Malawi)
      • Cryptocheilus morosus Arnold, 1932 (South Africa)
      • Cryptocheilus pictifrons Arnold, 1948 (South Africa)
      • Cryptocheilus rhodesianus rhodesianus Arnold, 1932 (Senegal, South Africa,  Zimbabwe)
        • Cryptocheilus rhodesianus senegalensis Arnold, 1932 (Senegal, Zimbabwe)
      • Cryptocheilus stordyi Arnold, 1932 (Ethiopia)
      • Cryptocheilus swierstrae Arnold, 1932 (South Africa)
      • Cryptocheilus vittatus Lucas, 1897 (Tanzania)
    • Genus Cyemagenia Arnold, 1934
      • Cyemagenia imitatrix Arnold, 1934 (South Africa, Uganda)
      • Cyemagenia kloofensis kloofensis Cameron, 1905 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
        • Cyemagenia kloofensis monticola Arnold, 1946 (Lesotho)
      • Cyemagenia modesta Arnold, 1934 (Zimbabwe)
      • Cyemagenia rhodesiana Bischoff, 1913 (Zimbabwe)
      • Cyemagenia rubrozonata Cameron, 1910 (Ethiopia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda)
      • Cyemagenia ugandensis Arnold, 1934 (Uganda)
    • Genus Cyphononyx Dahlbom, 1845
      • Cyphononyx aeneipennis Lucas, 1898 (Gold Coast, Malawi, Northern Territories, Zimbabwe)
      • Cyphononyx anguliferus Lucas, 1897 (Ethiopia, Tanzania)
      • Cyphononyx antarctica (Linnaeus, 1767) (Yemen)
      • Cyphononyx antennatus Smith, 1855 (Ethiopia, Uganda, Zimbabwe)
      • Cyphononyx atropos Smith, 1855 (Ethiopia, Uganda, Zimbabwe)
      • Cyphononyx auropubens Arnold, 1932 (Sierra Leone)
      • Cyphononyx basalis Smith, 1855 (Ethiopia, South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Cyphononyx bretonii Guérin, 1843 (Arabia, Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Marocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Togo, Tunisia, Yemen, Zaire)
      • Cyphononyx castaneus castaneus (Klug,  ) (Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Sudan, Tunisia, Yemen)
        • Cyphononyx castaneus simonyi Kohl, 1906 (Chad, Djibouti, Libya, Mali, Oman, Senegal, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Tunisia, Yemen)
      • Cyphononyx croceicornis Er. 1844  (Arabia, Ethiopia, Southern Europe)
      • Cyphononyx decipiens Smith, 1855 (South Africa)
      • Cyphononyx dolosus Saussure,   (Madagascar)
      • Cyphononyx fatalis Gerstaecker, 1857 (Mozambique)
      • Cyphononyx flavicornis flavicornis Fabricius, 1781 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
        • Cyphononyx flavicornis antennatus Smith, 1855 (Ethiopia)
      • Cyphononyx gowdeyi Turner, 1918 (Uganda) (extinct)
      • Cyphononyx grandidieri Saussure,   (Madagascar)
      • Cyphononyx marshalli Arnold, 1937 (Zimbabwe)
      • Cyphononyx nigrita Fabricius, 1781 (Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda)
      • Cyphononyx nyasicus Arnold, 1932 ( Malawi)
      • Cyphononyx obscurus Smith, 1855 (Malawi, South Africa)
      • Cyphononyx optimus Smith, 1855 (Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe)
      • Cyphononyx pan Arnold, 1932 (Uganda)
      • Cyphononyx promontorii Arnold, 1932 (South Africa)
      • Cyphononyx purpureipennis Arnold, 1948 (Zimbabwe)
      • Cyphononyx rathjensi Wahis, 2000 (Saudi Arabia, Yemen)
      • Cyphononyx umtaliensis Arnold, 1932 (Malawi, Zimbabwe)
      • Cyphononyx usambarensis Lucas, 1898 (Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zanzibar)
    • Genus Deuteragenia Sustera, 1913
      • Deuteragenia chirindensis Arnold, 1934 (Zimbabwe)
      • Deuteragenia dregei Arnold, 1934 (South Africa)
      • Deuteragenia ochraceipes Arnold, 1946 (Zimbabwe)
      • Deuteragenia turneri Arnold, 1934 (South Africa)
      • Deuteragenia ugandensis Arnold, 1960 (Uganda)
    • Genus Dipogon Fox, 1897
      • Dipogon macilentus Saussure,*** (Madagascar)
    • Genus Guichardia Arnold, 1951
      • Guichardia macilenta Arnold, 1951 (South Africa)
    • Genus Hemipepsis Dahlbom, 1843
      • Hemipepsis aethiops Kohl, 1913 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Zambia)
      • Hemipepsis braunsi Arnold, 1932 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Hemipepsis brunniceps Taschenberg, 1869 (Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Hemipepsis buchardi Wahis, 2000 (Djibouti, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan,Yemen)
      • Hemipepsis caelebs Arnold, 1932 (Malawi, South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Hemipepsis capensis Fabricius, 1781 (South Africa)
      • Hemipepsis combusta combusta Smith, 1855 (Zimbabwe)
        • Hemipepsis combusta tanganyikae Arnold,  (Zimbabwe)
      • Hemipepsis corallipes Wahis, 2000 (
      • Hemipepsis dedjas Guérin, 1848 (Ethiopia, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe)
      • Hemipepsis erythropyga Arnold, 1932 (Nigeria)
      • Hemipepsis exul Kohl  (Madagascar)
      • Hemipepsis fallax Saussure, 1892 (Ethiopia)
      • Hemipepsis ferox Arnold, 1948 (Zimbabwe)
      • Hemipepsis gestroi Gribodo, 1884 (South Africa, Uganda, West Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Hemipepsis glabrata glabrata Klug, 1834  (Zimbabwe)
        • Hemipepsis glabrata anchietae Radoszkovsky, 1881  (Ethiopia)
        • Hemipepsis glabrata spectrum Smith, 1855  (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Hemipepsis heteroneura Turner, 1918 (Uganda)
      • Hemipepsis hottentota (Taschenberg, 1869) (Yemen)
      • Hemipepsis hova Saussure,   (Madagascar)
      • Hemipepsis hilaris Smith, 1879 (Lesotho, South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Hemipepsis inermis Arnold, 1932 (Cameroon)
      • Hemipepsis insignis Smith, 1855 (West Africa)
      • Hemipepsis iodoptera Stal, 1857  (South Africa, Uganda)
        • Hemipepsis iodoptera meridionalis Arnold,  (West Africa)
      • Hemipepsis kiogae Arnold, 1932 (Yemen)
      • Hemipepsis latirostris Arnold, 1932 (Uganda, Zimbabwe)
      • Hemipepsis lucernaris Wahis, 2000 (Yemen)
      • Hemipepsis luctuosa Arnold, 1948 (Zimbabwe)
      • Hemipepsis mashonae Arnold, 1932 (Kenya, Zimbabwe)
      • Hemipepsis mlanjiensis Turner, 1918 (Ethiopia, Malawi)
      • Hemipepsis nenitra Saussure,   (Madagascar)
      • Hemipepsis obscurus Lucas, 1898 (Tanzania)
      • Hemipepsis ochropus Stal, 1857 (Cameroon, Gold Coast, Nigeria)
      • Hemipepsis perhirsuta Banks, 1940 (Madagascar)
      • Hemipepsis pilosipes Arnold, 1948 (Zimbabwe)
      • Hemipepsis refulgens Turner, 1918 (Uganda)
      • Hemipepsis rufofemoratus Lucas, 1898 (Zanzibar)
      • Hemipepsis sabulosa Smith, 1855 (Egypt, Yemen)
      • Hemipepsis semenovi (Gussakowskij, 1932) (Eritrea, Iran, Yemen)
      • Hemipepsis sericeipennis Bingham, 1902 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Hemipepsis simpsoni Arnold, 1932 (Gold Coast)
      • Hemipepsis sinuosa Kohl, 1913 (Nigeria)
      • Hemipepsis sublivida Arnold, 1948 (Zimbabwe)
      • Hemipepsis sulfureicornis Arnold, 1960 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Hemipepsis tamisieri Guérin, 1848 (Angola, Ethiopia, Gold Coast, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
      • Hemipepsis turneri Arnold, 1936 (South Africa)
      • Hemipepsis unguicularis Kohl, 1913 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Hemipepsis unifasciata Radley, 1881 (Angola, Ethiopia)
      • Hemipepsis variabilis Arnold, 1932 (Uganda)
      • Hemipepsis vespertilio Gerstaecker, 1857 (South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe)
      • Hemipepsis vestitipennis Turner, 1918 (Somalia, Uganda, Yemen)
      • Hemipepsis vindex Smith, 1855 (Namibia, Senegal, South Africa, Swaziland, Yemen, Zimbabwe)
      • Hemipepsis viridipennis Lucas, 1898 (Tanzania)
      • Hemipepsis yemenita Wahis, 2000 (Somalia, Yemen)
    • Genus Hormopogonius Arnold, 1934
      • Hormopogonius tenuicornis Arnold, 1934 (Malawi)
      • Hormopogonius willowmorensis (Arnold, 1932) (South Africa)
        • = Calicurgus willowmorensis Arnold, 1932
    • Genus Java Pate, 1946
      • Java atropos (Smith, 1855) (South East Asia, Yemen)
    • Genus Micragenia Haupt, 1926
      • Micragenia calcarata Arnold, 1934 (South Africa)
      • Micragenia longipalpis (Malawi)
      • Micragenia minima Banks, 1940 (Madagascar)
      • Micragenia nubilipennis Arnold, 1934 (Uganda)
    • Genus Monodontonyx Banks, 1940
      • Monodontonyx crenatipes Saussure,   (Madagascar)
      • Monodontonyx deplanatus Saussure,   (Madagascar)
      • Monodontonyx gloriosa Banks, 1940 (Madagascar)
    • Genus Pezopompilus Arnold, 1946
      • Pezopompilus truncatipennis Arnold, 1946 (Kenya)
    • Genus Phanagenia Banks, 1933
      • Phanagenia hovana Banks, 1940 (Madagascar)
      • Phanagenia macula Saussure,   (Madagascar)
    • Genus Poecilagenia Haupt, 1927
      • Poecilagenia braunsi Arnold, 1934 (Cameroon, Liberia, South Africa, Uganda)
      • Poecilagenia longicollis Kohl, 1894 (Ghana, Ethiopia)
      • Poecilagenia major Arnold, 1946 (Malawi)
      • Poecilagenia nigeriensis Arnold, 1934 (Nigeria, Uganda)
      • Poecilagenia nigra (Arnold, 1959) (South Africa)
      • Poecilagenia reversa Bischoff, 1913 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Poecilagenia rugosa Arnold, 1951 (Mali)
    • Genus Priocnemis Schiødte, 1837
      • Priocnemis albolineatus Cameron, 1908 (Tanzania)
      • Priocnemis algoensis Arnold, 1932 (South Africa)
      • Priocnemis angustiventris Arnold, 1932 (Kenya)
      • Priocnemis annectens Arnold, 1932 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Priocnemis atterimus Arnold, 1934 (South Africa)
      • Priocnemis bidentatus Arnold, 1948 (Zimbabwe)
      • Priocnemis braunsi Arnold, 1932 (South Africa)
      • Priocnemis brincki Arnold, 1959 (South Africa)
      • Priocnemis clypeatus Arnold, 1936 (South Africa)
      • Priocnemis connectens Cameron, 1910 (Tanzania)
      • Priocnemis fuscofasciatus Cameron, 1908 (Tanzania)
      • Priocnemis gracilicornis Arnold, 1935 (Zimbabwe)
      • Priocnemis gracilis Arnold, 1932 (South Africa)
      • Priocnemis inermis inermis Arnold, 1932 (Uganda)
        • Priocnemis inermis brevicornis Arnold, 1932 (Zimbabwe)
      • Priocnemis implacabilis basuto Arnold, 1948 (Lesotho)
      • Priocnemis iterabilis Cameron, 1908 (Kenya)
      • Priocnemis longipes longipes Arnold, 1932 (South Africa)
        • Priocnemis longipes monticola Arnold, 1936 (South Africa)
      • Priocnemis magnificus Arnold, 1932  (Zimbabwe)
      • Priocnemis meridionalis Arnold, 1934 (South Africa)
      • Priocnemis modestus Arnold, 1932 (Ethiopia)
      • Priocnemis namabatashane Turner, 1926 (South Africa)
      • Priocnemis oraniensis Turner, 1927 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Priocnemis peringueyi peringueyi Arnold, 1932 (South Africa)
        • Priocnemis peringueyi sylvaticus Arnold, 1932 (South Africa)
      • Priocnemis planidorsatus Arnold, 1932 (Namibia)
      • Priocnemis retusus Turner, 1927 (South Africa)
      • Priocnemis variicolor Arnold, 1936 (South Africa)
      • Priocnemis venustipennis Saussure, 1891 (Madagascar)
      • Priocnemis venustus Arnold, 1959 (South Africa)
      • Priocnemis vumbui Arnold, 1932 (Zimbabwe)
    • Genus Pseudagenia Kohl, 1884
      • Pseudagenia abercornensis Arnold, 1946 (Zimbabwe)
      • Pseudagenia accraensis Turner, 1918 (Ghana)
      • Pseudagenia aenescens Arnold, 1934 (Kenya, Malawi, Sierra Leone)
      • Pseudagenia albosignata Arnold, 1934 (Ethiopia)
      • Pseudagenia amita Arnold, 1934 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Pseudagenia anomala Arnold, 1946 (Tanzania)
      • Pseudagenia basutorum Arnold, 1946 (Lesotho)
      • Pseudagenia brownei Arnold, 1934 (South Africa)
      • Pseudagenia brunnitarsis Arnold, 1958 (Zimbabwe)
      • Pseudagenia cameruna Kohl, 1894 (Cameroon, Zimbabwe)
      • Pseudagenia canaliculata Cameron, 1910 (Tanzania)
      • Pseudagenia capicola Cameron, 1905 (South Africa)
      • Pseudagenia carinigena Cameron, 1910 (South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda)
      • Pseudagenia chirindensis Arnold, 1956 (Zimbabwe)
      • Pseudagenia circulifera Arnold, 1934 (Zimbabwe)
      • Pseudagenia commendabilis Arnold, 1934 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda)
      • Pseudagenia diana Arnold, 1958 (Malawi)
      • Pseudagenia demissa Arnold, 1934 (Uganda)
      • Pseudagenia egena Kohl, 1894 (South Africa)
      • Pseudagenia egregia Arnold, 1934 (Mozambique)
      • Pseudagenia enodans Kohl, 1894 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Pseudagenia esau Kohl, 1913 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Pseudagenia femoralis Arnold, 1934 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Pseudagenia ferruginea Magretti, 1898 (Ethiopa, South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Pseudagenia flavotegulata Bingham, 1902 (Malawi, Senegal, Zimbabwe)
      • Pseudagenia gemella Arnold, 1934 (Uganda)
      • Pseudagenia gowdeyi Arnold, 1934 (Uganda)
      • Pseudagenia grata Arnold, 1934 (South Africa)
      • Pseudagenia hessei Arnold, 1934 (South Africa)
      • Pseudagenia hirticeps Arnold, 1933 (Ethiopia)
      • Pseudagenia hyalinata Bischoff, 1913 (Zimbabwe)
      • Pseudagenia impavida Arnold, 1946 (Lesotho)
      • Pseudagenia imperfecta Arnold, 1946 (Tanzania)
      • Pseudagenia inepta Arnold, 1934 (Uganda)
      • Pseudagenia infantula Kohl, 1894 (Cameroon, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Zambia)
      • Pseudagenia iridis Arnold, 1934 (Ghana)
      • Pseudagenia jacob Arnold, 1934 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Pseudagenia jonesii Arnold, 1934 (South Africa)
      • Pseudagenia kilimandjaroensis Cameron, 1910 (Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda)
      • Pseudagenia kovacsi Arnold, 1933 (Ethiopia)
      • Pseudagenia laevigata Smith, 1855 (Gambia, Malawi, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe)
      • Pseudagenia lissopyga Arnold, 1933 (Ethiopia)
      • Pseudagenia longiventris Cameron, 1912 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Pseudagenia lujae Arnold, 1939 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Pseudagenia luteopicta Arnold, 1939 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Pseudagenia lycaste Banks, 1940 (Madagascar)
      • Pseudagenia manicana Arnold, 1939 (Zimbabwe)
      • Pseudagenia maritima Arnold, 1934 (South Africa)
      • Pseudagenia mazoensis Arnold, 1934 (Zimbabwe)
      • Pseudagenia meona Banks, 1940 (Madagascar)
      • Pseudagenia mygnimioides Bischoff, 1913 (Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Pseudagenia neaveana Arnold, 1934 (Malawi)
      • Pseudagenia nigeriensis Arnold, 1934 (Nigeria, Uganda)
      • Pseudagenia nigro-aurantiaca Magretti, 1884 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Pseudagenia obesa Arnold, 1934 (Malawi, South Africa)
      • Pseudagenia ogadeni Magretti, 1898 (Somalia)
      • Pseudagenia pauperata Arnold, 1934 (South Africa)
      • Pseudagenia perplexa Arnold, 1946 (Tanzania)
      • Pseudagenia personata Gribodo, 1879 (Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gold Coast, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa)
      • Pseudagenia perspicua Arnold, 1934 (Africa)
      • Pseudagenia picticornis Arnold, 1934 (Malawi, Mozambique)
      • Pseudagenia pinheyi Arnold, 1960 (Cameroon)
      • Pseudagenia planiuscula Arnold, 1934 (South Africa, Uganda)
      • Pseudagenia praestans Arnold, 1958 (Zimbabwe)
      • Pseudagenia pretoriensis Arnold, 1934 (South Africa)
      • Pseudagenia pseudocyphononyx Turner, 1918 (Ethiopia, Malawi, South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Pseudagenia pugnax Banks, 1940 (Madagascar)
      • Pseudagenia pumilio Arnold, 1934 (South Africa)
      • Pseudagenia punctipleura Arnold, 1939 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Pseudagenia pygidialis Arnold, 1946 (Zimbabwe)
      • Pseudagenia quadrimacula Banks, 1940 (Madagascar)
      • Pseudagenia regina Arnold, 1934 (Malawi, Mozambique)
      • Pseudagenia remipes Arnold, 1937 (Sierra Leone)
      • Pseudagenia rubrirostris Arnold, 1934 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Pseudagenia ruficoxa Arnold, 1934 (Uganda)
      • Pseudagenia rufocincta Smith, 1855 (South Africa)
      • Pseudagenia rossi Bingham, 1902 (South Africa)
      • Pseudagenia sansibarica Lucas, 1898 (Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zanzibar)
      • Pseudagenia scapularis Arnold, 1939 (Liberia)
      • Pseudagenia schoutedeni Cameron, 1912 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Pseudagenia seminitida Arnold, 1946 (Uganda)
      • Pseudagenia sheppardi Arnold, 1939 (Zimbabwe)
      • Pseudagenia somalica Magretti, 1898 (
      • Pseudagenia spilocephala Cameron, 1905 (South Africa)
      • Pseudagenia spilotaenia Kohl, 1894 (Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa)
      • Pseudagenia spinosipes Arnold, 1939 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Pseudagenia stigmails Lucas, 1898 (Ethiopia)
      • Pseudagenia subintermedia Magretti, 1898 (Niger)
      • Pseudagenia sylvicola Arnold, 1934 (Uganda)
      • Pseudagenia taeniata Saussure,  (Madagascar)
      • Pseudagenia ugandensis Arnold, 1934 (Uganda)
      • Pseudagenia vaga Arnold, 1934 (South Africa)
      • Pseudagenia vitripennis Smith, 1855 (Malawi, South Africa)
      • Pseudagenia vumbui Arnold, 1934 (Malawi, Zimbabwe)
      • Pseudagenia xanthospila Cameron, 1908 (Tanzania)
    • Genus Pseudopedinaspis Brauns, 1906
      • Pseudopedinaspis fasciatus Arnold, 1940 (Zimbabwe)
      • Pseudopedinaspis marshalli Brauns, 1906 (Zimbabwe)
      • Pseudopedinaspis sanguinolentus Heymans, ***  (Malawi) (= P. neavei Arnold, 1935)
    • Genus Schistonyx Saussure, 1887
      • Schistonyx aterrimus Arnold, 1946 (South Africa)
      • Schistonyx umbrosus Klug, 1834 (Syria, Zimbabwe)
      • Schistonyx sinuatus Bischoff, 1913 (South Africa)
      • Schistonyx sheppardi Arnold, 1937 (Zimbabwe)
    • Genus Tetraodontonyx Ashmead, 1900
      • Tetraodontonyx heros Guérin, 1848 (Equatorial Africa: Ethiopia, Tanzania westwards to Senegal)
      • Tetraodontonyx ascensoi Zavattari, 1907 (Uganda, Zimbabwe)
    • Genus Trachyglyptus Arnold, 1934
      • Trachyglyptus spinosipes Turner, 1927 (South Africa)
    • Genus Xenopepsis Arnold, 1932
      • Xenopepsis commixta Arnold, 11932 (Uganda)
  • Subfamily Pompilinae
    • Genus Aeluropetrus Arnold, 1936
      • Aeluropetrus braunsi Arnold, 1936 (South Africa)
      • Aeluropetrus lugubris Arnold, 1936 (South Africa)
    • Genus Aetheopompilus Arnold, 1934
    • Genus Afropompilus Arnold, 1936
    • Genus Agenioideus Ashmead, 1902
      • Agenioideus rutilus (Klug, 1834) (Yemen)
    • Genus Apareia Haupt, 1929
      • Apareia multipicta rufifemur Haupt, 1929 (Zimbabwe)
      • Apareia oedipus Kohl, 1886 (South Africa)
    • Genus Aporinellus Banks, 1911
      • Aporinellus bidens Saussure,   (Madagascar)
    • Genus Aporoideus Ashmead, 1902
      • Aporoideus clarus Banks, 1940 (Madagascar)
    • Genus Argyroclitus Arnold, 1937
      • Argyroclitus fasciatipennis Arnold, 1937 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Argyroclitus hyalinipennis Arnold, 1937 (Zimbabwe)
      • Argyroclitus longicollis Arnold, 1937 (Zimbabwe)
      • Argyroclitus rufipes Arnold, 1937 (Zimbabwe)
      • Argyroclitus ruwenzoriensis Arnold, 1937 (Zimbabwe)
    • Genus Atelostegus Haupt, 1929
      • Atelostegus thrinax Kohl,   (Madagascar)
    • Genus Atopopompilus Arnold, 1937
      • Atopompilus jacens (Bingham, 1912) (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Yemen)
      • Atopompilus marshalli Arnold, 1937 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Atopopompilus venans mlanjiensis Arnold, 1937 (West Africa)
    • Genus Bambesa Arnold, 1936
      • Bambesa grisea Arnold, 1936 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
    • Genus Batozonellus Arnold, 1937
      • Batozonellus capensis (Dahlbom, 1843) (Ethiopia, South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Batozonellus fuliginosus (Klug, 1834) (Central Africa, South Africa, Yemen, Zimbabwe)
      • Batozonellus gowdeyi (Turner, 1916) (Uganda)
      • Batozonellus madecassus (Saussure, 1887)  (Madagascar)
      • Batozonellus separabilis (Turner, 1916) (Congo, South Africa, Zimbabwe)
    • Genus Batozonus Ashmead, 1902
      • Batozonus bipunctatus Banks, 1940 (Madagascar)
      • Batozonus capensis Dahlbom, 1940 (Ethiopia, South Africa, Uganda)
    • Genus Cliochares Banks, 1940
      • Cliochares convexus Banks, 1940 (Madagascar)
    • Genus Cordyloscelis Arnold, 1935
      • Cordyloscelis bequaerti Arnold, 1935 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Cordyloscelis flavipennis Arnold, 1935 (South Africa)
      • Cordyloscelis latipes Arnold, 1935 (South Africa)
      • Cordyloscelis namaqua Arnold, 1935 (South Africa)
      • Cordyloscelis nigerrimus Arnold, 1935 (South Africa)
      • Cordyloscelis parallelus Arnold, 1946 (Zimbabwe)
      • Cordyloscelis ugandensis Arnold, 1935 (Congo, Uganda)
    • Genus Ctenagenia Saussure, 1892
      • Ctenagenia vespiformis (Klug, 1834) (Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Greece, Israel, Lebanon, Madagascar, Niger, Nigeria, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Turkey, Yemen)
    • Genus Dromochares Haupt, 1930
      • Dromochares clavipennis Arnold, 1935 (Zimbabwe)
      • Dromochares fumipennis Arnold, 1935 (South Africa)
      • Dromochares premnopterus Kohl, 1900 (South Africa)
      • Dromochares rufipes Arnold, 1935 (South Africa)
      • Dromochares transvaalensis Arnold, 1935 (South Africa)
    • Genus Dicyrtomellus Gussakovskij, 1935
      • Dicyrtomellus anomalipes Arnold, 1937 (South Africa)
      • Dicyrtomellus argenteodecoratus Cameron, 1904 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Dicyrtomellus griseus Arnold, 1937 (Zimbabwe)
      • Dicyrtomellus impressus Arnold, 1937 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Dicyrtomellus leptacanthius Cameron, 1910 (Ethiopia, South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Dicyrtomellus meruensis Cameron, 1910 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Dicyrtomellus neavei Kohl, 1913 (Congo)
      • Dicyrtomellus rufofemoratus Bischoff, 1913 (South Africa)
    • Genus Elaphrosyron Haupt, 1930
      • Elaphrosyron insidiosus Smith, 1879 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Elaphrosyron multipictus Arnold, 1937 (Uganda)
      • Elaphrosyron pauperculus Arnold, 1959 (South Africa)
    • Genus Epiclinotus Haupt, 1929
      • Epiclinotus capensis Arnold, 1959 (South Africa)
      • Epiclinotus erythrurus Haupt, 1929 (South Africa)
      • Epiclinotus turneri Haupt, 1929 (South Africa)
    • Genus Episyron Schiødte, 1837
      • Episyron argillaceus Arnold, 1936 (Zambia)
      • Episyron bequaerti Arnold, 1936 (Liberia)
      • Episyron bicinctus Bischoff, 1913 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Episyron braunsii Arnold, 1936 (South Africa)
      • Episyron crassicornis Arnold, 1936 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Uganda)
      • Episyron gryps Saussure,   (Madagascar)
      • Episyron histrio Lepeletier, 1845 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, South Africa, Yemen, Zimbabwe)
      • Episyron natalicolus Dalla Torre,  (Ethiopia)
      • Episyron pedunculatus Arnold, 1936 (Liberia)
      • Episyron solitaneum Kohl, 1906 (Yemen)
      • Episyron tropicalis Arnold, 1936 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Episyron turneri Arnold, 1936 (South Africa)
      • Episyron viduus Arnold, 1936 (Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Episyron vindex Smith, 1879 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, South Africa)
    • Genus Euclavelia Arnold, 1932

      • Euclavelia fasciata Arnold, 1932 (South Africa)

      • Euclavelia longicollis Arnold, 1934 (South Africa)

    • Genus Euryzonotulus Arnold, 1937

      • Euryzonotulus nigeriensis Arnold, 1937 (South Africa)

    • Genus Ferreola Lepeletier, 1845

      • Ferreola auranticornis Wahis, 2000 (Eritrea, Yemen)

    • Genus Ferreoloides Haupt, 1919

      • Ferreoloides basutorum Arnold, 1960 (Lesotho)

      • Ferreoloides versutus Arnold, 1960 (Lesotho)

    • Genus Galactopterus Arnold, 1937

      • Galactopterus otaviensis Arnold, 1937 (South Africa)
      • Galactopterus rufipes Arnold, 1937 (Namibia, South Africa)
      • Galactopterus simillimus Arnold, 1937 (South Africa)
    • Genus Hadropompilus Arnold, 1934
      • Hadropompilus braunsi Arnold, 1934 (South Africa)
      • Hadropompilus montanus Arnold, 1936 (South Africa)
    • Genus Hauptiella Arnold, 1936
      • Hauptiella multipicta Arnold, 1936
    • Genus Herpetosphex Arnold, 1940
      •  Herpetosphex staphylinoides Arnold, 1940 (Zimbabwe)
    • Genus Homonotus Dahlbom, 1844
      • Homonotus aegyptiacus Turner, 1917 (South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe)
      • Homonotus coxalis Dahlbom, 1843 (South Africa)
      • Homonotus disparilis Turner, 1917 (South Africa)
      • Homonotus dispersus Dahlbom, 1843 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Homonotus dissectus Dahlbom, 1843 (South Africa)
      • Homonotus fuscipes Dahlbom, 1843 (South Africa)
      • Homonotus imitans Dahlbom, 1843 (Zimbabwe)
      • Homonotus leptogaster Dahlbom, 1843 (South Africa)
      • Homonotus ruficornis Cameron, 1905 (South Africa)
      • Homonotus rukwaensis Arnold, 1946 (Tanzania)
      • Homonotus sansibaricus Dahlbom, 1843 (Zanzibar)
    • Genus Idopompilus Haupt, 1930
      • Idopompilus algoensis Arnold, 1936 (South Africa)
        • Idopompilus algoensis major Arnold, 1935 (South Africa)
      • Idopompilus braunsi Kohl, 1899 (South Africa)
      • Idopompilus brunnescens Arnold, 1936 (South Africa)
      • Idopompilus handlirschi handlirschi Arnold, 1936 (**)
        • Idopompilus handlirschi basutorum Arnold, 1959 (Lesotho, South Africa)
      • Idopompilus fuliginosus Arnold, 1946 (Lesotho)
      • Idopompilus gracilicornis Arnold, 1936 (South Africa)
      • Idopompilus handlirschii Arnold, 1936 (South Africa)
      • Idopompilus krugeri Haupt, 1930 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Idopompilus quadrifasciatus Arnold, 1936 (Zimbabwe)
    • Genus Kolposphex Arnold, 1959
      • Kolposphex atronitens Arnold, 1959 (South Africa)
    • Genus Kyphopompilus Arnold, 1960
      • Kyphopompilus flavipes Arnold, 1960 (Zimbabwe)
    • Genus Microdrapetes Arnold, 1937
      • Microdrapetes bellus Arnold, 1937 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
    • Genus Microphadnus Cameron, 1905
      • Microphadnus bicolor Cameron, 1905 (South Africa)
      • Microphadnus pumilus Costa  (Madagascar)
    • Genus Paracyphononyx Gribodo, 1884
      • Paracyphononyx affinis Haupt, 1929 (Cameroon, Uganda)
      • Paracyphononyx africanus Rad., 1881 (Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Zimbabwe)
      • Paracyphononyx capensis Arnold, 1959 (South Africa)
      • Paracyphononyx carinatus Rad., 1881 Angola, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Paracyphononyx coloratus Haupt, 1929 (Cameroon)
      • Paracyphononyx difficilis Bischoff, 1913 (South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe)
      • Paracyphononyx diversipes Arnold, 1962 (Zimbabwe)
      • Paracyphononyx diversus Dahlbom, 1845 (Central and East Africa to South Africa, Yemen)
      • Paracyphononyx elliotti Saussure,   (Madagascar)
      • Paracyphononyx frustratus Smith, 1879 (South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe)
      • Paracyphononyx funebris Magretti, 1884 (Ethiopia)
      • Paracyphononyx gemellus Arnold, 1936 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Paracyphononyx laboriosus Arnold, 1936 (Ethiopia, South Africa)
      • Paracyphononyx languidus Haupt, 1929 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Paracyphononyx lukombensis Cameron, 1912 (Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia)
      • Paracyphononyx metemmensis Magretti, 1884 (South Africa, Sudan, Zimbabwe)
      • Paracyphononyx mombassicus R. Luc., 1898 (Kenya)
      • Paracyphononyx montanus Arnold, 1960 (South Africa)
      • Paracyphononyx parallelus Haupt, 1929 (Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa)
      • Paracyphononyx petiolaris Saussure, 1891 (Madagascar)
      • Paracyphononyx plutonis Banks, 1940 (Madagascar)
      • Paracyphononyx rotundinervis Cameron, 1910 (Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda)
      • Paracyphononyx ruficrus Klug, 1834 (Asia Minor, Egypt, South Africa, Yemen, Zimbabwe)
      • Paracyphononyx zonatus Illiger,1802 (South Africa, Zimbabwe, and West Africa)
    • Genus Paraferreola Sustera, 1913
      • Paraferreola melanostoma Cameron, 1904 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Paraferreola spilopus Cameron, 1904 (South Africa)
      • Paraferreola soleana Cameron, 1905 (South Africa)
    • Genus Platyderes Guérin-Méneville, 1844
      • Platyderes bicolor Smith, 1855 (South Africa)
      • Platyderes chalybeus Saussure, 1892 (East Africa, South Africa)
      • Platyderes drègii Brauns, 1899 (South Africa)
      • Platyderes erythrocephalus Guerin,   (Madagascar)
      • Platyderes flavoscutellatus Arnold, 1960 (Zimbabwe)
      • Platyderes oraniensis Arnold, 1936 (South Africa)
      • Platyderes rhodesianus Bischoff, 1913 (Ethiopia, Zimbabwe)
      • Platyderes saussurei Banks, 1940 (Madagascar)
      • Platyderes spoliatus Cameron, 1910 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Platyderes vicinus Arnold, 1936 (South Africa)
      • Platyderes wasmanni Brauns, 1904 (South Africa)
    • Genus Pompilus Fabricius
      • Pompilus alpinus Arnold, 1960 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Pompilus anomalopterus Cameron, 1908 (Malawi, South Africa)
      • Pompilus cinereus Fabricius, 1775 (Yemen)
      • Pompilus curvifrons Cameron, 1908 (
      • Pompilus erythrostomus Cameron, 1908 (
      • Pompilus exploratrix Cameron, 1908 (
      • Pompilus ignobilis Arnold, 1959 (South Africa)
      • Pompilus masaiensis Cameron, 1908 (
      • Pompilus meruensis Cameron, 1908 (
      • Pompilus plumbeus Fabricius, 1787 (Widespread through Africa, China, Europe, India, South Africa)
      • Pompilus sacchii Magretti, 1898 (
      • Pompilus shirae Arnold, 1950 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Pompilus successor Cameron, 1908 (
      • Pompilus vanutelli Magretti, 1898 (
      • Pompilus willowmorensis Arnold, 1937 (South Africa)
      • Pompilus yngvei Cameron, 1908 (
    • Genus Pompilioides Radley, 1887
      • Pompilioides braunsi Kohl, 1894 (Cameroon)
      • Pompilioides decipiens Arnold, 1936 (South Africa)
      • Pompilioides latifrons Arnold, 1936 (South Africa)
      • Pompilioides pruinosus Smith, 1855 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Pompilioides rhodesianus Bischoff, 1913 (Zimbabwe)
      • Pompilioides trifasciatus Arnold, 1936 (South Africa)
      • Pompilioides validus Arnold, 1936 (Zimbabwe)
    • Genus Psammochares Latreille, 1796
      • Psammochares bilineatus Arnold, 1937 (South Africa)
      • Psammochares brevis Arnold, 1937 (South Africa)
      • Psammochares brunniventris Arnold, 1937 (South Africa)
      • Psammochares cinnamomeus Arnold, 1937 (Zimbabwe)
      • Psammochares decipiens Bischoff, 1913 (South Africa)
      • Psammochares fallax Saussure,  (Madagascar)
      • Psammochares gibber Arnold, 1937 (Zimbabwe)
      • Psammochares insidiosus Smith,  (Ethiopia, Malawi, South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Psammochares irpex Gerstaecker, 1859 (Zimbabwe)
      • Psammochares jocaste Banks, 1940 (Madagascar)
      • Psammochares latilabris Arnold, 1937 (Malawi, Zimbabwe)
      • Psammochares quadriguttatus Arnold, 1937 (Ethiopia, Tanzania)
      • Psammochares rotundilabris Arnold, 1937 (South Africa)
      • Psammochares rufigaster Arnold, 1937 (South Africa)
      • Psammochares rutilus Klug, 1834 (Ethiopia, Nigeria, Sudan, Zimbabwe)
      • Psammochares varians Arnold, 1937 (South Africa)
      • Psammochares willowmorensis Arnold, 1937 (South Africa)
    • Genus Psammoderes Haupt, 1929
      • Psammoderes capensis Arnold, 1937 (South Africa)
      • Psammoderes collaris Saussure,   (Madagascar)
      • Psammoderes fuliginosus Arnold, 1935 (Zimbabwe)
      • Psammoderes major Haupt, 1929 (South Africa)
      • Psammoderes lightfooti Arnold, 1937 (South Africa)
      • Psammoderes longicollis Arnold, 1937 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Psammoderes mimicus Haupt, 1929 (South Africa)
      • Psammoderes semirufus Haupt, 1929 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Psammoderes reputatus Kohl, 1913 (Congo, Zimbabwe)
    • Genus Pseudoclavelia Haupt, 1930
      • Pseudoclavelia argenteosignata Arnold, 1936 (Botswana, Namibia)
      • Pseudoclavelia bituberculata Arnold, 1962 (Zimbabwe)
      • Pseudoclavelia damarensis Arnold, 1936 (Namibia)
      • Pseudoclavelia jouberti Kohl, 1900 (South Africa)
      • Pseudoclavelia nitidula nitidula Arnold, 1936 (Namibia)
        • Pseudoclavelia nitidula bechuanae Arnold, 1959 (South Africa)
      • Pseudoclavelia rhodesiana Arnold, 1936 (Zimbabwe)
      • Pseudoclavelia rufescens Arnold, 1936 (South Africa)
      • Pseudoclavelia willowmorensis Arnold, 1936 (South Africa)
    • Genus Pseudopompilus Costa, 1887
      • Pseudopompilus funereus Arnold, 1936 (Zimbabwe)
      • Pseudopompilus hyalinipennis Arnold, 1935 (South Africa)
      • Pseudopompilus lacteipennis Arnold, 1936 (South Africa)
    • Genus Pygmachus Haupt, 1930
      • Pygmachus compressus Saussure,   (Madagascar)
      • Pygmachus umbratus Haupt, 1930 (Guinea, South Africa, Zanzibar, Zimbabwe)
    • Genus Rhynchopompilus Arnold, 1934
      • Rhynchopompilus cursor Arnold, 1934 (Zimbabwe)
    • Genus Salius
      • Salius elongatus Magretti, 1884 (
      • Salius ruficornis Magretti, 1884 (
    • Genus Schistonyx Saussure, 1887
      • Schistonyx aterrimus Arnold, 1946 (South Africa)
      • Schistonyx prismaticus Saussure,   (Madagascar)
      • Schistonyx sinuatus Bischoff, 1913 (South Africa)
      • Schistonyx sheppardi Arnold, 1937 (Zimbabwe)
      • Schistonyx umbrosus Klug, 1834 (Throughout Africa, Namibia, Syria, Zimbabwe)
    • Genus Schizanoplius Cammeron, 1904
      • Schizanoplius lutarius Saussure,   (Madagascar)
      • Schizanoplius violaceipennis Cameron, 1904   (South Africa)
    • Genus Spuridiophorus Arnold, 1934
      • Spuridiophorus capensis Arnold, 1934 (South Africa)
      • Spuridiophorus inermis Arnold, 1934 (Zimbabwe)
      • Spuridiophorus maculipennis Arnold, 1936 (Zimbabwe)
      • Spuridiophorus turneri Arnold, 1936 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
    • Genus Syntomoclitus Arnold, 1937
      • Syntomoclitus bicolor Arnold, 1937 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
    • Genus Tachypompilus Ashmead, 1902
      • Tachypompilus praepotens (Kohl, 1894) (South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zanzibar)
    • Genus Teinotrachelus Arnold, 1935
      • Teinotrachelus damarensis Arnold, 1936 (South Africa)
      • Teinotrachelus longicollis Arnold, 1936 (Zimbabwe)
      • Teinotrachelus nox Arnold, 1960 (Zimbabwe)
      • Teinotrachelus ruficollis Arnold, 1936 (Zimbabwe)
    • Genus Telostegus Costa, 1887
      • Telostegus capensis Arnold, 1937 (South Africa)
      • Telostegus fuscipennis Cameron, 1905 (South Africa)
      • Telostegus insidiosus (Smith, 1879) (Yemen)
      • Telostegus sabulicola Priesner, 1955 (Algeria, Egypt, Marocco, Senegal, Yemen)

 

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