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Ampulex
Ampulex is a large cosmopolitan genus of wasps belonging to the family Ampulicidae. Most of the >130 species occur in the tropics, particularly in the Old World, and fewer than 15 are known from the New World; fewer than 5 species are native to Europe or the United States, though the Old World species Ampulex compressa has spread to virtually everywhere that its host roaches (esp. the genus Periplaneta) can be found. The few species whose...
55 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Emerald Cockroach Wasp
speciesAmpulex compressa
Ampulex canaliculata
speciesAmpulex canaliculata
Ampulex dissector
speciesAmpulex dissector
Ampulex ferruginea
speciesAmpulex ferruginea
Ampulex fasciata
speciesAmpulex fasciata
Ampulex kurarensis
speciesAmpulex kurarensis
Ampulex tridentata
speciesAmpulex tridentata
Ampulex ceylonica
speciesAmpulex ceylonica
Ampulex seitzii
speciesAmpulex seitzii
Ampulex difficilis
speciesAmpulex difficilis
Ampulex denticollis
speciesAmpulex denticollis
Ampulex apicalis
speciesAmpulex apicalis
Ampulex ruficornis
speciesAmpulex ruficornis
Ampulex dementor
speciesAmpulex dementor
Ampulex sibirica
speciesAmpulex sibirica
Ampulex alisana
speciesAmpulex alisana
Ampulex nigrocoerulea
speciesAmpulex nigrocoerulea
Ampulex maculicornis
speciesAmpulex maculicornis
Ampulex micans
speciesAmpulex micans
Ampulex cyanura
speciesAmpulex cyanura
Ampulex arnoldi
speciesAmpulex arnoldi
Ampulex bantuae
speciesAmpulex bantuae
Ampulex bredoi
speciesAmpulex bredoi
Ampulex conigera
speciesAmpulex conigera
Ampulex crawshayi
speciesAmpulex crawshayi
Ampulex cyanipes
speciesAmpulex cyanipes
Ampulex dives
speciesAmpulex dives
Ampulex formosa
speciesAmpulex formosa
Ampulex gratiosa
speciesAmpulex gratiosa
Ampulex honesta
speciesAmpulex honesta
Ampulex lesothoensis
speciesAmpulex lesothoensis
Ampulex lugubris
speciesAmpulex lugubris
Ampulex moebii
speciesAmpulex moebii
Ampulex montivaga
speciesAmpulex montivaga
Ampulex mutilloides
speciesAmpulex mutilloides
Ampulex nebulosa
speciesAmpulex nebulosa
Ampulex nigrosetosa
speciesAmpulex nigrosetosa
Ampulex occipitalis
speciesAmpulex occipitalis
Ampulex pilipes
speciesAmpulex pilipes
Ampulex purpurea
speciesAmpulex purpurea
Ampulex purpureum
speciesAmpulex purpureum
Ampulex regalis
speciesAmpulex regalis
Ampulex spiloptera
speciesAmpulex spiloptera
Ampulex timulloides
speciesAmpulex timulloides
Ampulex timuloides
speciesAmpulex timuloides
Ampulex toroensis
speciesAmpulex toroensis
Ampulex venusta
speciesAmpulex venusta
Ampulex viridescens
speciesAmpulex viridescens
Ampulex murotai
speciesAmpulex murotai
Ampulex smaragdina
speciesAmpulex smaragdina
Ampulex sciophanes
speciesAmpulex sciophanes
Ampulex sagax
speciesAmpulex sagax
Ampulex kristenseni
speciesAmpulex kristenseni
Ampulex assimilis
speciesAmpulex assimilis
Ampulex satoi
speciesAmpulex satoi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 250768.