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HYMENOPTERA :: Ampulicidae

Ampulicinae Shuckard, 1840 

The subfamily includes 140 species, in Hong Kong 5 species.

Ampulex Jurine, 1807

Trirogma Westwood, 1841

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GBIF.org (28 May 2024) GBIF Occurrence Download https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.gkvfwb and https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.qxz8xc 

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Anagha, S. & Kumar, P.G. 2019. A taxonomic study of the genus Ampulex Jurine (Hymenoptera: Ampulicidae) from India with the description of one new species from Kerala. Devagiri Journal of Science 5:1–16.


Barthélémy C & Guénard B. 2025. An annotated and illustrated checklist of Hong Kong aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera: Apoid wasps; Pompilioidea; Scolioidea; Thynnoidea; Tiphioidea; Vespoidea; Chrysidoidea). Insecta Mundi 1115: 1–230.


Chen, G. & Li, Q. 2010. A new species of the genus Ampulex (Hymenoptera: Ampulicidae) from China. Entomotaxonomia 32: 43–46.


Dover, C. 1926. A contribution to a list of the aculeate Hymenoptera (excepting ants) of Hongkong. China Journal of Science & Arts 4: 233–235.


GBIF.org (28 May 2024) GBIF Occurrence https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.gkvfwb


Jonathan, J.K., Ray, K.K. & Kundu B.G. 2000. Insecta: Hymenoptera: Sphecidae, pp. 161-222 in J.R.B. Alfred (editor). State Fauna Series 4. Fauna of Meghalaya. Part 7. Insecta. Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta. i-iv, 1–628 pp. 


Kim, J.-K. 2020. A review of the Korean Ampulicidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea), with a description of a new species. Journal of Insect Biodiversity 16:38–46.


Kohl, F.F.  1893. Über Ampulex Jur. (s. l.) und die damit enger verwandten Hymenopteren-Gattungen. Annalen des k.k. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums 8:455–516.


Krombein, K.V. 1979. Biosystematic studies of Ceylonese wasps, V: a monograph of the Ampulicidae (Hymenoptera: Sphecoidea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 298: 1–29.


Kumar, G.P. & Sheela, S. 2018. A taxonomic review of the genus Trirogma Westwood (Hymenoptera: Ampulicidae) from the Indian subcontinent with the description of a new species. Devagiri Journal of Science 3: 110–120.


Ohl, M., Lohrmann, V., Breitkreuz, L., Kirschey, L. & Krause S. 2014. The Soul-Sucking Wasp by Popular Acclaim – Museum Visitor Participation in Biodiversity Discovery and Taxonomy. PloS one 9. e95068. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0095068. 


Ohl, M. & Spahn, Ph. 2010. A cladistic analysis of the cockroach wasps based on morphological data (Hymenoptera: Ampulicidae). Cladistics 26: 49–61.


Pulawski, W.J. CATALOG OF WORLD SPHECIDAE sensu lato (= Apoidea excluding bees), California Academy of Sciences


Suda, H. 2013. On the Ampulicidae of Southeast and East Asia. Tsunekibachi 23: 1–12.


Weber, P.W. 1957. Ampulex compressa released in Cook Islands. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 16: 185. 


Williams, F.X. 1929. Notes on the habits of the cockroach-hunting wasps of the genus Ampulex, Sens. Lat., with particular reference to Ampulex (Rhinopsis) caniculatus [sic] Say. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 7:315–329.


Wu, Y. & Chou Q. 1985. A study of Chinese Ampulicidae with descriptions of 5 new species (Hymenoptera: Sphecoidea). Sinozoologia 3: 153–162.


Wu, Y. & Zhou, Q. 1996. Economic Insect Fauna of China. Fasc. 52. Hymenoptera: Sphecidae. Science Press, Beijing. 197.


Wu, Y.R., Zhou, Q., Li, Q. & Yang, C. 2003. Sphecoidea, pp. 801-818 in B.-k. Huang (editor). Fauna of insects in Fujian Province of China. Vol. 7. China Science and Technique Publishing House, Fuzhou, Fujian. 927 pp.


Yasumatsu, K. 1936. Ampulicidae of the Japanese Empire (Hymenoptera). Tenthredo 1:165232, pls. XI-XXII. 

Funded by the Environment and Conservation Fund.  Alexey Reshchikov et al (2026) Hong Kong Wasps Project (HKWP). Retrieved at https://www.hkwasps.com
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