Batozonellus is a genus of the spider hunting wasps (insects belonging to the family Pompilidae).
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.Bogdan Wiśniowski: Spider-hunting wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of Poland. Ojców National Park, Ojców 2009, .
Species The 10 species in the genus are: 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: Parabatozonus lacerticida (Pallas, 1771)
Distribution and habitat These wasps colonize predominantly open habitats and forest edges. The genus Batozonellus is found across Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia.
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