Palarus is a genus of crabronid wasps, with 32 species.Pulawski, W. J. and Prentice, M. A. (2008). A Revision of the Wasp Tribe Palarini Schrottky, 1909:(Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Crabronidae) (Vol. 59, No. 8-13). California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/entomology/Entomology_Resources/Hymenoptera/sphecidae/copies/Pulawski_Prentice_2008_Palarini_Revision.pdf They typically prey on other wasps and bees which they use to provision their nests.Bohart, R.M. & Menke, A. S. (1976). Sphecid Wasps of the World: a Generic Revision. University of California Press, Berkeley, California. pp. 288-291. https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_FExMjuRhjpIC/page/287/mode/2up
Distribution Africa and Eurasia.
Species Palarus ambustus Klug, 1845 Palarus arabicus Pulawski in Pulawski and Prentice, 2008 Palarus bernardi de Beaumont, 1949 Palarus bisignatus F. Morawitz, 1890 Palarus comberi R. Turner, 1911 Palarus confusus R. Turner, 1911 Palarus dongalensis Klug, 1845 Palarus fulviventris Latreille, 1812 Palarus funerarius F. Morawitz, 1889 Palarus furtivus Pulawski in Pulawski and Prentice, 2008 Palarus gao Pulawski and Prentice, 2008 Palarus gynaecotrichus Pulawski and Prentice, 2008 Palarus hastatifrons R. Turner, 1919 Palarus histrio Spinola, 1839 Palarus inexspectatus Pulawski in Pulawski and S. Gess, 2016 Palarus interruptus (Fabricius, 1787) Palarus jaxartes Pulawski and Prentice, 2008 Palarus klugi Menke in Bohart and Menke, 1976 Palarus laetus Klug, 1845 Palarus latifrons Kohl, 1884 Palarus maculatus Dahlbom, 1845 Palarus nama Pulawski and Prentice, 2008 Palarus obesus Arnold, 1951 Palarus occidentalis Arnold, 1929 Palarus oneili Brauns, 1899 Palarus parvulus de Beaumont, 1949 Palarus pentheri Brauns, 1899 Palarus pictiventris F. Morawitz, 1890 Palarus rufipes Latreille, 1812 Palarus saundersi Morice, 1897 Palarus turneri Brauns, 1912 Palarus variegatus (Fabricius, 1781)
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