dc:description"Figs 33–40. 33–37. Frontal view of faces in females of the umtalicus and meridionalis group. 33. Sphex umtalicus Strand, 1916. 34. S. haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1781. 35. S. victoria sp. nov. 36. S. meridionalis (Arnold, 1947).37. S. nefrens sp. nov.38. S. cinerascens Dahlbom, 1843 habitus of ♂. 39–40. S. paulinierii Guérin-Méneville, 1843, ♂. 39. Habitus. 40. Mesosomal side (anterior = left).";
dc:description"Figs 7–12. 7–8. Dorsal view of scutellum and metanotum. 9–10. Lateral view of upper metapleural area (anterior = left). 11. Dorsal view of petiole. 12. Basitarsal rake. 7. Sphex tomentosus Fabricius, 1787, ♂. 8. S. meridionalis (Arnold, 1947), ♀. 9. S. torridus F. Smith, 1873, ♂. 10. S. nigrohirtus Kohl, 1895, ♀. 11. S. haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1781, ♀. 12. S. decipiens Kohl, 1895, ♀. α: defined as petiole length; β: defined as length of outer side of tarsomere I; arrow: antepenultimate spine.";
dc:description"Figs 19–24. 19–20. Ventral view of the two apical sterna in males of the bohemanni group. 21, 23. Dorsal view of apical third of penis valvae in males of the bohemanni group. 22, 24. Lateral view of penis valvae. 19. Sphex bohemanni Dahlbom, 1845. 20. S. abbotti abbotti W. Fox, 1891. 21– 22. S. stadelmanni stadelmanni Kohl, 1895. 23–24. S. schoutedeni s. lat.";
dc:description"Figs 25–32. 25–26. Ventral and lateral view of sternum VIII and genitalia in male of Sphex abyssinicus (Arnold, 1928). 27–28. Frontal view of free clypeal margin in males. 29–32. Dorsal view of fore- and hindwing in males and females of thegaullei group. 27. S. umtalicus Strand, 1916. 28. S. decipiens Kohl, 1895. 29. S. jansei Cameron, 1910, ♀. 30. S. jansei, ♂. 31. S. gaullei Berland, 1927, ♀. 32. S. gaullei, ♂.";
dc:description"Figure 93–99. 93, 96. Habitus of ♀. 94–95, 97. Habitus of ♂. 93. Sphex pseudopraedator sp. nov. 94. S. schoutedeni schoutedeni Kohl, 1913. 95. S. stadelmanni stadelmanni Kohl, 1895. 96– 97. S. stadelmanni rufus subsp. nov. 98. Geographic distribution of S. pseudopraedator sp. nov. 99. Geographic distribution of S. schoutedeni schoutedeni (red); S. schoutedeni malawicus subsp. nov. (blue); S. stadelmanni stadelmanni (yellow); S. stadelmanni rufus subsp. nov. (purple).";
dc:description"Figs 119–123. 119–120. Habitus of ♂. 121. Dorsal view of male genitalia. 122. Lateral view of male genitalia. 119. Sphex comorensis sp. nov. 120–122. S. malagassus de Saussure, 1890. 123. Geographic distribution of S. comorensis sp. nov. (red), S. malagassus (blue), S. meridionalis (Arnold, 1947) (yellow), S. nefrens sp. nov. (purple) and S. occidentalis sp. nov. (green).";