Paracyphononyx is a genus of spider wasps distributed in the tropics and warmer temperate regions; they differ from other pompilids in that they do not permanently disable the host spider but allow the spider to resume activity after the wasp has laid its egg on the spider while the wasp larva exists as koinobiont ectoparasitoid of the spider.
Species
There are 51 species currently recognised in Paracophonyx and some of these are listed below with the areas where they have been recorded from.
- Paracyphononyx affinis <small>Haupt, 1929</small> Cameroon, Ghana, Uganda, Ecuador
- Paracyphononyx africanus <small>Rad., 1881</small> Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Zimbabwe
- Paracyphononyx alienus <small>Smith, 1879</small> Japan
- Paracyphononyx amoenissimus <small>Dalla Torre</small> Brazil
- Paracyphononyx ater <small>Priesner, 1955</small> Egypt
- Paracyphononyx capensis <small>Arnold, 1959</small> South Africa
- Paracyphononyx carinatus <small>Rad., 1881</small> Angola, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Zimbabwe
- Paracyphononyx coloratus <small>Haupt, 1929</small> Cameroon
- Paracyphononyx consimilis <small>Smith, 1879</small> Australia
- Paracyphononyx diabolicus <small>Holmberg</small> Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
- Paracyphononyx difficilis <small>Bischoff, 1913</small> Mali, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe)
- Paracyphononyx diversipes <small>Arnold, 1962</small> Zimbabwe
- Paracyphononyx diversus <small>Dahlbom, 1845</small> Central and East Africa to South Africa, Yemen
- Paracyphononyx elliotti <small>Saussure</small> Madagascar
- Paracyphononyx fairchildi <small>Banks, 1947</small> Brazil
- Paracyphononyx frustratus <small>Smith, 1879</small> South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe
- Paracyphononyx funebris <small>Magretti, 1884</small> Ethiopia
- Paracyphononyx funereus <small>Lepeletier, 1845</small> eastern and central United States of America
- Paracyphononyx furibundus <small>Kohl, 1894</small> Central Asia
- Paracyphononyx gemellus <small>Arnold, 1936</small> South Africa, Zimbabwe
- Paracyphononyx incalis <small>Banks, 1947</small> Peru
- Paracyphononyx incognitus <small>Cameron, 1891</small> Philippines
- Paracyphononyx laboriosus <small>Arnold, 1936</small> Ethiopia, South Africa
- Paracyphononyx languidus <small>Haupt, 1929</small> South Africa, Zimbabwe
- Paracyphononyx metemmensis <small>Magretti, 1884</small> Ghana, Mali, South Africa, Zimbabwe
- Paracyphononyx minor <small>Banks, 1947</small> Brazil
- Paracyphononyx mombassicus <small>R. Luc., 1898</small> Kenya
- Paracyphononyx montanus <small>Arnold, 1960</small> South Africa
- Paracyphononyx neriene <small>Banks, 1947</small> Argentina
- Paracyphononyx parallelus <small>Haupt, 1929</small> Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa
- Paracyphononyx pedestris <small>Smith, 1885</small> Philippines
- Paracyphononyx petiolaris <small>Saussure, 1891</small> Madagascar
- Paracyphononyx plutonis <small>Banks, 1940</small> Madagascar
- Paracyphononyx rothneyi <small>Cameron, 1891</small> India
- Paracyphononyx rotundinervis <small>Cameron, 1910</small> Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda
- Paracyphononyx ruficrus <small>Klug, 1834</small> Asia Minor, Egypt, South Africa, Yemen, Zimbabwe
- Paracyphononyx scapulatus <small>Brethes</small>, South America
- Paracyphononyx semiplumbeus <small>Taschenberg, 1869</small> Brazil, Argentina
- Paracyphononyx sericeus <small>Banks, 1947</small> Brazil
- Paracyphononyx serraticornis <small>Taschenberg,</small> Brazil
- Paracyphononyx sulcatus <small>Fox</small>, Brazil
- Paracyphononyx unicolor <small>Smith, 1879</small> Panama
- Paracyphononyx vivax <small>Cameron, 1891</small> India
- Paracyphononyx wroughtoni <small>Cameron, 1891</small> India
- Paracyphononyx zavattarii <small>Guiglia, 1943</small> Canary Islands
- Paracyphononyx zonatus <small>Illiger, 1802</small> Mali, South Africa, Zimbabwe
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