scholarly journals Ecological and behavioural observations of a nesting aggregation of the endemic Tasmanian Digger Wasp Williamsita tasmanica

2021 ◽  
Vol 155 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-50
Author(s):  
D Maynard ◽  
S Fearn
Keyword(s):  
Digger Wasp ◽  
Nesting Aggregation

Psenulus meridionalis Beaumont, 1937, a digger wasp species new to the fauna of Poland (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae)

2013 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piotr Olszewski ◽  
Bogdan Wiśniowski ◽  
Agata Kostro-Ambroziak ◽  
Tadeusz Pawlikowski ◽  
Hanna Piekarska-Boniecka
Keyword(s):  
Wasp Species ◽  
Digger Wasp

scholarly journals Life History of Oxybelus variegatus Wesmael, 1852 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) with a Description of the Mature Larva

Insects ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 100
Author(s):  
Piotr Olszewski ◽  
Petr Bogusch ◽  
Krzysztof Szpila
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Mature Larva ◽  
Digger Wasp ◽  
Comprehensive Information ◽  
History Of ◽  
First Time ◽  
Delia Platura

The first comprehensive information on the bionomics of the digger wasp Oxybelus variegatus Wesmael, 1852 is presented. Females nested in small aggregations in crevices between paving stones of a frequently used pedestrian pathway in lowland agricultural wasteland. Nests were dug in the ground using mandibles, legs and abdomen. The nest consists of a main burrow with one or, rarely, two cells. The mature larva is described for the first time. The egg stage lasts for about two days before the larva hatches. The female provisioned each cell with an average of 11 paralysed male flies of Delia platura (Meigen, 1826) (Diptera: Anthomyiidae). Numerous females of dipteran kleptoparasites were observed in the nesting area of O. variegatus. However, only a few nests were infested by larvae of Senotainia conica (Fallen, 1810).

scholarly journals NEW RECORDS OF CERCERIS TUBERCULATA (VILLERS, 1787) (HYMENOPTERA: CRABRONIDAE) FROM UKRAINE, WITH NOTES ON ITS PARASITOIDS AND PREY

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 77-84
Author(s):  
K. V. Martynova ◽  
A. V. Martynov
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
Digger Wasp ◽  
Red Data Book ◽  
Data Book ◽  
First Time ◽  
Velvet Ant

Present paper reports observations on the digger wasp Cerceris tuberculata (Villers, 1787) (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae), listed in Red Data Book of Ukraine, its parasitoids and prey. The observations revealed two parasitoids associated with this wasp: a cuckoo wasp Hedychrum virens Dahlbom, 1845 (Chrysididae) and velvet ant Nemka viduata viduata (Pallas, 1773) (Mutillidae). The host-parasitoid association of this velvet ant and C. tuberculata is provided for the first time. Four species of weevils were registered as a prey of C. tuberculata, three of them are given for the first time herein. New records of the species from Zaporizhzhya and Kherson Regions are provided; the species is reported from Zaporizhzhia Region for the first time.

Female size affects provisioning and sex allocation in a digger wasp

1997 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
ERHARD STROHM ◽  
K.EDUARD LINSENMAIR
Keyword(s):  
Sex Allocation ◽  
Female Size ◽  
Digger Wasp

scholarly journals Post-mating shift towards longer-chain cuticular hydrocarbons drastically reduces female attractiveness to males in a digger wasp

2017 ◽  
Vol 100 ◽  
pp. 119-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlo Polidori ◽  
Irene Giordani ◽  
Mareike Wurdack ◽  
José Tormos ◽  
Josep D. Asís ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cuticular Hydrocarbons ◽  
Digger Wasp ◽  
Female Attractiveness

scholarly journals Sexual behavior of the digger wasp Sphex ingens Smith (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae)

2015 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Alberto S. Souza ◽  
Fábio Prezoto ◽  
Mauro Sérgio C.S. Lima ◽  
Jonas Pederassi
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Digger Wasp

scholarly journals A nesting aggregation of the solitary bee Megachile atrata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in the Philippines

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Christopher K. Starr
Keyword(s):  
New Guinea ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Solitary Bee ◽  
Nest Structure ◽  
Nesting Aggregation

A nesting aggregation of Megachile (Creightonella) atrata Smith in the Philippines comprised almost 300 active nests.  The bees in rapid flight resemble the hornet Vespa tropica Linnaeus. The nest structure is similar to that reported for M. (C.) frontalis (Fabricius) in New Guinea.

A cladistic analysis of Gorytina (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Bembicini), with a reclassification of the subtribe

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2069 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
PAVEL G. NEMKOV ◽  
WOJCIECH J. PULAWSKI
Keyword(s):  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Digger Wasp

Based on a cladistic analysis of the digger wasp subtribe Gorytina, the subtribes Argogorytina Nemkov and Lelej 1996, stat. resurr. (consisting of Argogorytes Ashmead 1899, Neogorytes Bohart in Bohart and Menke 1976, and Pterygorytes Bohart 1967), and Trichogorytina, subtrib. nov. (genus Trichogorytes Rohwer 1912 only) are removed from Gorytina. The genus Pterygorytes Bohart 1967 is transferred to Handlirschiina. New generic synonyms are: Pseudoplisus Ashmead 1899, and Leiogorytes Bohart 2000 = Gorytes Latreille 1805; and Malaygorytes Nemkov 1999 = Argogorytes Ashmead 1899. Thirteen species originally described in Pseudoplisus are transferred to Gorytes (new comb.): P. butleri Bohart 1969, P. californicus Bohart 1969, P. catalinae Bohart 1969, P. claripennis Bohart 1969, P. erugatus Bohart 1969, P. flavidulus Bohart 1969, P. hadrus Bohart 1969, P. imperialis Bohart 1969, P. nigricomus Bohart 1969, P. ocellatus Bohart 1969, P. samiatus Bohart 1969, P. willcoxi Ohl 2009, and P. tanythrix Bohart 1969. Also transferred to Gorytes (new comb.) are Leiogorytes guerrero Bohart 2000, Arpactus nyasicus R. Turner, 1915 and the following twelve species originally described in Gorytes but currently placed in Pseudoplisus: G. abdominalis Cresson 1865, G. aequalis Handlirsch 1888, G. divisus F. Smith 1856, G. effugiens Brauns 1911, G. fasciatus W. Fox 1896, G. montanus Cameron 1890, G. natalensis F. Smith 1856, G. ranosahae Arnold 1945, G. rubiginosus Handlirsch 1888, G. rufomaculatus W. Fox 1896, G. smithii Cresson 1880, and G. venustus Cresson 1865. Malaygorytes konishii (Nemkov 1999) is transferred to Argogorytes (new comb.). Updated diagnoses of Gorytes and Argogorytes are provided.

A colorful new species of the digger wasp genus Pseudoplisus Ashmead from the Southwestern United States (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Crabronidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2009 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-34
Author(s):  
MICHAEL OHL
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New Species ◽  
New Mexico ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
Southwestern United States ◽  
Digger Wasp ◽  
A New Species

A new species of apoid wasps, Pseudoplisus willcoxi sp. nov., is described from Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado. It is compared with all other species currently assigned to the genus. It has a remarkable overall color pattern, unique in Pseudoplisus, and a restricted collecting record: only a single specimen was collected outside of the Willcox area in Arizona (defined here as including the Animas area, New Mexico). Additionally, of the 34 remaining specimens, one was collected in 1974 and all other after 2001. In the present paper, the new species is diagnosed, described, and the relevant characters are illustrated. The geographic distribution and its heterogeneous collecting record are briefly discussed.

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