Bembecinus tridens
| Bembecinus tridens | |
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| Bembecinus tridens, Museum specimen | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Apocrita |
| Superfamily: | Apoidea |
| Family: | Crabronidae |
| Subfamily: | Bembicinae |
| Tribe: | Stizini |
| Genus: | Bembecinus |
| Species: | B. tridens |
| Binomial name | |
| Bembecinus tridens (Fabricius, 1781) | |
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Bembecinus tridens is a species of sand wasps belonging to the family Crabronidae.[1]
Subspecies
- Bembecinus tridens caesius (Compte Sart, 1959)
- Bembecinus tridens tridens (Fabricius, 1781)
Description
Bembecinus tridens can reach a length of 7–11 millimetres (0.28–0.43 in). The body is black and yellow.
Biology
These wasps fly in one generation from early June to late August. The females have brood care. They dug an unicellular nest. A single female dugs 1-8 nests in succession. After the eggs are laid in the cell the food (commonly cicadas and various families of Homoptera) is introduced.[2][3] The species is parasitized by Hedychrum chalybaeum.[4]
Distribution and habitat
This species can be found from Western Europe and North Africa to Japan and China.[5] They are common inhabitants of sandy areas.
Bibliography
- Nemkov P. G. (2012). Digger wasps of the genus Bembecinus A. Costa, 1859 (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae, Bembicinae) of the fauna of Russia and neighbouring countries. - Bembecinus A. Costa, 1859 (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae, Bembicinae)). // Far Eastern Entomologist. 2012. N 251. C. 1-11. ISSN 1026-051X
- Rolf Witt: Wespen. Beobachten, Bestimmen. Naturbuch-Verlag, Augsburg 1998, ISBN 3-89440-243-1.
References
- ↑ Biolib
- ↑ C. Polidori , V. Zangheratti , A. Martinoli & F. Andrietti Temporal transition of nesting activities in the digger wasp Bembecinus tridens (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae) Italian Journal of Zoology, 74:3, 265-275, DOI: 10.1080/11250000701282042
- ↑ Howard Ensign EVANS,Kevin M. O'Neill,Howard Ensign Evans The Sand Wasps: natural history and behavior
- ↑ Inventaire des Hyménoptères Sphécides
- ↑ Fauna europaea
External links
- Bembecinus tridens - Biodiversity Heritage Library - Bibliography
- Bembecinus tridens - NCBI Taxonomy Database
- Bembecinus tridens - Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- Bembecinus tridens - Encyclopedia of Life
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