Campsomeris trifasciata

Campsomeris trifasciata
Campsomeris trifasciata. Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Scoliidae
Subfamily: Scoliinae
Tribe: Campsomerini
Genus: Campsomeris
Species: C. trifasciata
Binomial name
Campsomeris trifasciata
(Fabricius, 1793)

Campsomeris trifasciata is a species of the family Scoliidae, also known as the scoliid wasps.[1]

Description

Campsomeris trifasciata can reach a length of 10–15 millimetres (0.39–0.59 in). These wasps show yellow bands on the three anterior abdominal segments. In males the last three abdominal segments are black and the scutellum has a single yellow band.[2][3][4]

Biology

These parasitic wasps lay eggs on larvae of the scarab Phyllophaga portoricensis.[2] Adults feed on pollen.

Distribution

This species is present in southern Florida and in most of the Greater Antilles.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Biolib
  2. 1 2 3 E. E. Grissell Scoliid Wasps of Florida, Campsomeris, Scolia andTrielis spp. (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae)
  3. ↑ Insects of Puerto Rico
  4. ↑ KARL V. KROMBEIN The Wasps and Bees of the Bimini Island Group, Bahamas, British West Indies (Hymenoptera: Aculeata)

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