Scolia procera
| Scolia procera | |
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| Scolia procera from Sumatra. Male and female | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Superfamily: | Vespoidea |
| Family: | Scoliidae |
| Genus: | Scolia |
| Species: | S. procera |
| Binomial name | |
| Scolia procera Illiger, 1802 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Scolia procera is a species of wasps belonging to the family Scoliidae.[1]
Description
Scolia procera can reach a length of about 46–53 millimetres (1.8–2.1 in).[2] Males are smaller and slimmer than females and have longer antennae. These insects have a black stout body with red spots on the thorax and abdomen. The head is black with a large almost square yellow-red marking. Large red spot are present at the sides of the pronotum. The legs are hairy. The edge of the brown wings is quite wrinkled.[3][4]
Behavior
These parasitic wasps are not aggressive, but their stings are very painful. Females lay their eggs on the larvae of dung beetles.[3]
Distribution
This species occurs in Java, Borneo, and Sumatra.[3][5]
References
- ↑ Insectoid
- ↑ G. Gribodo Descrizione di un nuovo genere e di nuove species di imenotteri scolidei con osservazioni supra nuove specie già conosciute
- 1 2 3 David Burnie (2001) Animals Dorling Kindersley Limited, London. ISBN 90-18-01564-4
- ↑ Animale Salbatice
- ↑ The Journal of the Linnean Society: Zoology, Volume 8
- The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, Volume 20
- Frederick Smith Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum Natural History
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