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Ceropales Maculata
''Ceropales maculata'' is a kleptoparasitic spider wasp found in the holoarctic region. Biology ''Ceropales maculata'' is an uncommon spider wasp. This species intercepts other spider wasps engaged in prey transport and lays its eggs in the book lung of the captured spider. ''C. maculata'' then allows the other spider wasp to return to its nest, where the ''C. maculata'' larvae hatch, eat the host egg, and consume the spider. Spider wasps kleptoparasitised by ''C. maculata'' include species in the genera ''Priocnemis'', '' Pompilus'', ''Agenioideus'', ''Arachnospila'', ''Anoplius'', ''Episyron'' and ''Auplopus'' in Britain and Europe. Other species of non-Pompilid solitary wasp which use spiders as prey, for example the sphecid ''Miscophus ''Miscophus'' is a genus of square-headed wasps in the family Crabronidae. There are more than 180 described species in ''Miscophus''. See also * List of Miscophus species References External links * Crabronidae Articles cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Christian Fabricius
Johan Christian Fabricius (7 January 1745 – 3 March 1808) was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others. He was a student of Carl Linnaeus, and is considered one of the most important entomologists of the 18th century, having named nearly 10,000 species of animals, and established the basis for the modern insect classification. Biography Johan Christian Fabricius was born on 7 January 1745 at Tønder in the Duchy of Schleswig, where his father was a doctor. He studied at the gymnasium at Altona and entered the University of Copenhagen in 1762. Later the same year he travelled together with his friend and relative Johan Zoëga to Uppsala, where he studied under Carl Linnaeus for two years. On his return, he started work on his , which was finally published in 1775. Throughout this time, he remained dependent on subsidies from his father, who worked as a consultant at Frederiks Hospita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Episyron
''Episyron'' is a genus of wasps in the family Pompilidae which prey on spiders. Nine species are found in Europe. Features ''Episyron'' wasps are medium to large in size. The head and thorax have long, dark clustered hair with spotted abdomens. Habits These wasps occur in open sandy habitats where the females can burrow easily to create nests. They prey on spiders of the families Araneidae, Lycosidae and Tetragnathidae. Species *'' Episyron albisquamis'' Priesner, 1966 *'' Episyron albonotatum'' (Vander Linden, 1827) *'' Episyron anticus'' Haupt 1962 *'' Episyron argillaceus'' Arnold, 1936 *'' Episyron arizonica'' Banks 1933 *'' Episyron arnoldi'' Priesner 1967 *'' Episyron arrogans'' (Smith, 1873) *'' Episyron atrytone'' Banks 1911 *'' Episyron bakeri'' Banks 1934 *'' Episyron bequaerti'' Arnold, 1936 *'' Episyron bicinctus'' Bischoff, 1913 *'' Episyron biguttatus'' (Fabricius, 1798) Two Spotted Spider Wasp *'' Episyron binghami'' Banks 1934 *'' Episyron braunsii'' Arnold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ceropalinae
The Ceropalinae are a subfamily of the Pompilidae, the spider wasps, containing two genera, whose members are kleptoparasitic on other solitary wasps which hunt spiders, mainly fellow members of the Pompilidae. The two genera within the Ceropalinae are Kimsey L.S. & Wasbauer MS 2004 Revision of New World Species of the Cleptoparasitic Pompilid Genus Irenangelus Schulz (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) ''Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society'' 77(4) 650-668 *''Ceropales'' Latreille, 1796 *''Irenangelus ''Ireangelus'' is a genus of kleptoparasitic spider wasps from the sub-family Ceropalinae of the family Pompilidae. The genus has a pan tropical distribution, being known from Oriental, Neotropical, Australian, eastern Palearctic, and Madagascan ...'' Schultz 1906 References Apocrita subfamilies {{apocrita-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hymenoptera Of Europe
Hymenoptera is a large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described, in addition to over 2,000 extinct ones. Many of the species are parasitic. Females typically have a special ovipositor for inserting eggs into hosts or places that are otherwise inaccessible. This ovipositor is often modified into a stinger. The young develop through holometabolism (complete metamorphosis)—that is, they have a wormlike larval stage and an inactive pupal stage before they mature. Etymology The name Hymenoptera refers to the wings of the insects, but the original derivation is ambiguous. All references agree that the derivation involves the Ancient Greek πτερόν (''pteron'') for wing. The Ancient Greek ὑμήν (''hymen'') for membrane provides a plausible etymology for the term because species in this order have membranous wings. However, a key characteristic of this order is that the hindwings are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voltinism
Voltinism is a term used in biology to indicate the number of broods or generations of an organism in a year. The term is most often applied to insects, and is particularly in use in sericulture, where silkworm varieties vary in their voltinism. * Univoltine (monovoltine) – (adjective) referring to organisms having one brood or generation per year * Bivoltine (divoltine) – (adjective) referring to organisms having two broods or generations per year *Trivoltine – (adjective) referring to organisms having three broods or generations per year * Multivoltine (polyvoltine) – (adjective) referring to organisms having more than two broods or generations per year * Semivoltine – There are two meanings: :* (''biology'') Less than univoltine; having a brood or generation less often than once per year :* or (adjective) referring to organisms whose generation time is more than one year. Examples The speckled wood butterfly is univoltine in the northern part of its range, e.g. north ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miscophus
''Miscophus'' is a genus of square-headed wasps in the family Crabronidae. There are more than 180 described species in ''Miscophus''. See also * List of Miscophus species References External links * Crabronidae Articles created by Qbugbot {{apoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sphecid
The Sphecidae are a cosmopolitan family of wasps of the suborder Apocrita that includes sand wasps, mud daubers, and other thread-waisted wasps. The name Sphecidae was formerly given to a much larger grouping of wasps. This was found to be paraphyletic, so most of the old subfamilies have been moved to the Crabronidae. Biology The biology of the Sphecidae, even under the restricted definition, is still fairly diverse; some sceliphrines even display rudimentary forms of sociality, and some sphecines rear multiple larvae in a single large brood cell. Many nest in pre-existing cavities, or dig simple burrows in the soil, but some species construct free-standing nests of mud and even (in one genus) resin. All are predatory and parasitoidal, but the type of prey ranges from spiders to various dictyopterans, orthopteroids and larvae of either Lepidoptera or other Hymenoptera; the vast majority practice mass provisioning, providing all the prey items prior to laying the egg. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pompilid
Wasps in the family Pompilidae are commonly called spider wasps, spider-hunting wasps, or pompilid wasps. The family is cosmopolitan, with some 5,000 species in six subfamilies. Nearly all species are solitary (with the exception of some group-nesting Ageniellini), and most capture and paralyze prey, though members of the subfamily Ceropalinae are kleptoparasites of other pompilids, or ectoparasitoids of living spiders. In South America, species may be referred to colloquially as or , though these names can be generally applied to any very large stinging wasps. Furthermore, in some parts of Venezuela and Colombia, it is called , or "horse killers", while in Brazil some particular bigger and brighter species of the general kind might be called /, or "throat locker". Morphology Like other strong fliers, pompilids have a thorax modified for efficient flight. The metathorax is solidly fused to the pronotum and mesothorax; moreover, the prothorax is best developed in Pompilidae a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auplopus
''Auplopus'' is a large genus of spider wasps belonging to the subfamily Pepsinae of the spider wasp family Pompilidae Wasps in the family Pompilidae are commonly called spider wasps, spider-hunting wasps, or pompilid wasps. The family is cosmopolitan, with some 5,000 species in six subfamilies. Nearly all species are solitary (with the exception of some group-ne ..., distributed throughout the world except for Antarctica. ''Auplopus'' wasps have the gruesome habit of amputating the legs of their spider prey before transporting it to the nest. Species Species within ''Auplopus'' include *'' Auplopus albifrons'' (Dalman, 1823) *'' Auplopus architectus'' (Say 1836) *'' Auplopus alaris'' (Saussure 1867) *'' Auplopus alishanus'' Ishikawa 1967 *'' Auplopus amazonus'' Wahis 2006 *'' Auplopus appendiculatus'' (Gussakovskij 1932) *'' Auplopus arcuaticornis'' Wahis 2006 *'' Auplopus bakeri'' (Banks 1934) *'' Auplopus banosensis'' Tsuneki 1988 *'' Auplopus bimaculatus'' (Smith 1859) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anoplius
''Anoplius'' is a genus of spider wasps in the family Pompilidae, called the blue-black spider wasps. The genus includes the following species: *'' Anoplius aethiops'' (Cresson 1865) *'' Anoplius americanus'' (Beauvois) *'' Anoplius amethystinus'' (Dahlbom) *'' Anoplius apiculatus'' (Smith) *'' Anoplius atrox'' (Dahlbom 1843) *'' Anoplius carolinus'' (Banks 1921) *'' Anoplius caviventris'' (Aurivillius, 1907) *'' Anoplius cleora'' (Banks 1917) *'' Anoplius concinnus'' (Dahlbom, 1845) *''Anoplius depressipes ''Anoplius depressipes'' is a species of spider wasp in the family Pompilidae. It is a known predator of fishing spiders from the genus ''Dolomedes ''Dolomedes'' is a genus of large spiders of the family Pisauridae. They are also known as f ...'' Banks 1919 *'' Anoplius illinoensis'' (Robertson 1901) *'' Anoplius infuscatus'' (Vander Linden, 1827) *'' Anoplius ithaca'' (Banks 1912) *'' Anoplius krombeini'' Evans 1950 *'' Anoplius marginalis'' (Banks 1910) *'' Anoplius ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kleptoparasitism
Kleptoparasitism (etymologically, parasitism by theft) is a form of feeding in which one animal deliberately takes food from another. The strategy is evolutionarily stable when stealing is less costly than direct feeding, which can mean when food is scarce or when victims are abundant. Many kleptoparasites are arthropods, especially bees and wasps, but including some true flies, dung beetles, bugs, and spiders. Cuckoo bees are specialized kleptoparasites which lay their eggs either on the pollen masses made by other bees, or on the insect hosts of parasitoid wasps. They are an instance of Emery's rule, which states that insect social parasites tend to be closely related to their hosts. The behavior occurs, too, in vertebrates including birds such as skuas, which persistently chase other seabirds until they disgorge their food, and carnivorous mammals such as spotted hyenas and lions. Other species opportunistically indulge in kleptoparasitism. Strategy Kleptoparasitism is a fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arachnospila
''Arachnospila'' is a predominantly Holarctic genus of spider wasps, with limited representation in montane habitats in Neotropical The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In bioge ... and Afrotropical regions.Lelej, A.s & Loktiniov V.M 2011 Review of the nominotypical subgenus of ''Arachnospila'' Kincaid (Hymenoptera:Pompilidae) of Russia and neighbouring countries with the lectotypification of enigmatic ''Pompilus sogdianus'' Morawitz and description of new species ''Zootaxa'' 2882: 1–18 They are found in open habitats and at forest edge, the nests may contain more than one cell. Species Subgenus ''Acanthopompilus'' *'' Arachnospila conjungens'' (Kohl, 1898) *'' Arachnospila alpivaga'' (Kohl, 1888) *'' Arachnospila nuda'' (Tournier, 1890) Subgenus ''Ammosphex'' *'' Arachnospi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
