Auplopus albifrons
| Auplopus albifrons | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Pompilidae |
| Subfamily: | Pepsinae |
| Genus: | Auplopus |
| Species: | A. albifrons |
| Binomial name | |
| Auplopus albifrons (Dalman, 1823) | |
Auplopus albifrons is a spider wasp of the family Pompilidae.[1][2]
Subspecies
- Auplopus albifrons albifrons (Dalman, 1823)
Description
Auplopus albifrons are medium-sized wasps, with short petiole on first abdominal segment and red first abdominal terga. Females typically have long legs, slender body and long curling antennae. They show an elongated clypeal margin.[3]
Biology
The females build their brood cells of mud on walls or stones. They prey various species of spiders.[3] They usually amputate the legs of their preys before transporting them to the nest, in order to make them easier to carry either by flight or more often by crawling along the ground. In the cells spiders are stored and the larvae develop.
Habitat
The species prefers warmer areas and occurs in light forests and dry open woodland.
Distribution
This species is present in Austria, Bosnia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Romania, Spain and Switzerland.[4]
Bibliography
- Wahis, R. - Mise à jour du Catalogue systématique des Hyménoptères Pompilides de la région ouest-européenne. Additions et Corrections. Notes fauniques de Gembloux 59 (1) 31-36
- Wahis, R. - Catalogue systématique et codage des Hyménoptères Pompilides de la région ouest-européenne. Notes fauniques de Gembloux 12: 1-91
- Vikberg, 1986 - A checklist of aculeate Hymenoptera of Finland (Hymenoptera, Apocrita Aculeata) Not. Ent. 66 (2): 65-85