Cerceris
| Cerceris | |
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| Cerceris rybyensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Crabronidae |
| Subfamily: | Philanthinae |
| Tribe: | Cercerini |
| Genus: | Cerceris Latreille, 1802 |
| Species | |
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850+, see text | |
Cerceris is a genus of wasps in the family Crabronidae. It is the largest genus in the family, with over 850 described species.[1] The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species on every continent.[2]
The adult female Cerceris wasp generally digs a nest in the soil and provisions it with living prey items she has paralyzed with venom.[1] The prey are usually beetles,[2] and sometimes bees.[1] Many Cerceris are solitary, but some species share nesting sites or nest communally.[2]
The faces of the females are frequently modified with unusual projections on the clypeus and the clypeal margin which can take the shape of conical bulges to elongated curving "horns". Paralyzed prey are carried in the females' mandibles, which are somewhat elongated and tend to have prominent teeth, often with species-specific shapes. The abdominal segments are also constricted very strongly at the junctures, giving the abdomen a somewhat corrugated, accordion-like appearance.
Selected species
Species within this genus include:[3]
- Cerceris abdominalis (Fabricius 1804)
- Cerceris albicolor Shestakov 1918
- Cerceris albofasciata (Rossi 1790)
- Cerceris amathusia Beaumont 1958
- Cerceris angustirostris Shestakov 1918
- Cerceris arenaria (Linnaeus 1758)
- Cerceris bellona Mercet 1914
- Cerceris bicincta Klug 1835
- Cerceris boetica (Perez 1913)
- Cerceris bracteata Eversmann 1849
- Cerceris bucculata A. Costa 1860
- Cerceris bupresticida Dufour 1841
- Cerceris cheskesiana Giner Mari 1945
- Cerceris circularis (Fabricius 1804)
- Cerceris concinna Brulle 1839
- Cerceris dispar Dahlbom 1845
- Cerceris dorsalis Eversmann 1849
- Cerceris dusmeti Giner Mari 1941
- Cerceris elegans Eversmann 1849
- Cerceris eryngii Marquet 1875
- Cerceris euryanthe Kohl 1888
- Cerceris eversmanni Schulz 1912
- Cerceris fimbriata (Rossi 1790)
- Cerceris flavicornis Brulle 1833
- Cerceris flavilabris (Fabricius 1793)
- Cerceris flaviventris Vander Linden 1829
- Cerceris fodiens Eversmann 1849
- Cerceris hortivaga Kohl 1880
- Cerceris ibericella Leclercq 1979
- Cerceris impercepta Beaumont 1950
- Cerceris interrupta (Panzer 1799)
- Cerceris lunata A. Costa 1869
- Cerceris maculicrus Beaumont 1967
- Cerceris media Klug 1835
- Cerceris odontophora Schletterer 1887
- Cerceris quadricincta (Panzer 1799)
- Cerceris quadrifasciata (Panzer 1799)
- Cerceris quinquefasciata (Rossi 1792)
- Cerceris rossica Shestakov 1914
- Cerceris rubida (Jurine 1807)
- Cerceris ruficornis (Fabricius 1793)
- Cerceris rutila Spinola 1839
- Cerceris rybyensis (Linnaeus 1771)
- Cerceris sabulosa (Panzer 1799)
- Cerceris somotorensis Balthasar 1956
- Cerceris specularis A. Costa 1869
- Cerceris spinipectus F. Smith 1856
- Cerceris stratiotes Schletterer 1887
- Cerceris tenuivittata Dufour 1849
- Cerceris tuberculata (Villers 1787)
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Alexander, B. A. and J. D. Asis. (1997). Patterns of nest occupancy and provisioning in Cerceris rufopicta Smith (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Journal of Insect Behavior 10(6) 871-93.
- 1 2 3 Genaro, J. A. (2004). A new species of Cerceris from Hispaniola, West Indies (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Philanthinae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 77(4) 761-64.
- ↑ Catalogue of life
External links
- Hymis.de Photographs