Synagris cornuta
| Synagris cornuta | |
|---|---|
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| Male | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Genus: | Synagris |
| Species: | S. cornuta |
| Binomial name | |
| Synagris cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Synagris cornuta is a species of potter wasp in the subfamily Eumeninae of the family Vespidae.[1]
Unlike most aculeate Hymenoptera, males of S. cornuta are larger, on average, than females and most have long mandibular tusks. Nests are usually constructed on the undersides of large leaves using soil; they generally have up to three cells. Females feed larvae with macerated pieces of caterpillar. Males have been seen patrolling from nest to nest; some guard nests for several days, using their tusks to compete other males over mud nest cells containing females that are about to emerge.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ WaspWeb
- ↑ Longair, R. 2009. Tusked Males, Male Dimorphism and Nesting Behavior in a Subsocial Afrotropical Wasp, Synagris cornuta, and Weapons and Dimorphism in the Genus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 77: 528-55. https://doi.org/10.2317/E-38.1