Sceliphron coromandelicum
| Sceliphron coromandelicum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Sphecidae |
| Tribe: | Sceliphrini |
| Genus: | Sceliphron |
| Species: | S. coromandelicum |
| Binomial name | |
| Sceliphron coromandelicum (Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845) | |
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Sceliphron coromandelicum is a species of solitary mud dauber wasp in the family Sphecidae. The female holotype was collected in Coromandel Coast, India.[1]
Ecology
[edit]The females constructs mud nests which she provisions with spiders as a food source for the enclosed immatures. The spiders are generally Araneidae and in some cases terricolous Salticidae.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Sceliphron" (PDF). Catalog of Sphecidae. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 August 2019.
- ↑ Snyman, Louwrens Pieter; Binoy, Chereekandy (2022-06-01). "Evolutionary relic or a curious coincidence? A mantisfly emerging from a mud-dauber nest". Evolutionary Ecology. 36 (3): 421–429. Bibcode:2022EvEco..36..421S. doi:10.1007/s10682-022-10167-8. ISSN 1573-8477 – via SpringerLink.
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