Dielis trifasciata

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Dielis trifasciata
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Dielis trifasciata. Museum specimen
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Scoliidae
Genus: Dielis
Species:
D. trifasciata
Binomial name
Dielis trifasciata
(Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms [1] [2] [3]
  • Tiphia trifasciataFabricius, 1793
  • Scolia trifasciata(Fabricius, 1793)
  • Elis trifasciatus(Fabricius, 1793)
  • Campsomeris trifasciata(Fabricius 1793)
  • Colpa alexandriLepeletier, 1845

Dielis trifasciata, also known as the three-banded scoliid wasp, is a species in the family Scoliidae. [3]

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Description and identification

Dielis trifasciata typically have a body length of 10–15 millimetres (0.39–0.59 in), [4] though males of the subspecies D. t. nassauensis can reach up to 19 millimetres (0.75 in). [5] The females have yellow bands on the three anterior abdominal segments. [6] These bands are broad in the nominate subspecies, D. t. trifasciata but very narrow in the subspecies D. t. nassauensis. In males, the last three abdominal segments are black, and the scutellum has a single yellow band. The males of D. t. trifasciata are distinguished from allied species in part by the extensively yellow clypeus. [1]

Biology

These parasitic wasps lay eggs on larvae of the scarab Phyllophaga portoricensis . [4] Adult scoliids feed on nectar and possibly pollen. [7]

Distribution

Dielis trifasciata is present in southern Florida, the Bahamas, and in most of the Greater Antilles. [4] [1]

Subspecies

There are two subspecies of D. trifasciata: [8]

Related Research Articles

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<i>Polistes bahamensis</i> Species of wasp

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<i>Dielis</i> Genus of wasps

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Bradley, James Chester (1928). "The Species of Campsomeris (Hymenoptera-Scoliidae) of the plumipes Group, Inhabiting the United States, the Greater Antilles, and the Bahama Islands". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 80: 313–337. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
  2. ↑ Krombein, Karl V. (1979). "Scoliidae". In Krombein, Karl V.; Hurd, Paul D. Jr.; Smith, David R.; Burks, B.D. (eds.). Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Vol. 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 1316.
  3. 1 2 Holm, Heather (2021). "Chapter 10 Scoliidae: Scoliid Wasps". Wasps: Their Biology, Diversity, and Role as Beneficial Insects and Pollinators of Native Plants. Minnetonka, MN: Pollination Press LLC. pp. 214–229. ISBN   9780991356317.
  4. 1 2 3 Grissell, Eric E. (2007). "Scoliid Wasps of Florida, Campsomeris, Scolia and Trielis spp. (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae)" (PDF). Featured Creatures, DPI Entomology Circulars 179 and 185. University of Florida Entomology and Nematology Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  5. ↑ Krombein, Karl V. (1953). "The Wasps and Bees of the Bimini Island Group, Bahamas, British West Indies (Hymenoptera: Aculeata)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (1633): 1–29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  6. ↑ Wolcott, George N. (1948). "Insects of Puerto Rico" (PDF). Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico. 32 (4): 855 . Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  7. ↑ Khouri, Z.; Gillung, J.P.; Kimsey, L.S. (2022). "The evolutionary history of mammoth wasps (Hymenoptera: Scoliidae)". bioRxiv   10.1101/2022.01.24.474473 .
  8. ↑ Osten, T. (2005). "Checkliste der Dolchwespen der Welt (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Scoliidae). Teil 1: Proscoliinae und Scoliinae: Campsomerini. Teil 2: Scoliinae: Scoliini. Teil 3: Literatur" [Checklist of the Scoliidae of the World. Part 1: Proscoliinae and Scoliinae: Campsomerini. Part 2: Scoliinae: Scoliini. Part 3: Literature](PDF). Bericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Augsburg (in German). 62 (220–221): 1–62. Retrieved 2023-07-17.


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