Parabatozonus lacerticida

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Parabatozonus lacerticida
Pompilidae - Batozonellus lacerticida.JPG
Parabatozonus lacerticida. Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Suborder:
Apocrita
Superfamily:
Pompiloidea
Family:
Pompilidae
Subfamily:
Pompilinae
Genus:
Parabatozonus
Species:
P. lacerticida
Binomial name
Parabatozonus lacerticida
(Pallas, 1771)
Synonyms [1] [2]
  • Sphex lacerticidaPallas, 1771
  • Sphex quadripunctataFabricius, 1787
  • Pepsis quadripunctatus(Fabricius, 1787)
  • Pompilus quadripunctatus(Fabricius, 1787)
  • Batozonus quadripunctatus(Fabricius, 1787)
  • Batozonus lacerticida(Pallas, 1771)
  • Batozonellus lacerticida(Pallas, 1771)

Parabatozonus lacerticida is a species of the spider-hunting wasp of the family Pompilidae. [1]

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Description

Parabatozonus lacerticida can reach a length of 16–22 millimetres (0.63–0.87 in) in females and 12.5–17 millimetres (0.49–0.67 in) in males. [3] These spider hunting wasps have a mainly black body with orange antennae, orange legs beginning at the apex of the femora, and yellow markings on the orbits, edge of the pronotum, scutum, scutellum, and terga 2-4 of the abdomen. The wings are orange, with a brownish band on the tips of the forewings. [4] [3]

Biology

This species hunts large orb weaver spiders (family Araneidae) in the genera Argiope and Araneus . [4] Like other spider wasps, they paralyze these spiders with their venomous stings and drag them into their underground nests. Then they lay an egg into the abdomen of their prey.[ citation needed ]

Distribution

This species has a transpalearctic distribution and can be found across Europe as far west as Portugal, North Africa, and Asia as far east as Japan. [1] [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Loktionov, Valery M.; Lelej, Arkady S. (2017). "An annotated catalogue of the spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of Russia". Zootaxa. 4280 (1): 1–95. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4280.1.1.
  2. ↑ Vardy, C.R. (2005). "The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 3. The P. inclyta- to P. auriguttata-groups". Zoologische Mededelingen. 79 (5): 1–305.
  3. 1 2 3 Szymkiewicz, Marian (2024). "Nowe stwierdzenia nastecznika żółtoskrzydłego Parabatozonus lacerticida (Pallas, 1771) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) na Pojezierzu Mazurskim". Kulon. 29: 69–75. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
  4. 1 2 Loktionov, Valery M.; Lelej, Arkady S. (2014). Spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of the Russian Far East. Vladivostok: Dalnauka. pp. 472 pp. ISBN   978-5-8044-1443-7.
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