Biology:Cryptocheilus discolor

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Short description: Species of wasp

Cryptocheilus discolor
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Pompilidae
Genus: Cryptocheilus
Species:
C. discolor
Binomial name
Cryptocheilus discolor
(Fabricius, 1793)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Cryptocheilus eatoni (Saunders, 1901)
  • (Fabricius) Saunders, 1901
  • Fabricius, 1804 Priocnemis graellssi
  • Cryptochilus luteipennis Guerin
  • Cryptochilus discolor (Fabricius, 1804)
  • Costa, 1874 Salius discolor
  • Pompilus graellsii Fabricius
  • Cryptocheilus luteipennis (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Guérin, 1843 Smith, 1855
  • Sphex discolor Pompilus grohmanni
  • Fabricius, 1793 Cryptochilus eatoni
  • Spinola, 1808 Salius dissimilis
  • Priocnemis nigriventris Pompilus luteipennis

Cryptocheilus discolor is a species of pepsid spider wasp which is found in the Mediterranean Basin and the Middle East.

Distribution

From Iberia[2] and Morocco east through the Mediterranean Basin to Iran and Central Asia.[3]

Biology

Apparently little known, has been recorded feeding on the flowers of Mentha pulegium.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Cryptocheilus discolor (Fabricius, 1793)". GBIF.org. https://www.gbif.org/species/4505029/synonyms. Retrieved 8 September 2016. 
  2. ↑ "Cryptocheilus discolor - a spider-hunting wasp". www.eimagesite.net. http://www.eimagesite.net/s3/gst/run.cgi?page=s3_insecta_C_Cryptocheilus_discolor. Retrieved 8 September 2016. 
  3. ↑ Ebrahimi, E.; Schmid-Egger, C.; Wahis, R. (2008). "New records of Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) from Iran". Linzer Biologische Beiträge 40 (2): 1435–1442. http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/LBB_0040_2_1435-1442.pdf. 
  4. ↑ "Naturalezas, Gentes y Sitios". Jose Manuel A.V.. http://naturalezasitiosygentes.blogspot.co.uk/2015_10_01_archive.html. Retrieved 7 September 2016. 

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