Biology:Episyron gallicum
From HandWiki
Short description: Species of wasp
| Episyron gallicum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Pompilidae |
| Genus: | Episyron |
| Species: | E. gallicum
|
| Binomial name | |
| Episyron gallicum Tournier, 1889 [1]
| |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Episyron gallicum is a spider-eating wasp which, as its name suggests, has a distribution centred on France .
Habits
It hunts terrestrial spiders which hunt their prey such as Wolf spiders as opposed to web weaving spiders. The spider is paralysed with a sting and then the helpless spider is sealed in a tunnel and the wasp lays an egg on it. The grub dines on the living spider when it hatches.[2]
Habitat
Open terrain with loose sandy soil.[3]
Distribution
Southern Europe but has recently expanded its range into Poland , Germany and the United Kingdom .[3]
References
- ↑ "Fauna Europaea - Episyron gallicum (Tournier, 1889)". http://ecat-dev.gbif.org/usage/103055530.
- ↑ Roger Highfield (11 May 2006). "French wasp flies in to eat our spiders". Telegraph.co.uk. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1518073/French-wasp-flies-in-to-eat-our-spiders.html.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://www.bedslife.org.uk/documents/newsletters/BioNews%20Spring%2006.pdf, [|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
External links
- Images representing Episyron gallicum at Barcodes of Life
Wikidata ☰ Q5383648 entry
 |  |
