Biology:Parabatozonus lacerticida

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Short description: Species of wasp

Parabatozonus lacerticida
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 lacerticida Pallas, 1771
  • Sphex quadripunctata Fabricius, 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]

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

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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Szymkiewicz, Marian (2024). "Nowe stwierdzenia nastecznika żółtoskrzydłego Parabatozonus lacerticida (Pallas, 1771) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) na Pojezierzu Mazurskim". Kulon 29: 69-75. https://agro.icm.edu.pl/agro/element/bwmeta1.element.agro-e348a31a-9526-4368-96df-082b4cbc2951. Retrieved 2024-07-14. 
  4. ↑ 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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