Biology:Sceliphron coromandelicum
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Short description: Species of insect
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Sphecidae |
| Genus: | Sceliphron |
| Species: | S. coromandelicum
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| Sceliphron coromandelicum (Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845)
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Sceliphron coromandelicum is a species of solitary mud dauber wasp in the family Sphecidae.[1] The female holotype was collected in Coromandel Coast, India.[2]
Ecology
The females constructs mud nests which she provisions with spiders as a food source for the enclosed immatures. The spiders are generally Araneidae and in some cases terricolous Salticidae.[3]
References
- ↑ "Sceliphron coromandelicum" (in en-US). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/741651-Sceliphron-coromandelicum.
- ↑ "Sceliphron". http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/entomology/entomology_resources/Hymenoptera/sphecidae/Genera/Sceliphron.pdf.
- ↑ Snyman, Louwrens Pieter; Binoy, Chereekandy (2022-06-01). "Evolutionary relic or a curious coincidence? A mantisfly emerging from a mud-dauber nest" (in en). Evolutionary Ecology 36 (3): 421–429. doi:10.1007/s10682-022-10167-8. ISSN 1573-8477. https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-981697/v1.
Wikidata ☰ Q10818853 entry
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