Biology:Sceliphron coromandelicum

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Short description: Species of insect

Sceliphron coromandelicum
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Sphecidae
Genus: Sceliphron
Species:
S. coromandelicum
Binomial name
Sceliphron coromandelicum
(Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845)
Synonyms
  • Ammophila coromandelica(Casolari and Casolari Moreno, 1980)
  • Pelopaeus coromandelicus Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845

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

Wikidata ☰ Q10818853 entry