Ancistrocerus adiabatus (lat.) Is a species of single wasps from the Vespidae family.
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| Ancistrocerus adiabatus viereck , 1906 |
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Distribution
Found in North America : Canada and the USA. [one]
Description
The length of the anterior wing of females is 8.0-10.0 mm, and that of males is 6.0-9.0 mm. Body color is mostly black with yellow marks. Nests are built on stones and walls. To feed their larvae, the caterpillars of butterflies from the Tortricidae family are obtained as provisions. [one]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Buck, Matthias; Marshall, Stephen A .; Cheung, David KB (2008). Identification Atlas of the Vespidae (Hymenoptera, Aculeata) of the northeastern Nearctic region (English) (Retrieved July 23, 2011)
Literature
- MacLachlan, WB 1980. A key to and notes on the Eumenes of America north of Mexico (Hymenoptera: Eumenidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 53: 617–621.
- Richards, OW 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. vii + 580 pp., 4 plates.