Antepipona bhutanensis (lat.) Is a species of single wasps of the genus Antepipona ( Eumeninae ).
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| Antepipona bhutanensis Giordani Soika, 1975 |
Distribution
South Asia : Bhutan
Description
Small wasps (less than 1 cm). The main color is black with reddish marks. Antepipona tytides differs from the closely related species in the shiny posterior propodeum. The back of the methanotum (posterior shield) is keeled, steep, with two towering tubercles or teeth. The 1st segment of the abdomen is only slightly narrower than the 2nd, not stalked. The first tergite of the abdomen without a transverse roller, uniformly convex. The second radio-medial wing cell is not stalked. Shins of middle legs with one spur. Representatives of the genus Antepipona nest in the ground, adult females prey on butterfly caterpillars that feed on their larvae [1] [2] .
Notes
- ↑ Kumar, GP, Carpenter, JM & Sureshan, PM A taxonomic review of the genus Antepipona de Saussure, 1855 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from India (English) // Zootaxa : Journal. - Auckland , New Zealand : Magnolia Press, 2016 .-- Vol. 4150, no. 5 . - P. 501-536. - ISSN 1175-5326 . - DOI : 10.11646 / zootaxa.4150.5.1. .
- ↑ Giordani Soika, A. (1975). Ergebnisse der Bhutan — Expedition des Naturhistorisches Museums in Basel, Hymenoptera, Fam. Eumenidae. Entomologica basiliensis, 1, 387–393, 5 figs.
Literature
- Gusenleitner J. Über Eumenidae der orientalischen Region (Hymenoptera, Vespoidea) // Linzer Biologische Beiträge - 1996. - Vol. 28, no. 1. - S. 39–56. - ISSN 0253-116X