Anoplius concinnus
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Pompilidae |
Genus: | Anoplius |
Species: | A. concinnus
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Binomial name | |
Anoplius concinnus | |
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Anoplius concinnus is a widespread Eurasian species of spider wasp.
Distribution
This species can be found throughout Europe as far west as Great Britain, North Africa and the Middle East and eastwards to Mongolia. In Britain it is found as far north as the Moray Firth[2]
Habitat and ecology
Adult wasps run on wet stones exposed in gravel stream beds, flying between them and the stream banks, and can also be found at the margins of pools formed in sand and gravel pits. The flight period is from June to September in Britain. In the northern German lowlands there may be two generations per year. A. concinnus overwinters in the last larval stage and the males appear from the end of May. The males often break into cells to mate with newly emerged females.
The prey of A. concinnus consist of spiders of the family
References
- ^ Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ Bees, Wasps & Ants Recording Society. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ Andrietti, Francesco; Casiraghi, Mauirizio; Martinoli, Adriano; Polidori, Carlo; Montresor, Claudio (2008). "Nesting habits of two spider wasps: Anoplius infuscatus and Episyron sp. (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), with a review of the literature". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 44 (1): 93–111.