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A NEW AUSTRALIAN SPECIES OF COMMUNAL GROUND NESTING WASP, IN THE GENUS SPILOMENA SHUCKARD (HYMENOPTERA: SPHECIDAE: PEMPHREDONINAE)

  1. D. B. McCorquodale1,2,
  2. I. D. Naumann1,2

Article first published online: 31 MAR 2007

DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1988.tb01529.x

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Australian Journal of Entomology

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volume 27, Issue 3, pages 221–232, August 1988

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McCorquodale, D. B. and Naumann, I. D. (1988), A NEW AUSTRALIAN SPECIES OF COMMUNAL GROUND NESTING WASP, IN THE GENUS SPILOMENA SHUCKARD (HYMENOPTERA: SPHECIDAE: PEMPHREDONINAE). Australian Journal of Entomology, 27: 221–232. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1988.tb01529.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Zoology, Australian National University, G. P. O. Box 4, Canberra, A. C. T. 2601.

  2. 2

    Division of Entomology, CSIRO, G. P. O. Box 1700, Canberra, A. C. T. 2601.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 31 MAR 2007
  2. Article first published online: 31 MAR 2007
  3. [Manuscript received I October 1987.

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Abstract

Spilomena subterranea sp. n. is described from southeastern Australia and is the first species of Spilomena Shuckard known to nest communally in the ground. Nests were in sandy soil and were usually occupied by 2–4 females and 0–2 males, but the level of social behaviour is unknown. Adult S. subterranea prey on Psyllidae (adults, nymphs) and Eulophidae (adults). Morphological specialisations for ground nesting are described for S. subterranea and related species.

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