Notes on the Nests and Prey of Six Species of Pison in Australia (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)
In the course of studies on the behavior of ground-nesting Sphecidae in Australia, we have occasionally made observations on species that make free mud nests or that accept wooden trap nests (see Krombein, 1967, for technique). Chief among these are species of the genus Pison, which is abundantly re...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
1980-01-01
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| Series: | Psyche: A Journal of Entomology |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1980/96532 |
| Summary: | In the course of studies on the behavior of ground-nesting
Sphecidae in Australia, we have occasionally made observations on
species that make free mud nests or that accept wooden trap nests (see
Krombein, 1967, for technique). Chief among these are species of the
genus Pison, which is abundantly represented in Australia. We report
here on six species, four of which have not previously been studied
(rufipes Shuckard, westwoodi Shuckard, marginatum Smith, and a
species near tibiale Smith). Data on two additional species (ignavum
Turner and spinolae Shuckard) confirm and enlarge upon previously
published reports. Our specimens have been compared with identified
material in the British Museum (Natural History), including the
types of Smith's and Turner's species. Voucher specimens have been
deposited in the Australian National Insect Collections, Canberra,
and at the University of Queensland, Brisbane. Some of these
observations were made by Evans and Matthews during the summer
of I969–70, others by Evans and Hook during the summer of
1979–80. |
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| ISSN: | 0033-2615 1687-7438 |