Ectemnius
Ectemnius | |
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Ectemnius cavifrons | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Crabronidae |
Tribe: | Crabronini |
Genus: | Ectemnius Dahlbom , 1845 |
Type species | |
(Vander Linden, 1829)
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Species | |
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Ectemnius is a genus of wasps in the family Crabronidae. 188 species are known.[1] The genus is found around the world but Australia has only two species.[2]
Ectemnius species excavate nest tunnels in pieces of dead wood such as stumps, fallen tree trunks, rotting logs and sometimes building timbers or posts with the help of the mandibles. Nesting aggregations can be large and dense, and sometimes more than one female has been recorded using a common nest entrance. In most species the brood is supplied with Diptera from several different families.[3]
Species (Europe)[]
- (Zetterstedt 1838)
- Ectemnius cavifrons (Thomson 1870)
- Ectemnius cephalotes (Olivier 1792)
- (Walker 1871)
- Ectemnius continuus (Fabricius 1804)
- (Spinola 1808)
- (Mader 1940)
- Ectemnius dives (Lepeletier & Brulle 1835)
- (Linnaeus 1758)
- (Vander Linden 1829)
- (Kohl 1915)
- (De Stefani 1894)
- (Kohl 1879)
- Ectemnius lapidarius (Panzer 1804)
- (Panzer 1804)
- (Kohl 1883)
- (A. Costa 1871)
- (Herrich-Schaeffer 1841)
- Leclercq 1964
- (Dufour & Perris 1840)
- Ectemnius ruficornis (Zetterstedt 1838)
- (Dahlbom 1845)
- (Kohl 1888)
- (Fabricius 1775)
- (A. Morawitz 1866)
- (Kohl 1899) [4]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ California Academy of Sciences Institute of Biodiversity pdf
- ^ Bohart R.M. and Menke A.S., 1976 Sphecid Wasps of the World: a Generic Revision. University of California Press, Berkeley, California, ISBN 0-520-02318-8.
- ^ Bugguide.net. Genus Ectemnius
- ^ Fauna Europaea online
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External links[]
- Ectemnius images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- Catalog of Sphecidae California Academy of Sciences Institute of Biodiversity
Categories:
- Crabronidae
- Apoidea genera
- Hymenoptera of Europe
- Taxa named by Anders Gustaf Dahlbom
- Apoidea stubs