A review of the mud-dauber wasps of genus Sceliphron Klug (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) from India

Anagha, S.; Kumar, P. Girish; Binoy, C.; Mazumdar, P. C.; Sureshan, P. M.

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4969.1.3

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“…Sceliphron coromandelicum (Lepeletier, 1845) (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) is a solitary mud-dauber wasp commonly encountered in the Orient (Anagha et al 2021). Like most Sceliphron species, the female S. coromandelicum constructs mud nests which she provisions with spiders as a food source for the enclosed immatures.…”

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Evolutionary relic or a curious coincidence? A mantisfly emerging from a mud-dauber nest

Snyman

Binoy

2022

Evol Ecol

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Mantispoidea exhibit a remarkably diverse morphology and life history for a relatively small group of insects, in part, complicating our understanding of its evolutionary history. Dietary specialisation of the larvae, however, seems to have played an important evolutionary role in this group. Symphrasinae (Rhachiberothidae) larvae are thought to be predators of aculeate Hymenoptera brood, while Mantispinae (Mantispidae) larvae are predators of spider eggs. Herewith the rst observation of a Mantispinae adult emerging from the nest of a mud-dauber wasp (Sphecidae) is described. This is also the rst genus record of Afromantispa Snyman & Ohl from the Oriental Region, including three new name combinations. The curious coincidence of a Mantispinae emerging from an aculeate wasp nest, the food source of a related taxon, is discussed in the light of our current understanding of Mantispoidea classi cation.

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confidence: 99%