Nesting ecology and first description of the male of Auplopus auripilus Cresson (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae)

Trap-nesting biology of an ectoparasitoid spider wasp, Auplopus subaurarius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae): the importance of wooded environments for niche generalist species

“…One of the genera of Pompilidae that lacks fundamental information is Auplopus Spinola, 1841 (Quijano-Cuervo et al, 2021), which has about 119 species in the Neotropical region (Fernández, 2000). The species of this genus vary in their behavior, as they are solitary, communal or even parasocial, which arouses interest among scientists to understand the evolution of social systems (Evans and Shimizu, 1996;Wcislo et al, 1988;Shimizu et al, 2010;Barthélémy and Pitts, 2012).…”

“…Despite the environmental importance of Auplopus species, many of them have not yet been studied for their basic ecological aspects, which prevents the development of more applied studies (Quijano-Cuervo et al, 2021). One of these species is Auplopus subaurarius Dreisbach, 1963, a solitary wasp, which builds their nests in preexisting cavities, where the females construct a varied number of brood cells, which have a barrel shape and are made of clay (Buschini et al, 2007;Nether et al, 2019;Buggenhagen, 2016).…”