The nesting of the relict wasp, Discoelius dufourii Lepeletier, 1841 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae): nest structure, nest building and hunting activity

Abstract

Гнездование реликтовой осы Discoelius dufourii Lepeletier, 1841 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae): строение гнезд, гнездостроительная и охотничья активность The nesting of the relict wasp, Discoelius dufourii Lepeletier, 1841 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae): nest structure, nest building and hunting activity С.П. Иванов¹, А.В. Амолин², А.В. Фатерыга¹ S.P. Ivanov¹, A.V. Amolin², А.V. Fateryga¹ ¹ Кафедра экологии и рационального природопользования, Таврический национальный университет им. В.И. Вернадского, пр. Академика Вернадского, 4, Симферополь 95007 Крым, Украина.

Chrysidid wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae)—Parasites of eumenine wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae: Eumeninae) in Crimea

“…Their nests are most often built in preexisting cavities; however, wasps of many species gnaw out their own nest tunnels in the soil or construct nests of mineral or plant material on the surface of the substrate (Spradbery, 1973;Iwata, 1976;Cowan, 1991). The known fauna of Crimea includes 76 species of Eumeninae (Fateryga, 2010); the nesting biology of 20 species was studied in detail in this region (Ivanov and Fateryga, 2003Ivanov et al, 2005aIvanov et al, , 2005bFateryga, 2009Fateryga, , 2012aFateryga, , 2012bFateryga, , 2012cFateryga, , 2013aFateryga, , 2013bIvanov, 2009, 2013;Fateryga and Matushkina, 2010;. Cuckoo wasps were listed among the nest parasites of only six of them Fateryga, 2004, 2006;Fateryga, 2009Fateryga, , 2012aIvanov, 2009, 2013), and these were not always identified to species.…”