Parabatozonus lacerticida

Parabatozonus lacerticida
	Parabatozonus lacerticida. Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Suborder:	Apocrita
Superfamily:	Pompiloidea
Family:	Pompilidae
Subfamily:	Pompilinae
Genus:	Parabatozonus
Species:	P. lacerticida
Binomial name
	Parabatozonus lacerticida; (Pallas, 1771)
Synonyms
	Sphex lacerticida Pallas, 1771; Sphex quadripunctata Fabricius, 1787; Pepsis quadripunctatus (Fabricius, 1787); Pompilus quadripunctatus (Fabricius, 1787); Batozonus quadripunctatus (Fabricius, 1787); Batozonus lacerticida (Pallas, 1771); Batozonellus lacerticida (Pallas, 1771);

Parabatozonus lacerticida is a species of the spider-hunting wasp of the family Pompilidae.^[1]

Description

Parabatozonus lacerticida can reach a length of 16–22 millimetres (0.63–0.87 in) in females and 12.5–17 millimetres (0.49–0.67 in) in males.^[3] These spider hunting wasps have a mainly black body with orange antennae, orange legs beginning at the apex of the femora, and yellow markings on the orbits, edge of the pronotum, scutum, scutellum, and terga 2-4 of the abdomen. The wings are orange, with a brownish band on the tips of the forewings.^[4]^[3]

Biology

This species hunts large orb weaver spiders (family Araneidae) in the genera Argiope and Araneus.^[4] Like other spider wasps, they paralyze these spiders with their venomous stings and drag them into their underground nests. Then they lay an egg into the abdomen of their prey.^{[citation needed]}

Distribution

This species has a transpalearctic distribution and can be found across Europe as far west as Portugal, North Africa, and Asia as far east as Japan.^[1]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Loktionov, Valery M.; Lelej, Arkady S. (2017). "An annotated catalogue of the spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of Russia". Zootaxa. 4280 (1): 1–95. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4280.1.1.
^ Vardy, C.R. (2005). "The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 3. The P. inclyta- to P. auriguttata-groups". Zoologische Mededelingen. 79 (5): 1–305.
^ ^a ^b ^c Szymkiewicz, Marian (2024). "Nowe stwierdzenia nastecznika żółtoskrzydłego Parabatozonus lacerticida (Pallas, 1771) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) na Pojezierzu Mazurskim". Kulon. 29: 69–75. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
^ ^a ^b Loktionov, Valery M.; Lelej, Arkady S. (2014). Spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of the Russian Far East. Vladivostok: Dalnauka. pp. 472 pp. ISBN 978-5-8044-1443-7.

External links

Batozonellus lacerticida - Biodiversity Heritage Library - Bibliography
Batozonellus lacerticida - NCBI Taxonomy Database
Batozonellus lacerticida - Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Batozonellus lacerticida - Encyclopedia of Life

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[Loktionov2017-1] Loktionov, Valery M.; Lelej, Arkady S. (2017). "An annotated catalogue of the spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of Russia". Zootaxa. 4280 (1): 1–95. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4280.1.1.

[Vardy2005-2] Vardy, C.R. (2005). "The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 3. The P. inclyta- to P. auriguttata-groups". Zoologische Mededelingen. 79 (5): 1–305.

[Szymkiewicz2024-3] Szymkiewicz, Marian (2024). "Nowe stwierdzenia nastecznika żółtoskrzydłego Parabatozonus lacerticida (Pallas, 1771) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) na Pojezierzu Mazurskim". Kulon. 29: 69–75. Retrieved 2024-07-14.

[Loktionov2014-4] Loktionov, Valery M.; Lelej, Arkady S. (2014). Spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of the Russian Far East. Vladivostok: Dalnauka. pp. 472 pp. ISBN 978-5-8044-1443-7.

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