The nesting habits of<i>Chalybion bengalense</i>(Dahlbom) (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)

Pham, Phong Huy

doi:10.1080/00305316.2019.1624220

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“…bengalense and Ch. japonicum in S. madraspatanum (Fabricius, 1781) (Pham 2018(Pham , 2019, Ch. japonicum in S. deforme (F. Smith, 1856) (Barthélémy 2011), Ch.…”

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“…Species of this and Ch. tibiale group are renowned for sealing their nests with an additional layer of white material, composed of either lime from whitewashed walls, or uric acid, obtained from bird or reptilian droppings (Jayakar and Spurway 1963, Ward 1971, Barthélémy 2011, Gess and Gess 2014, Pham 2018, 2019. According to Bohart and Menke (1976), such behavior correlates to the structure of the female mandible having an inner subapical tooth in Ch.…”

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“…Other species are known to hunt for various spiders with the preference to Araneidae: e.g., Ch. bengalense (Chakrabarti 1986, Pham 2019, Ch. japonicum (Barthélémy 2011), and Ch.…”

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“…The mud is the principal material used for nest partitions and the plug, but instead of collecting already existing mud, the wasps carry water to a source of dry clay soil near their nests and then use it to dampen and plaster the soil (Bohart and Menke 1976, Iwata 1976, Kazenas 2001, Gess and Gess 2014, Pham 2018. In addition to mud, some species use a white material composed of either lime from whitewashed walls or uric acid obtained from bird or reptilian droppings (Jayakar and Spurway 1963, Barthélémy 2011, Pham 2019. Females of at least one species in the subgenus Hemichalybion Kohl, 1918 excavate nests in the non-friable soil of vertical banks with the aid of water (Gess et al 1982).…”

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“…tibiale (Fabricius, 1781), andCh. zimmermannii (Dahlbom, 1843) are versatile in the nesting substrate selection (Ward 1971, Barthélémy 2011, Gess and Gess 2014, Pham 2018, 2019, whereas Ch. californicum nests almost exclusively in the Sceliphron nests (Rau 1928, Horner and Klein 1979, Landes et al 1987.…”

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The first data on the nesting biology of the invasive blue nest-renting wasp, Chalybion turanicum (Gussakovskij, 1935) (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae, Sceliphrinae) in the Crimea

Fateryga¹,

Kovblyuk²,

Kvetkov³

2020

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The nesting biology of Chalybion turanicum (Gussakovskij, 1935) has been studied, with a total of 31 nests being examined. All studied nests were located inside the old nest cells of Sceliphron destillatorium (Illiger, 1807). Each nest of Ch. turanicum consisted of a single cell. Females hunted for spiders, with 18 species in five families being identified among their prey. Two most abundant victim groups were Theridiidae (eight species, 54% of specimens) and Araneidae (seven species, 33% of specimens) spiders. A spider number stored in a cell varied from five to 31 (mean = 17.6 ± 5.4). In the Crimea, Ch. turanicum has one generation per year with reproductive success of 67%. Two species of the nest parasites were reared from cells of Ch. turanicum: Chrysis taczanovskii Radoszkowski, 1876 and Acroricnus seductor (Scopoli, 1786). Chalybion turanicum is the seventh invasive species of Sphecidae naturalized in Europe.

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“…bengalense and Ch. japonicum in S. madraspatanum (Fabricius, 1781) (Pham 2018(Pham , 2019, Ch. japonicum in S. deforme (F. Smith, 1856) (Barthélémy 2011), Ch.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Other species are known to hunt for various spiders with the preference to Araneidae: e.g., Ch. bengalense (Chakrabarti 1986, Pham 2019, Ch. japonicum (Barthélémy 2011), and Ch.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%