Ceropales maculata
| Ceropales maculata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Apocrita |
| Superfamily: | Vespoidea |
| Family: | Pompilidae |
| Subfamily: | Ceropalinae |
| Genus: | Ceropales |
| Species: | C. maculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Ceropales maculata (Fabricius, 1775) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ceropales maculata is a kleptoparasitic spider wasp.
Biology
Ceropales maculata is a very uncommon spider wasp. It hunts other spider wasps which are then attacked when they have prey, after fending off the victim an egg is laid, in the book lung of the spider.[2] The spider is then left and when normally the original captor returns, it ferries the prey into her burrow and seals the site. The C. maculata egg hatches, eats the host egg and proceeds to dine off the spider.[3]
Spider wasps kelptoparasitised by C. maculata include species in the genera Priocnemis, Pompilus, Agenioideus, Arachnospda, Anoplius, Episyron and Auplopus in Britain and Europe. Other species of non-Pompilid solitary wasp which use spiders as prey, for example the Sphecid Miscophus may also be parasitised by C maculata.
It is univoltine; adults are seen from May to September.[4]
Habitat
Sandy areas such as heathlands, coastal dunes and sand pits.[4]
Distribution
Palearctic.[4]
References
- ↑ "Ceropales maculata maculata". Eunis.eea.europa.eu. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
- ↑ Ceropales maculata (2012-02-29). "Kuckuckswegwespe – Wikipedia" (in German). De.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
- ↑ "Heathland Pompilidae". Natureconservationimaging.com. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Edwards R. & Broad G. (eds), 1998, Provisional Atlas for the aculeate Hymenoptera of Britain and Ireland Part 2, NERC ISBN 1-870393-42-2