Anoplius nigerrimus
| Anoplius nigerrimus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Apocrita |
| Superfamily: | Vespoidea |
| Family: | Pompilidae |
| Subfamily: | Pompilinae |
| Genus: | Anoplius |
| Species: | A. nigerrimus |
| Binomial name | |
| Anoplius nigerrimus (Scopoli, 1763) | |
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Anoplius nigerrimus is a spider wasp which is one of the commonest Pompilids in Europe.
Distribution
Northern and Central Europe eastwards across Asia to the Pacific Coast and in North America from the Yukon[2] to Newfoundland.[3] It is one of the commonest Spider Wasps found in Great Britain[4] and Ireland.[5]
Habitat
Dry grassland and scrub.[5]
Biology
The flight period is May to September. Prey collected by A nigerrimus include spiders of from the families Lycosidae, Gnaphosidae and Pisauridae. A nigerrimus nests in a various situations includoing under stones, in hollow plant stems, deserted burrows of ants, bees and wasps and empty snail shells. It can also dig its own burrow and build cells in friable soil. One nest of four cells was found under a stone on moorland at an altitude of 400 m in Glen Tilt, near Blair Atholl, Perthshire. Flowers visited include umbellifers such as wild carrot.[5]
References
- ↑ http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?guid=urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:198443
- ↑ http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/pdf/finnamore.pdf
- ↑ http://www.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/efauna/documents/Pompilidae%20of%20BC_Final2012.pdf
- ↑ http://www.natureconservationimaging.com/Pages/nature_conservation_imaging_heathland1_sh_wasps_P_Ano_ns.htm
- 1 2 3 Edwards R. & Broad G. (eds), 1998, Provisional Atlas for the aculeate Hymenoptera of Britain and Ireland Part 2, NERC ISBN 1-870393-42-2