Cerceris tuberculata is a species of wasp in the family Philanthidae.[2][3][4]
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| Cerceris tuberculata. Museum specimen | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Philanthidae |
| Genus: | Cerceris |
| Species: | C. tuberculata
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| Binomial name | |
| Cerceris tuberculata (Villers, 1787)
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Description
editCerceris tuberculata, the largest representative of the genus in Europe, can reach a length of 17–22 millimetres (0.67–0.87 in).
The adult female of Cerceris tuberculata digs a nest in the soil at a depth of about 50 cm. and provisions it with living prey items she has paralyzed with venom. Prey items are commonly weevils of the genus Cleonis.
Adults fly from mid-July to September. They feed on the nectar of flowers (usually Apiaceae and Asteraceae).[5]
Distribution
editThis species is present in Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Russia, Spain and former Jugoslavia.[6]
References
edit- ^ Sphecidae of Europe [dead link]
- ^ Biolib
- ^ Encyclopedia of life
- ^ Sann, Manuela; Niehuis, Oliver; Peters, Ralph S.; Mayer, Christoph; Kozlov, Alexey; Podsiadlowski, Lars; Bank, Sarah; Meusemann, Karen; Misof, Bernhard; Bleidorn, Christoph; Ohl, Michael (2018). "Phylogenomic analysis of Apoidea sheds new light on the sister group of bees". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 18 (71). doi:10.1186/s12862-018-1155-8. PMC 5960199.
- ^ Cerceris tuberculata Red Book
- ^ Fauna europaea