Ammobatoides abdominalis

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Ammobatoides abdominalis
Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Hymenoptera (Hymenoptera)
Superfamily : Apoidea
Family : Real bees (Apidae)
Genre : Ammobatoides
Type : Ammobatoides abdominalis
Scientific name
Ammobatoides abdominalis
( Eversmann , 1852)

Ammobatoides fever is a bee from the family of Apidae . These bees are cuckoo bees , i.e. brood parasites.

features

The bees are 11 to 12 millimeters long. The head, the thorax and the end of the abdomen as well as partly the legs are colored black in the females. The anterior tergites , the sternites , the rails ( tibia ) of the hind legs and the tarsi are red. The labrum is almost twice as long as it is wide at the base and has a longitudinal ridge in the middle. The mandibles have only one point. The third antenna segment is as long as the shaft ( scapus ). On the sides the thorax is dense and long with white hair. The second and third tergite have white hair spots on the side on the rear edge, the fourth tergite has such a band on the rear edge. The fifth sternite is broadly edged and has a long, dense fringe of hair there. The males are completely black. Your face, the thorax and the first tergite have long white hairs, on the second to sixth tergites and the sternites there are white, partially interrupted bands on the rear edge. The seventh tergite has a narrow, protruding pygidial plate . The compound eyes converge strongly upwards.

Occurrence and way of life

The species is distributed in southern and eastern Europe, west to eastern Germany and in the Aosta Valley, and east to central Siberia and Lebanon. The species flies from late June to early August. The larvae parasitize Melitturga clavicornis .

supporting documents

  • Felix Amiet, M. Herrmann, A. Müller, R. Neumeyer: Fauna Helvetica 20: Apidae 5 . Center Suisse de Cartographie de la Faune, 2007, ISBN 978-2-88414-032-4 .
  • Erwin Scheuchl & Willner, Wolfgang: Pocket dictionary of wild bees in Central Europe. Quelle & Meyer, Wiebelsheim, Hunsrück 2016, ISBN 978-3-494-01653-5 .

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