Crossocerus elongatulus
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Crossocerus elongatus |
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Crossocerus elongatulus is a hymenoptera fromthe Crabronidae family .
features
The body of these 5 to 6 millimeters long animals is colored black, with both the legs, the palps and the antenna shaft being yellow. The species is difficult to determine and, due to its similarity, can easily be confused with the females of Crossocerus distinguendus .
Occurrence
The species is found across Europe, North Africa, Central Asia, and the northeastern part of the United States.
Way of life
The nesting habits and nutrition of the larvae have so far been little researched. The females of Crossocerus elongatulus lay their nests in the ground, in the ground, in loess and clay walls, between paving stones, in sandstone, in wood but also in wall cracks. They have been observed on various umbellifers while eating , but also on sand rapunzeln ( Jasione ), Reseda or ivy ( Hedera ). The animals probably fly in two generations each year. The brood is supplied with flies .
Taxonomy
The species is often misspelled as elongatus , for example as Crossocerus elongatus Lepeletier, 1845. The homonymous species name Crossocerus elongatus (Dudgeon, 1903) refers to another species (today added as Eupliloides elongatus to the genus Eupliloides Pate, 1946).
supporting documents
literature
- Manfred Blösch: The digger wasps in Germany: way of life, behavior, distribution . 1st edition. Goecke & Evers, 2000, ISBN 3-931374-26-2 .