Dinetus (animal species)

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Dinetus
Dinetus pictus

Dinetus pictus

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Hymenoptera (Hymenoptera)
without rank: Digger wasps (Spheciformes)
Family : Crabronidae
Subfamily : Dinetinae
Genre : Dinetus
Scientific name of the  subfamily
Dinetinae
W. Fox , 1895
Scientific name of the  genus
Dinetus
Tank , 1806

Dinetus is the only genus of Dinetinae within the digger wasp family Crabronidae . It comprises eight species worldwide. In Europe the genus is only represented by Dinetus pictus . The seven other species of the genus are distributed in North Africa from Morocco to Egypt and in southern Russia. Some authors assign the genus to the subfamily Astatinae .

features

Dinetus females, like the species of Astatinae, have two spores on the rails ( tibia ) of the middle legs, and they have the same wing veining on the hind wings.

Way of life

Very little is known about the way of life of the Dinetus species. The males, like those of the Astatinae, can be observed as they lurk in exposed places on the ground waiting to sit. The brood is also supplied with bedbugs .

supporting documents

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wojciech J. Pulawski: Family group names and classification , Version May 22, 2009, Online (PDF; 113 kB), last accessed July 21, 2010
  2. ^ A b Manfred Blösch: The digger wasps in Germany: way of life, behavior, distribution . 1st edition. Goecke & Evers, 2000, ISBN 3-931374-26-2 , pp. 218 .
  3. ↑ Dinetinae. Fauna Europaea, accessed July 21, 2010 .
  4. ^ A b c Manfred Blösch: The digger wasps of Germany: way of life, behavior, distribution . 1st edition. Goecke & Evers, 2000, ISBN 3-931374-26-2 , pp. 207 .

literature

  • Manfred Blösch: The digger wasps in Germany: way of life, behavior, distribution . 1st edition. Goecke & Evers, 2000, ISBN 3-931374-26-2 .

Web links

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