Lestica
| Lestica | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lestica clypeata |
||||||||||||
| Systematics | ||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||
| Scientific name | ||||||||||||
| Lestica | ||||||||||||
| Billberg , 1820 |
Lestica is a genus of digger wasps (Spheciformes) from the Crabronidae family. About 28 species are known, 12 of which are found in the Palearctic . Four species are common in Europe, three are also found in Central Europe.
features
The body of the digger wasps has a strong punctiform structure, the abdomen has yellow spots. In the females, a clear, smooth furrow is formed in front of the upper inner eye rims. As with the closely related genus Ectemnius , the males have 12 antennae. The tarsi , especially the basal part of many species, are widened in the form of a shield or lamella in the males.
Way of life
It is known from Lestica alata and Lestica subterranea that the females create their nests in the ground. Lestica clypeata has its nests in wood. All species feed their brood with small butterflies, such as moth , moth or owl butterflies .
Species (Europe)
- Lestica alata ( tank , 1797)
- Lestica clypeata ( Schreber , 1759)
- Lestica pluschtschevskyi ( F. Morawitz , 1891)
- Lestica subterranea ( Fabricius , 1775)
supporting documents
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Manfred Blösch: The digger wasps in Germany: way of life, behavior, distribution . 1st edition. Goecke & Evers, 2000, ISBN 3-931374-26-2 , pp. 345 .
- ↑ Lestica. Fauna Europaea, accessed July 23, 2010 .
literature
- Manfred Blösch: The digger wasps in Germany: way of life, behavior, distribution . 1st edition. Goecke & Evers, 2000, ISBN 3-931374-26-2 .
