Mimesa
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Mimesa is a genus of digger wasps (Spheciformes) from the Crabronidae family. There are 53 known species worldwide, 31 of which are distributed in the Palearctic . 13 species occur in Europe.
features
The digger wasps have a strongly tapered abdomen. The abdomen is black in many species, but in some the base is red. The genus can be distinguished from the similar genus Mimumesa mainly by the only short or even missing frontal furrow, which in the similar genus extends from the middle point eye ( ocellus ) to the transverse furrow below the antennae base. The species of the genus Mimesa are very similar and usually difficult to distinguish from one another.
Way of life
The females create their nests in the sandy soil. These are single or multicellular and are provided with dwarf leafhoppers (Cicadellidae) or leaf fleas of the family Psyllidae .
Species (Europe)
- Mimesa beckeri Tournier 1889
- Mimesa bicolor (Jurine 1807)
- Mimesa bruxellensis Bondroit 1934
- Mimesa caucasica Maidl 1914
- Mimesa crassipes A. Costa 1871
- Mimesa equestris (Fabricius 1804)
- Mimesa grandii Maidl 1933
- Mimesa gussakowskiji (Beaumont 1941)
- Mimesa lutaria (Fabricius 1787)
- Mimesa nigrita Eversmann 1849
- Mimesa sublaevis (Beaumont 1954)
- Mimesa tenuis Oehlke 1965
- Mimesa vindobonensis Maidl 1914
supporting documents
Individual evidence
- ^ 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. 141 f .
- ↑ Mimesa. 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 .