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Mimumesa is a genus of digger wasps (Spheciformes) from the Crabronidae family. There are 29 known species worldwide, 10 of which are distributed in the Palearctic . 8 species occur in Europe.
features
Some species of the genus have a strongly stem-shaped tapered abdomen. The abdomen of the Central European species is completely black in color. The genus can be distinguished from the similar genus Mimesa mainly by the well-developed frontal furrow, which extends to the transverse furrow below the antennae base. In the similar genus it is short or absent.
Way of life
The females lay their nests in rotten wood or in the ground. The multicellular nests are provided with cicadas from the family of dwarf cicadas (Cicadellidae) or Delphacidae . Five to ten animals are introduced per cell. The prey is held in flight by means of the middle pair of legs, and very small cicadas are only grabbed with the mandibles .
Species (Europe)
- Mimumesa atratina ( F. Morawitz 1891)
- Mimumesa beaumonti ( van Lith 1949)
- Mimumesa dahlbomi ( Wesmael 1852)
- Mimumesa littoralis ( Bondroit 1934)
- Mimumesa sibiricina R. Bohart 1976
- Mimumesa spooneri ( Richards 1948)
- Mimumesa unicolor ( Vander Linden 1829)
- Mimumesa wuestneii ( Faester 1951)
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. 146 f .
- ^ Mimumesa. 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 .