Nyssonini

Nyssonini
	Nysson spinosus
Systematics
Order :	Hymenoptera (Hymenoptera)
Superfamily :	Apoidea
without rank:	Digger wasps (Spheciformes)
Family :	Crabronidae
Subfamily :	Bembicinae
Tribe :	Nyssonini
Scientific name
	Nyssonini
	Latreille , 1804

The Nyssonini are a tribe of digger wasps (Spheciformes) from the Crabronidae family . 17 genera are known worldwide, in Europe there are 38 species in two genera.

features

The small and stocky digger wasps have heavily sculpted bodies with tooth-like protrusions at the corners of the thorax . These characteristics, which occur for example in parasitic bee species, are an adaptation to the parasitic way of life and serve to protect against attacks.

Way of life

The females do not build their own nests, but are parasitoids on other digger wasp genera, such as Gorytes , Harpactus and Argogorytes . The Brachystegus species parasitize species of the genus Tachytes . The parasitoid larva not only eats the food supply of the host species , it also kills and eats the host larva or its egg.

Systematics

According to Pulawski (2009), the tribe includes the following genera:

Acanthostethus Smith, 1869
Antomartinezius Fritz, 1955
Brachystegus A. Costa, 1859
Cresson Godfather, 1938
Epinysson Godfather, 1935
Foxia Ashmead, 1898
Hovanysson Arnold, 1945
Hyponysson Cresson, 1882
Idionysson Godfather, 1940
Losada Godfather, 1940
Metanysson Ashmead, 1899
Neonysson R. Bohart, 1968
Nippononysson Yasumatsu and Maidl, 1936
Nursea Cameron, 1902
Nysson Latreille, [1802] (= Synnevrus A. Costa, 1859)
Perisson Godfather, 1938
Zanysson Rohwer, 1921

supporting documents

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Wojciech J. Pulawski: Family group names and classification , Version May 22, 2009, Online (PDF; 113 kB), last accessed July 5, 2010.
^ Nyssonini. Fauna Europaea, accessed July 24, 2010 .
^ ^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. 360 f .

literature

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

[Pulawski-1] Wojciech J. Pulawski: Family group names and classification , Version May 22, 2009, Online (PDF; 113 kB), last accessed July 5, 2010.

[www.faunaeur.org-2] Nyssonini. Fauna Europaea, accessed July 24, 2010 .

[Blösch-3] 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. 360 f .