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A Review of Nesting Behavior of Digger Wasps of the Genus Aphilanthops, With Special Attention To the Mechanics of Prey Carriage

A Review of Nesting Behavior of Digger Wasps of the Genus Aphilanthops, With Special Attention To... A REVIEW OF NESTING BEHAVIOR OF DIGGER WASPS OF THE GENUS APHILANTHOPS, WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE MECHANICS OF PREY CARRIAGE by HOWARD E. EVANS 1) (Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass.) (With 5 Figs) (Rec. 27-V-1961) The digger wasp genus Aphilanthops (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae, Philan- thinae) includes about IS species which collectively range throughout tempe- rate North America. There are three subgenera: Aphilanthops, with one eastern and several western species; Clypeadon, with the several species occurring chiefly in semiarid or arid regions of the Southwest and Mexico; and the recently described Listropygia, with a single species from southern California. It has been known for some time that at least one member of the subgenus Aphilanthops preys upon queen ants of the genus Formica and that at least two members of the subgenus Clypeadon prey upon worker ants of the genus Pogonomyrmez. The papers of WHEELER (1913) and HICKS (1927, i933) contain considerable information on nesting behavior but leave a number of questions unanswered or incorrectly answered. For example, WHEELER believed that A. (A.) frigidus provisions its cells pro- gressively and HICKS believed that A. (Clypeadon) laticinctus carries its prey on its sting. Present evidence indicates that neither of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Behaviour Brill

A Review of Nesting Behavior of Digger Wasps of the Genus Aphilanthops, With Special Attention To the Mechanics of Prey Carriage

Evans, Howard E.
Behaviour , Volume 19 (3): 239 – Jan 1, 1962
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Brill
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© 1962 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0005-7959
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10.1163/156853962X00041
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A REVIEW OF NESTING BEHAVIOR OF DIGGER WASPS OF THE GENUS APHILANTHOPS, WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE MECHANICS OF PREY CARRIAGE by HOWARD E. EVANS 1) (Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass.) (With 5 Figs) (Rec. 27-V-1961) The digger wasp genus Aphilanthops (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae, Philan- thinae) includes about IS species which collectively range throughout tempe- rate North America. There are three subgenera: Aphilanthops, with one eastern and several western species; Clypeadon, with the several species occurring chiefly in semiarid or arid regions of the Southwest and Mexico; and the recently described Listropygia, with a single species from southern California. It has been known for some time that at least one member of the subgenus Aphilanthops preys upon queen ants of the genus Formica and that at least two members of the subgenus Clypeadon prey upon worker ants of the genus Pogonomyrmez. The papers of WHEELER (1913) and HICKS (1927, i933) contain considerable information on nesting behavior but leave a number of questions unanswered or incorrectly answered. For example, WHEELER believed that A. (A.) frigidus provisions its cells pro- gressively and HICKS believed that A. (Clypeadon) laticinctus carries its prey on its sting. Present evidence indicates that neither of

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