Arachnospila consobrina
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Pompilidae |
| Genus: | Arachnospila |
| Species: | A. consobrina
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| Arachnospila consobrina (Dahlbom, 1843)
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Arachnospila consobrina is a little-known Palaearctic spider wasp.
Description
Like other members of the sub-genus Ammosphex this is a medium-sized red and black spider wasp. The males have a quite distinctive genital plate, but females are very similar to related species such as A. anceps and A.trivialis but can be identified by their relatively hairier head.[2]
Distribution
Northern and central Europe, marginally in southern Britain, and also Africa and Asia.[2]
Biology
A consobrina is single brooded, flying in July and August. The only observation of A. consobrina with prey concerns a female found under a stone near Constantinople carrying a Segestria florentina which was reported in Fahringer.[2][3] The nesting biology of A. consobrina is almost completely unknown, but like other Arachnospila species in the sub-genus Ammosphex it is adapted to digging in loose sandy soils.[2]
References
- ^ "Fauna Europaea".
- ^ a b c d Edwards R. & Broad G. (eds), 2006, Provisional Atlas for the aculeate Hymenoptera of Britain and Ireland Part 6, NERC ISBN 1 870393 84 8
- ^ Fahringer, J. 1922. Hymenopterologische Ergebnisse einer wissenschaft lichen Studienreise nach der Turkei und Kleinasien (mit A usschluss des A manusgebirges). Archiv far Naturgeschichte, 88 A , Heft 9, 149-222
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