Talk:Sphecius grandis

GA Review

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Reviewer: Casliber (talk · contribs) 01:43, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Hi - will begin stragithforward copyediting as I review, and jot queries below: Casliber (talk · contribs) 01:43, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

"colonial" - somewhat confusing - as the entomological sense is different to the general usage. I'd change to "colony-living", "colony-forming" or "that lives in colonies" or something.

consistency - you've got "Western cicada killer" and "eastern cicada killer" in the first few sentences. Decide whether you're going to capitalise or not (probably best not) and go thru article.

• Okay, both done. What else? :) Atomician (talk) 02:08, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

I saw this sentence in the genus article - "More recently, it has been suspected that the Western cicada killer (S. grandis) represents more than one species." - this sort of information should be included here for completeness (if it can be sourced). I will construct a taxonomy section to show you.

You can get rid of all the "will" the future tense is unneeded.

You need to read this source and figure out how to word how one distinguishes this species from the other Sphecius species.

• Thanks for that. ID section added. Wills removed. Atomician (talk) 21:13, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Generally it is the reviewer who strikes their own queries once addressed, but no biggie. I am just going to have a look on the net to see if there is any other material that can be added. I have fulltext access to lots of journals thru university. Casliber (talk · contribs) 21:19, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Ah great, I'd love it if you found more. In fact, you've been a great help. I'll do a little searching too, Google books and the like. Atomician (talk) 21:21, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Found one: [1]. Atomician (talk) 21:35, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

I've added a load more, but here's another one: [2]. I'll put stuff in from those two some time. Atomician (talk) 22:32, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Okay, I've added a load more, if there are any references you've found that you could give me, that'd be fab, but as it stands is there anything else you'd like me to do? Atomician (talk) 09:20, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Web of Science search gets me 11 hits as follows (some of which are already in the article...) - I need to sleep now. Will chase any we haven't got fulltext of tomorrow (tick off which ones you've already seen): Casliber (talk · contribs) 15:05, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Title: CICADA PREY OF NEW WORLD CICADA KILLERS, SPHECIUS SPP. (DAHLBOM, 1843) (HYMENOPTERA: CRABRONIDAE) Author(s): Holliday Charles W.; Hastings Jon N.; Coelho Joseph R. Source: ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS Volume: 120 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-17 DOI: 10.3157/021.120.0101 Published: JAN-FEB 2009 Times Cited: 1 (from Web of Science)  Done In article already.

2. Title: BODY SIZE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPHECIUS SPECIOSUS (HYMENOPTERA: CRABRONIDAE) AND THEIR PREY: PREY SIZE DETERMINES WASP SIZE Author(s): Hastings Jon M.; Holliday Charles W.; Coelho Joseph R. Source: FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGIST Volume: 91 Issue: 4 Pages: 657-663 Published: DEC 2008 Times Cited: 2 (from Web of Science)  Done In article already.

3. Title: DNA barcoding of new world cicada killers (Hymenoptera : Crabronidae) Author(s): Hastings Jon M.; Schultheis Patrick J.; Whitson Maggie; et al. Source: ZOOTAXA Issue: 1713 Pages: 27-38 Published: FEB 27 2008 Times Cited: 3 (from Web of Science)  Done In article already.

4. Title: Thermoregulation in male western cicada killers (Sphecius grandis Say) in the Chihuahuan desert Author(s): Coelho Joseph R.; Holliday Charles W.; Hastings Jon M.; et al. Source: JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY Volume: 32 Issue: 5 Pages: 270-275 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2007.01.016 Published: JUL 2007 Times Cited: 1 (from Web of Science)  Done Added. Thanks.

5. Title: Improved key to new world species of Sphecius (Hymenoptera : Crabronidae) Author(s): Holliday C. W.; Coelho J. R. Source: ANNALS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA Volume: 99 Issue: 5 Pages: 793-798 DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2006)99[793:IKTNWS]2.0.CO;2 Published: SEP 2006 Times Cited: 5 (from Web of Science)  Done In article already.

6. Title: Sexual size dimorphism and flight behavior in cicada killers, Sphecius speciosus Author(s): Coelho JR Source: OIKOS Volume: 79 Issue: 2 Pages: 371-375 DOI: 10.2307/3546021 Published: JUN 1997 Times Cited: 23 (from Web of Science)  Done Added. Thanks.

7. Title: THE INFLUENCE OF SIZE, AGE, AND RESIDENCY STATUS ON TERRITORY DEFENSE IN MALE WESTERN CICADA KILLER WASPS (SPHECIUS-GRANDIS, HYMENOPTERA, SPHECIDAE) Author(s): HASTINGS JM Source: JOURNAL OF THE KANSAS ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY Volume: 62 Issue: 3 Pages: 363-373 Published: JUL 1989 Times Cited: 15 (from Web of Science)  Done Added. Thanks.

8. Title: PROTANDRY IN WESTERN CICADA KILLER WASPS, (SPHECIUS-GRANDIS, HYMENOPTERA, SPHECIDAE) - AN EMPIRICAL-STUDY OF EMERGENCE TIME AND MATING OPPORTUNITY Author(s): HASTINGS J Source: BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY Volume: 25 Issue: 4 Pages: 255-260 DOI: 10.1007/BF00300051 Published: 1989 Times Cited: 23 (from Web of Science)  Done In article already.

9. Title: PROVISIONING BY FEMALE WESTERN CICADA KILLER WASPS, SPHECIUS-GRANDIS (HYMENOPTERA, SPHECIDAE) - INFLUENCE OF BODY SIZE AND EMERGENCE TIME ON INDIVIDUAL PROVISIONING SUCCESS Author(s): HASTINGS J Source: JOURNAL OF THE KANSAS ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY Volume: 59 Issue: 2 Pages: 262-268 Published: APR 1986 Times Cited: 15 (from Web of Science)  Done In article already.

10. Title: BODY SIZE, THERMOPHYSIOLOGY, AND TERRITORIALITY IN MALE WESTERN CICADA KILLER WASPS (SPHECIUS-GRANDIS) Author(s): HASTINGS J Source: AMERICAN ZOOLOGIST Volume: 21 Issue: 4 Pages: 983-983 Published: 1981 Times Cited: 0 (from Web of Science)  Not done Can't access. [3].

Theoretically I should be able to access it, but it's timing out - I note the author has been published in subsequent studies on similar material and this appears to be a conference abstract, hence I am satisfied to let this little fish off the hook. Casliber (talk · contribs) 01:03, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

11. Title: BEHAVIOR OF WESTERN CICADA KILLER MALES, SPHECIUS-GRANDIS (SPHECIDAE, HYMENOPTERA) Author(s): ALCOCK J Source: JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY Volume: 9 Issue: 5 Pages: 561-566 DOI: 10.1080/00222937500770431 Published: 1975 Times Cited: 7 (from Web of Science)  Done Already in article.

Cheers for that. Added three from your list and there is a fourth that I can't access, but if it's hassling don't bother with it. Ah, it's looking nicer now. Atomician (talk) 15:57, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

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Lethal capacity of the venom

"where a lower rating indicated a higher lethality"

This isn't very clear. A larger number would correspond to a higher lethality. As defined in the article, the value of LC corresponds to the weight in grams of an animal that would be killed by a sting (half the time). The larger the number – the larger the animal that would be killed. Perhaps this article should say this. See for example here. Aa77zz (talk) 14:07, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

Life Cycle Link Error

In the 'Life Cycle' section, the article states that wasps hunt Tibicen duryi cicadas and a link is provided. However, the link connects to a page for an Old World cicada of a different species. RobotBoy66 (talk) 08:37, 27 July 2020 (UTC)