Arachnospila consobrina

Arachnospila consobrina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Pompilidae
Genus:	Arachnospila
Species:	A. consobrina
Binomial name
	Arachnospila consobrina; (Dahlbom, 1843)
Synonyms
	Pompilus consobrina; Pompilus alpinus; Pompilus continentalis; Psammochares emissus; Pompilus guimarensis; Psammochares heringi; Psammochares lanuginosus; Pompilus nivariae; Pompilus pyrenaicus; Pompilus siculus[1];

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". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
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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[1] "Fauna Europaea". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.

[Edwards-2] Edwards R. & Broad G. (eds), 2006, Provisional Atlas for the aculeate Hymenoptera of Britain and Ireland Part 6, NERC ISBN 1 870393 84 8

[3] 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