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Article: Description of the mature larva of the sand wasp Bembix bidentata and its parasitoids.(Hymenoptera: Crabronidae, Chrysididae, Mutillidae)(Report)
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- Florida Entomologist
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- March 1, 2009
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From a study on parasitoid-host interactions within the Hymenoptera, carried out in Soria (Spain) since 1999, we collected data on 2 species of Chrysididae and 2 species of Mutillidae that act as parasitoids of a species of Crabronidae. The following host/parasitoid combinations were found: Bembix bidentata Vander Linden, 1829 (host)/ parasitoids: (a) Chrysididae: Chrysidea disclusa (Linsenmaier, 1959) and Chrysura hybrida (Lepeletier, 1806); (b) Mutillidae: Smicromyrme rufipes (Fabricius, 1787) and Nemka uiduata (Pallas, 1773). Additionally, we obtained the mature larvae of the host and of the 4 parasitoid species.
The Crabronidae (sensu Melo 1999) form a broad ...