Sceliphron coromandelicum

Sceliphron coromandelicum
Scientific classification
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Species:	Template:Taxonomy/SceliphronS. coromandelicum
Binomial name
	Template:Taxonomy/SceliphronSceliphron coromandelicum; (Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845)
Synonyms
	Ammophila coromandelica(Casolari and Casolari Moreno, 1980); Pelopaeus coromandelicus Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845;

Sceliphron coromandelicum is a species of solitary mud dauber wasp in the family Sphecidae.^[1] The female holotype was collected in Coromandel Coast, India.^[2]

Ecology[edit | edit source]

The females constructs mud nests which she provisions with spiders as a food source for the enclosed immatures. The spiders are generally Araneidae and in some cases terricolous Salticidae.^[3]

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "Sceliphron coromandelicum". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
↑ "Sceliphron" (PDF). Catalog of Sphecidae. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 August 2019.
↑ Snyman, Louwrens Pieter; Binoy, Chereekandy (2022-06-01). "Evolutionary relic or a curious coincidence? A mantisfly emerging from a mud-dauber nest". Evolutionary Ecology. 36 (3): 421–429. Bibcode:2022EvEco..36..421S. doi:10.1007/s10682-022-10167-8. ISSN 1573-8477 – via SpringerLink.

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[inaturalist-Sceliphron_coromandelicum-1] "Sceliphron coromandelicum". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2021-12-28.

[2] "Sceliphron" (PDF). Catalog of Sphecidae. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 August 2019.

[3] Snyman, Louwrens Pieter; Binoy, Chereekandy (2022-06-01). "Evolutionary relic or a curious coincidence? A mantisfly emerging from a mud-dauber nest". Evolutionary Ecology. 36 (3): 421–429. Bibcode:2022EvEco..36..421S. doi:10.1007/s10682-022-10167-8. ISSN 1573-8477 – via SpringerLink.

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