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Evaluating Buprestid Preference and Sampling Efficiency of the Digger Wasp,Cerceris fumipennis, Using Morphometric Predictors [PDF]
Journal of Insect Science, 2014 Melissa K Fierke
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AUKUS and the Digger Wasp: Understanding Irreversibility Through the Sunk Cost Fallacy
Journal for Peace and Nuclear DisarmamentThe article draws on the concept of the “sunk cost fallacy” to understand how the state of irreversibility can occur in the context of large-scale, intergenerational military projects. Nuclear weapons are one example of irreversible military projects but
Sarah Tzinieris
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NEW TAXA OF DIGGER WASPS: TRIBE, OXYBELINI (CRABRONIDAE, HYMENOPTERA) FROM IRAQ
Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum, 2023 New distinguishing genus, Oxybelochardus gen. nov., belonging to the tribe Oxybelini (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae), with the type species Oxybelochardus iraqensis sp. nov. from Iraq, have been described and illustrated.
Shatha Abdullateef Hamodee +1 more
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Evolutionarily stable nesting strategy in a digger wasp
Journal of Theoretical Biology, 1979 Abstract Two alternative “strategies” will not coexist in a population unless on average they are equally successful. The most likely way for such an equilibrium to be maintained is through something equivalent to frequency-dependent selection. Females of the digger wasp Sphex ichneumoneus (Sphecidae) nest in underground burrows. They usually dig and
Brockmann, H, Grafen, A, Dawkins, R
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Discovery of the digger wasp genus Odontosphex Arnold, 1951 (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Spheciformes) in Central Asia, with description of a new species [PDF]
Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 2021 The genus Odontosphex Arnold, 1951 is newly recorded from Central Asia. A new species, Odontosphex leleji sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on males from Turkmenistan (Badkhyz Nature Reserve, Eroyulanduz valley).
Mikhail V. Mokrousov +1 more
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The European Zoological Journal, 2022 Nesting habits of the digger wasp Lindenius albilabris (Fabricius, 1793) at two localities in Poland were studied. The female hunts nymphs or adults of plant bugs Lygus rugulipennis Poppius, 1911 and L.
P. Olszewski +3 more
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The European Zoological Journal, 2022 The paper presents new data on the nesting habits of the digger wasp Alysson spinosus (Hymenoptera: Bembicidae). As food for larvae, the female provisioned about 7–8 hemipteran nymphs or imagines per cell.
P. Olszewski +3 more
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A revision of the Australian digger wasps in the genus Sphex (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2015 The Australian species of the sphecid wasp genus Sphex are revised. Thirty-five species are recognized, of which 11 are new: Sphex argentatissimus, Sphex brevipetiolus, Sphex caelebs, Sphex corporosus, Sphex flammeus, Sphex fortunatus, Sphex gracilis, Sphex imporcatus, Sphex jucundus, Sphex latilobus and Sphex pretiosus.
Dörfel, Thorleif H., Ohl, Michael
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One of the Smallest Digger Wasps [PDF]
Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 1904 (Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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Nesting biology of Mimumesa littoralis (Bondroit, 1934) (Hymenoptera, Spheciformes) in Poland
The European Zoological Journal, 2023 The biology of Mimumesa littoralis was studied on sandy soil (Sierakowo) and wasteland with hard substrate (Kowalewo Pomorskie) in northern Poland. The study presents information on the bionomics of the rare digger wasp Mimumesa littoralis (Bondroit,1934)
P. Olszewski +3 more
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