Abispa splendida
Abispa splendida from New Guinea. Museum specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Genus: Abispa
Species:
A. splendida
Binomial name
Abispa splendida
(Guérin, 1838)
Synonyms[1][2]

Abispa splendida (also known as the large mud-nesting wasp or velvety black and yellow)[3] is a species of wasp in the Vespidae family.[4]

Subspecies

  • Abispa splendida australis (Smith, 1857)
  • Abispa splendida maculicollis Cameron, 1911
  • Abispa splendida odyneroides Perkins, 1912
  • Abispa splendida splendida (Guérin, 1838)[5]

Description

Abispa splendida can reach a length of about 26 millimetres (1.0 in), with a forewings span of about 42 millimetres (1.7 in). Body is black and orange-yellow coloured. Thorax is black with yellow shoulders. Head, antenna and legs are yellow. The abdomen shows yellow and black segments. Wings are orange.[6][7][8]

Illustration of Abispa splendida

Behavior

These wasps build their mud nest under rocks or inside holes in trees. Larvae pupate in their pot. The golden yellow pupa reach a length of about 30 millimetres (1.2 in). The adults emerge from the nest after three month.[8][9]

Distribution

This species can be found in Australia and Indonesia.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Hari Nugroho; Jun-ichi Kojima; James M. Carpenter (2011). "Checklist of vespid species (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae) occurring in Indonesian Archipelago". Treubia. 38: 71–186.
  2. ↑ Jacobus van der Vecht (1957). "On some Hymenoptera from the collection of Guérin-Méneville in the Leiden Museum". Zoologische Mededelingen. 23 (3): 21–31.
  3. ↑ Brisbane Insects
  4. ↑ Biolib
  5. ↑ Catalogue of life
  6. ↑ PaDIL, Pests and Diseases Image Library, 2007
  7. ↑ Insects abroad at Archive.org
  8. 1 2 3 Brisbane insects
  9. ↑ Kevin M. O'Neill Solitary Wasps: Behavior and Natural History


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