Pison morosum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Crabronidae
Genus: Pison
Species:
P. morosum
Binomial name
Pison morosum
F. Smith, 1858

Pison morosum is a solitary wasp of the family Crabronidae. It is the only endemic species of Pison wasp to New Zealand. It was first described by entomologist Frederick Smith in 1858.[1]

Description

The species has an entirely black body. Female specimens vary in length between 7.5 and 11.5 mm, and male specimens between 5.5 and 8.0 mm.[2] It can be distinguished from Pison spinolae due to the lack of long erect hairs.[2]

Distribution

Pison morosum is found throughout the mainland of New Zealand, as well as the Chatham Islands to the east.[2]

Parasites

Similar to Pison spinolae, wasp pupae are hosts to Melittobia wasps.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Kroupa A.S., Lohrmann V., Pulawski W.J. & Schmid-Egger C. (2019). HymIS: Hymenoptera Information System (version Jul 2017). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Early, John W. (2022). "Mason wasps (Pison species, Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Crabronidae) in Aotearoa New Zealand". Records of the Auckland Museum. 56: 63–68. doi:10.32912/ram.2022.56.4. ISSN 2422-8567. Retrieved 13 September 2022.

See also

  • Pulawski, W.J. (2018). "A revision of the wasp genus Pison Jurine, 1808 of Australia and New Zealand, New Guinea and the Pacific islands (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae)". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 4. 56: 1–584.
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