Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Unknown Sphecidae

Posted by Alvesgaspar on 26-09-2007 23:56
#1
This wasp is about 15mm and was wavering near the ground as if looking for a good place to digg. It looks like a Larra anathema to me but I may be quite wrong.

Thanks,

Joaquim Gaspar
Lisboa

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 27-09-2007 00:13
#2
"When white tergal bands are marked and large, then only kirbii is possible. When bands are weaker, than lividocinctus is also possible."

Prionyx cf. kirbii . It could be P. lividocinctus.. Christian will confirm...

Posted by Alvesgaspar on 27-09-2007 00:17
#3
jorgemotalmeida wrote:
"When white tergal bands are marked and large, then only kirbii is possible. When bands are weaker, than lividocinctus is also possible."

Prionyx cf. kirbii . It could be P. lividocinctus.. Christian will confirm...


Thank you Jorge. I think this one belongs to the same species though the bands in the abdomen are a little different

Joaquim Gaspar

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 27-09-2007 00:55
#4
no.. this is another species.

Posted by Isidro on 27-09-2007 06:50
#5
and another genus... it's Sphex sp. The first is OK, Prionyx kirbii.

Posted by Alvesgaspar on 27-09-2007 14:17
#6
Thank you, Isidro

Posted by Christian Schmid-Egger on 29-09-2007 20:20
#7
I may confirm both, a female of P. kirbii above and a female of Sphex sp. above. Most probable it is Sphex funerarius, but may also be S. flavipennis.

Regards, Christian

Posted by Alvesgaspar on 30-09-2007 17:36
#8
Thank you Christian !