Thread subject: Diptera.info :: need help
#1
a friend gave me this photo for ID, but I don't have any idea.
Romania: Timisoara, almost 60 m, June 2006.
thanks in advance
(photo by Luci Parvulescu)
#2
Vespoidea? :!
on aluminum sheet.
#3
Sphecidae Sceliphron sp.
#5
I would guess S. destillatorium. S. spirifex has black tegulae.
But I don't know the other species....
Posted by
Isidro on 18-10-2007 23:46
#6
Yes, Sceliphron destillatorium almost sure.
S. spirifex has black tegulae and black basal piece of antennae (I don't know his name in English...)
S. caementarium has black gaster.
S. curvatum has a reddish colour in the abdomen and thorax.
I think that are no more Sceliphron species in Iberian peninsula. But I don't konow what species can be in Romania. So, is slightly possible that can be another species...
#7
This wasp also has black "gaster".
I think the expression "gaster" is more used for Formicidae.
Posted by
Isidro on 19-10-2007 06:42
#8
What's the name of the slender piece that connect the metathorax with the abdomen?
P.D. Sphecidae are not Apoidea. Are Apiformes but Sphecoidea (I think).
#9
Thanks for your answers.
Best wishes,
Amalia
#10
Species ID is correct (belongs to the family Sphecidae s.str., and is a part of the Apoidea or Apiformes). Gaster is used for Apiformes too, and the slender part is 'petiole' or 'petiolus'. Its a part of gaster segment I.
There is one more Sceliphrion species in southern Europe: S. madraspatanum (=tubifex), but in Greece and Turkey occur still other species.
Regards, Christian