Rank Species | Subfamily Eumeninae Order Hymenopterans | |
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Similar Symmorphus, Hymenopterans, Symmorphus murarius, Ancistrocerus oviventris, Euodynerus quadrifasciatus | ||
Symmorphus allobrogus is a species of potter wasps belonging to the subfamily Eumeninae.
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Distribution
Species within this genus are present in most of Europe, in the East Palearctic ecozone and in the Near East.
Description
These mall solitary wasps can reach a length of about 9.5–12 millimetres (0.37–0.47 in) in females, of 7.5–11 millimetres (0.30–0.43 in) in males. They have a black thorax much longer than wide and a long and narrow abdomen with two yellow bands. The 4th abdominal tergite is usually completely black. The main segment of the antennae of males are completely black.
Biology
They nest in pre-existing cavities (twigs, stems, galls, old nests of other Hymenoptera, hollows in the wood). Adult females prey on caterpillars and larvae of beetles (Chrysomelidae, Curculionidae) to lay eggs in them. Adults fly from May to July.