The nest and larva of Diploplectron brunneipes (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)

Authors

Howard E. Evans, Colorado State University, Fort Collins

Abstract

Diploplectron brunneipes (Cresson) makes a shallow nest in compact clay-sand containing at least two cells. It is provisioned with immature Heteroptera. The larva resembles that of Astata in a general way but differs in several particulars.

Recommended Citation

Evans, Howard E. (1975) "The nest and larva of Diploplectron brunneipes (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)," Great Basin Naturalist: Vol. 35: No. 1, Article 16.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/gbn/vol35/iss1/16