Arachnospila consobrina
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| taxon = Arachnospila consobrina
| authority = (Dahlbom, 1843)
| synonyms = *Pompilus consobrina
- Pompilus alpinus
- Pompilus continentalis
- Psammochares emissus
- Pompilus guimarensis
- Psammochares heringi
- Psammochares lanuginosus
- Pompilus nivariae
- Pompilus pyrenaicus
- Pompilus siculus{{cite web | url=http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=198299 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304233148/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=198299 | url-status=dead | archive-date=March 4, 2016 | title=Fauna Europaea }}
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Arachnospila consobrina is a little-known Palaearctic spider wasp.
Description
Like other members of the sub-genus Ammosphex this is a medium-sized red and black spider wasp. The males have a quite distinctive genital plate, but females are very similar to related species such as A. anceps and A.trivialis but can be identified by their relatively hairier head.
Distribution
Biology
A consobrina is single brooded, flying in July and August. The only observation of A. consobrina with prey concerns a female found under a stone near Constantinople carrying a Segestria florentina which was reported in Fahringer.Fahringer, J. 1922. Hymenopterologische Ergebnisse einer wissenschaft lichen Studienreise nach der Turkei und Kleinasien (mit A usschluss des A manusgebirges). Archiv far Naturgeschichte, 88 A, Heft 9, 149-222 The nesting biology of A. consobrina is almost completely unknown, but like other Arachnospila species in the sub-genus Ammosphex it is adapted to digging in loose sandy soils.
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Category:Hymenoptera of Europe
Category:Insects described in 1843
Category:Taxa named by Anders Gustaf Dahlbom
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