Eremnophila binodis (Fabricius, 1798)

Buys, Sandor Christiano, 2022, An overview of cocoon morphology of Sphecidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea), Journal of Natural History 55 (47 - 48), pp. 2935-2949 : 2944

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2022.2036843

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6353614

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3679ED36-FF96-1143-FE58-DA5D8EB4FB41

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Plazi

scientific name

Eremnophila binodis (Fabricius, 1798)
status

 

Eremnophila binodis (Fabricius, 1798) View in CoL

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Description

External capsule. Light brown, brilliant on both surfaces; malleable; 26 mm long, about 10 mm wide; with nipple-like projections on both apical extremities; golden silken threads on external spread for entire external surface.

Internal capsule. Approximately cylindrical, apical half wider; apical and basal extremities rounded; nipple-like projections on both apical extremities. About 22 mm long and 6 mm wide; external surface completely covered by a dense white cotton-like silken layer, except the nipple-like projections; internal surface brown, brilliant; grains of uric acid adhered to basal end.

Material examined

Brazil: Rio de Janeiro: Silva Jardim: Biological Reserve of Poço das Antas, Buys, S .B . leg., 18 January 2001: one cocoon.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Sphecidae

Genus

Eremnophila

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