Bembecinus proximus

Bembecinus proximus
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Bembicidae
Genus: Bembecinus
Species:
B. proximus
Binomial name
Bembecinus proximus
(Handlirsch, 1892)

Bembecinus proximus is a sand wasp species which was described by Anton Handlirsch in 1892 which is known to be distributed in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and India.[1]

Ecology and natural history.

This species is known to actively predate on a vast range of homopteran insects which includes families like Cicadellidae, Cixiidae, Delphacidae, Flatidae, Fulgoridae and others.[1] The species has been observed to prefer nectar from the flowers of Ziziphus mauritiana.[1]

Arnob Chakrovorty Banani Bhattacharjee Bembecinus type specimens
Lectotype and the paralectotype of Bembecinus proximus

References

  1. ^ a b c Chakrovorty, Arnob; Bhattacharjee, Banani; Samadder, Asmita; Chakraborty, Pranab (2023-08-14). "A Note on the Rediscovery of the Sand Wasp Bembecinus proximus (Handlirsch) from an Urban Habitat". Indian Journal of Entomology: 1–7. doi:10.55446/IJE.2023.1148. ISSN 0974-8172.
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