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Tachysphex pompiliformis (Panzer) (a solitary wasp)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #macrophotos
Tachysphex pompiliformis Female imago 5 July 1998 Berks England 2

Suggested Literature

Tachysphex pompiliformis may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SPHECOIDEA
(a superfamily of solitary wasps)
SPHECIDAE
(a family of soliary wasps)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Tachysphex pompiliformis is associated with:

Photos female Orthoptera - grasshoppers, crickets and cockroaches female stocks nest with UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.

There may be more taxa associated with Tachysphex pompiliformis listed at higher taxonomic level

HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

Associated with Tachysphex pompiliformis:

larva larva is ectoparasitoid host of larva Chrysis illigeri - a rubytail wasp (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
nest nest is parasitised by larva Hedychridium ardens - a rubytail wasp (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
nest nest is parasitised by larva Hedychridium roseum - a rubytail wasp (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.

Tachysphex pompiliformis may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SPHECIDAE
(a family of soliary wasps)

References

Macdonald, M.A., in prep. Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates

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