The sphecid wasps of subfamily Sphecinae in Iran (Hymenoptera : Sphecidae) by Ebrahim Ebrahimi

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A contribution to the sphecid wasps of Iran (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae), including first record of six species by E. Ebrahimi

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Parasitismo entre especies (Diptera, Hymenoptera) en los nidos de Stictia signata (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) by Julio A. Genaro

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Ultrastructure of the silk glands in three adult females of sphecid wasps of the genus Microstigmus (Hymenoptera: Pemphredoninae) Ultraestructura de las glándulas de seda en hembras adultas de tres especies de avispas del género Microstigmus (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Pemphredoninae) by JOSÉ EDUARDO SERRÃO

“…The ultrastructure of silk glands in adult females of sphecid wasps is described. Individual glands are scattered in the more posterior portion of the metasoma being each gland formed by an enlarged secretory unity with one conducting canal. …”
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Egg load decreases mobility and increases predation risk in female black-horned tree crickets (Oecanthus nigricornis). by Kyla Ercit, Andrew Martinez-Novoa, Darryl T Gwynne

“…The solitary sphecid Isodontia mexicana catches more adult female tree cricket (Oecanthus nigricornis) prey. …”
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New distributional records of the family Sphecidae (Hymenoptera) in Azerbaijan by M.M. Maharramov, M.V. Mokrousov, M.Yu. Proshchalykin

“…It is assumed that the number of sphecid species in Azerbaijan may be at least twice as large.…”
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A Fatal Nest Construction: Man-mixed Cement Used by Mud-daubing Wasps by Armando Falcón-Brindis, Ricardo Rodriguez-Estrella, Maria Luisa Jiménez

“…Some sphecid wasps apparently show tolerance to urban habitats. …”
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Adding to the fauna of digger wasps (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Sphecidae) from Kerman province, Iran by Zahra Ghaderipour, Mohammad Khayrandish, Seyed Massoud Madjdzadeh, Ebrahim Ebrahimi, Christian Schmid-Egger

“…New data on the distribution of eight Sphecid wasps species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Sphecidae) collected from different localities in southern areas of Kerman province (southeast Iran) are presented. …”
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Double deception: ant-mimicking spiders elude both visually- and chemically-oriented predators. by Divya Uma, Caitlin Durkee, Gudrun Herzner, Martha Weiss

“…Here we report that Peckhamia also faces reduced aggression from spider-hunting sphecid wasps as well as from its model ant, both of which use chemical cues to identify prey. …”
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Nest architecture of group-living wasps Microstigmus (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae): role of the pedicel as a defense against ants by Gretthehun G. Grajales, Willian T. Wcislo

“…The nest pedicel of a social sphecid wasp Microstigmus nr. thripoctenus plays an important role in protecting the brood against ant predators, as inferred from data on artificial nests. …”
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SPLIT SEX-RATIOS AND THE EVOLUTIONARY ORIGINS OF EUSOCIALITY by Grafen, A

“…Reproductive values of the different categories of individual provide theoretical results about equilibrium sex ratios in generalizations of the sphecid and halictid patterns of Seger (1983). The literature on the advantage of sib rearing is illuminated by the analysis of previous sections, which also suggests the potential importance of "split" sex ratios. …”

Nest Ecology and Prey Preference of the Mud Dauber Wasp <i>Sceliphron formosum</i> (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) by David Yuan, Juliey Beckman, Jaime Florez Fernandez, Juanita Rodriguez

“…(1) Background: <i>Sceliphron</i> is a genus of sphecid wasps that build mud nests for reproduction. …”
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Insect Feeding on <i>Sorghum bicolor</i> Pollen and Hymenoptera Attraction to Aphid-Produced Honeydew by Karen R. Harris-Shultz, John Scott Armstrong, Michael Caballero, William Wyatt Hoback, Joseph E. Knoll

“…About 4 times as many Hymenoptera were collected in SA infested sorghum with significantly more ants, halictid bees, scelionid, sphecid, encyrtid, mymarid, diapriid and braconid wasps were found in infested sorghum plots. …”
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The wasp genus Sphex in Sub-Saharan Africa (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) by Thorleif H. Dörfel, Michael Ohl

“… The Afrotropical species of the sphecid genus Sphex are revised. Forty-six taxa are recognized, of which fifteen are newly described: Sphex abbotti nivarius subsp. nov., S. comorensis sp. nov., S. hades sp. nov., S. nefrens sp. nov., S. occidentalis sp. nov., S. pseudopraedator sp. nov., S. pseudosatanas sp. nov., S. pulawskii sp. nov., S. rufoclypeatus sp. nov., S. satanas memnon subsp. nov., S. schmideggeri sp. nov., S. schoutedeni malawicus subsp. nov., S. socotrensis sp. nov., S. stadelmanni rufus subsp. nov. and S. victoria sp. nov. …”
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Nesting behavior of Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) agamemnom Richards (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) by MLT Buschini, AJ Donatti

“…Nesting behaviour is extremely diversified among solitary nesting sphecids. Thus, the aim of this study was to describe the nesting behaviour of Trypoxylon agamemnon and discuss the advantages of guarding behaviour of males. …”
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Cicada Killer, Giant Ground Hornet, Sphecius hogardii (Latreille) and Sphecius speciosus (Drury) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) by Lionel A. Stange

“…The provisioning with cicadas is nearly specific to Sphecius in the family Sphecidae, but is known in a few other sphecids such as Liogorytes joergenseni (Brethes) from Argentina (Bohart and Stange 1976). …”
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