© Copyright source/photographer · 9 Chlorion aerarium, -right-side 2012-07-10-13.12.49 Click on map for details about points. IDnature guides Apoid wasp species Sphecidae Sphecini 80x5 - 240x3 - 240x4 - 320x1 - 320x2 - 320x3 - 640x1 - 640x2 Set display option above. Click on images to enlarge. © Copyright source/photographer · 9 Chlorion aerarium, -right-side 2012-07-10-13.12.49, -face 2012-07-10-13.05.48-ZS-PMax Copyright © Lewis Scharpf, www.pbase.com/lejun · 9 Chlorion aerarium Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab; Photographer: Erika Tucker · 9 Chlorion aerarium - abdomen, green Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab; Photographer: Erika Tucker · 9 Chlorion aerarium - abdomen Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab; Photographer: Erika Tucker · 9 Chlorion aerarium - face Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab; Photographer: Erika Tucker · 9 Chlorion aerarium - mesepisterum Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab; Photographer: Erika Tucker · 9 Chlorion aerarium - thorax, green Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab; Photographer: Erika Tucker · 9 Chlorion aerarium - thorax Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab; Photographer: Erika Tucker · 9 Chlorion aerarium - topview Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab; Photographer: Erika Tucker · 9 Chlorion aerarium © Copyright Sheryl Pollock 2011 · 1 Chlorion aerarium, Steel Blue Cricket Wasp © Copyright Sheryl Pollock 2011 · 1 Chlorion aerarium, Steel Blue Cricket Wasp © Copyright Sheryl Pollock 2011 · 1 Chlorion aerarium, Steel Blue Cricket Hunter Bohart, R.M., Menke, A.S. 1963 · 0 Chlorion aerarium, clypeus, female 30 thumbnails  •  slide show Overview Taken from: Bohart, R.M., Menke, A.S. 1963. A Reclassification of the Sphecinae: With a Revision of the Nearctic Species of the Tribes Sceliphronini and Sphecini. Antennae inserted at about lower one-third of interocular space in female, at middle in male; flagellomere I about equal in length to It in male, longer than II in female; male antenna frequently with fossulae; mouthparts short to long, third maxillary palpomere sometimes swollen asymmetrically; oral opening adjacent to postoccipital carina; free margin of female elypeus with four to five lobes on median truncation, or truncation without teeth, teeth Interal to truncation, clypeus of male trilobate or merely truncate; female with a psammophore; pronotum short, flattened dorsally, frequently with a median depression; second and third submarginal cells each receiving a recurrent vein; second submarginal higher than wide, narrowing towards anterior margin of wing; metapleuron without a curving ridge from base of mesocoxa to base of metacoxa; stigmatal groove present; petiole one and one-half times length of hind coxa or less; abdominal sternites in both sexes without transverse bands or patches of velvety hairs; pygostyles present; intersegmental membranes of tarsi with oval lamellate pads ventrally. Names Scientific source: Catalog of Sphecidae sensu lato, Pulawski, 2011, California Academy of Sciences Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist, Ascher and Pickering. Integrated Taxonomic Information System Chlorion aerarium Patton (Figs. 2, 47, 55, 104, 112) Sphex cacrulea Drury, 1773, Illus. Nat. Hist. 2: index, description p. 75, p1. 39, fig. 8. Type: presumed lost or destroyed. Preoccupied by Sphex caerulea Linnaeus, 1758. Chlorion aerarium Patton, 1879, Canadian Ent., 11:133. Holotype ♀, Plainville, Conn. (ANSP). Sphex nearcticus Kohl, 1890, Ann. K. K. Naturhist. Hofmus. Wien, 5:186. Lectotype ♂, “America Borealis” (VIENNA). Designated by Menke, 1961. Geographic distribution Distribution.—This species occurs throughout the United States, southern Canada, and as far south as the state of Puebla, Mexico (fig. 2). Natural history The types of aerarium Patton and nearcticus Kohl have been studied by Bohart. This species has several color forms over its range. Specimens from the eastern United States are usually dark blue or purple whereas western specimens are commonly blue or green. Biology.—Krombein (1953, 1958b, 1959) has presented most of what is known about the biology of this species. He reported single-celled nests provisioned with Gryllus assimilis Fabricius and Anurogryllus muticus (De Geer). Ran and Ran (1918), quoting Peckham, stated that aerarium nests may have several cells. C. aerarium stores more than one prey per cell. Hungerford and Williams (1912) recorded the gryllacridid Ceuthophilus as prey. Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Updated: 2024-04-25 16:37:05 gmt Discover Life | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation