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Sceliphron deforme
(Smith, 1856)
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Body black, with yellow markings on pronotum, mesonotal pleuron, scutellum and propodeum. Posterior margins of first and second gastral segments reddish brown. This species is not basically a tube-renter, but sometimes builds pot-shaped mud nests in thick bamboo tubes. It hunts salticid spiders (jumping spiders).
Host-parasite relationship
Parasitized by
Macrosiagon bifasciata,
Anthrax aygulus, etc.
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Sphecidae
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Sceliphron
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Body length :
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female
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15-20 mm
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male
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15-20 mm
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Distribution in Japan :
Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima Island, Okinawa Islands
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Dorsal view of female
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Lateral view of female
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Frontal view of female
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Dorsal view of male
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Lateral view of male
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Frontal view of male
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