Spilomena hainesi

N. Smith in R. Bohart & N. Smith, 1995

Spilomena hainesi is a solitary in the Pemphredoninae, described in 1995 by N. Smith. Like other members of its , it is an aphid wasp that provisions nests with aphids as food for its larvae. The species is known from North America.

Spilomena (10.3897-zoologia.38.e55803) Figures 9–14 by Bashir NH, Ma L, Li Q (2021) Taxonomic study of Spilomena (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) with a new species and five new records from China. Zoologia 38: 1-7. https://doi.org/10.3897/zoologia.38.e55803. Used under a CC BY 4.0 license.

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How to pronounce Spilomena hainesi: //ˌspaɪloʊˈmiːnə ˈheɪniːz//

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Distribution

North America

Diet

Aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae), based on documented provisioning of the Spilomena

Ecological Role

of aphids; contributes to of

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Taxonomic history

Originally described in the , this is now classified in Crabronidae following modern phylogenetic revisions of the superfamily . The species epithet honors an individual with the surname Haines.

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