Trap-nest

Guides

• Hylaeus euxanthus

  Yellow-collared Masked Bee

  A small, nearly hairless bee in the family Colletidae, native to Australia and introduced to Argentina. First described by Cockerell in 1910, it was originally named Prosopis xanthopoda but renamed due to preoccupation. It belongs to the subgenus Gnathoprosopis and exhibits typical masked bee characteristics including reduced pilosity and internal pollen transport.

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• Messatoporus

  Messatoporus is a large New World genus of ichneumonid wasps in the subfamily Cryptinae, comprising 89 valid species. The genus is monophyletic and distinguished by a unique combination of morphological synapomorphies including specialized mandible structure and propodeal features. Species exhibit a morphological gradient from forms resembling other Osprynchotina to a highly derived morphotype with convergent traits similar to Gabuniina, interpreted as adaptations for locating and accessing deeply concealed hosts.

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• Podium rufipes

  Podium rufipes is a thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae, averaging 19 mm in length. Females are known to repurpose abandoned nests from Sceliphron wasps and wood-boring beetles, or construct trap nests in wood. The species provisions its young with paralyzed cockroach nymphs.

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