Urban-biodiversity

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• Bembecinus

  sand wasp, sand wasps

  Bembecinus is a cosmopolitan genus of sand wasps in the family Crabronidae, with approximately 200 described species worldwide. These small to medium-sized wasps are known for their distinctive eye morphology—strongly convergent at the bottom of the face and strongly divergent at the top of the head—and for practicing progressive provisioning of their larvae. Females construct burrows in sandy substrates and hunt leafhoppers to feed their offspring, while males exhibit complex alternative mating tactics including digging for pre-emergent females and patrolling for mates.

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• Blissus occiduus

  Western Chinch Bug

  Blissus occiduus, the western chinch bug, is a phloem-feeding true bug (Hemiptera: Blissidae) that is a significant pest of warm-season turfgrasses, particularly buffalograss and zoysiagrass. The species exhibits strong host preference hierarchies, with buffalograss being the most preferred host followed by zoysiagrass, though it can survive and reproduce on a broad range of grasses including agronomic crops. Field studies have documented inconsistent control with neonicotinoid insecticides, with thiamethoxam showing particularly rapid degradation in buffalograss tissues compared to imidacloprid and clothianidin.

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• Brachyopa

  Sapeaters

  Brachyopa is a Holarctic genus of hoverflies (Syrphidae) characterized by atypical grey and brown coloration that distinguishes them from the typically bright-colored members of their family. These flies are cryptic and easily overlooked among other dipteran families. Larvae develop under bark of dead wood in association with decaying sap, making the genus saproxylic. Adults have been observed feeding on sap flows from wounded trees.

  saproxylicsap-feedingcryptic-colorationHolarcticold-growth-forest-indicatorurban-biodiversity

• Lacunicambarus diogenes

  devil crayfish, devil crawfish

  Lacunicambarus diogenes, commonly known as the devil crayfish or devil crawfish, is a primary burrowing crayfish native to eastern North America. This species constructs and inhabits burrows in wet, muddy terrestrial habitats rather than living in permanent surface water. Its burrowing activities create refugia used by numerous other species, including documented use by eastern cicada killer wasps (Sphecius speciosus) as brooding habitat. The species ranges across the Atlantic Coastal Plain and Piedmont ecoregion from New Jersey to Georgia, with disjunct populations in Louisiana.

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• Limonethe maurator

  Limonethe maurator is a species of ichneumon wasp in the family Ichneumonidae. It is one of many ichneumon wasp species documented in North American urban and suburban environments. The species has been recorded in the central United States, including Kansas. Like other ichneumon wasps, females possess a visible ovipositor used for laying eggs.

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• Megaselia

  scuttle flies

  Megaselia is a hyperdiverse genus of scuttle flies (Phoridae) containing approximately half of all described species in the family. The genus has been characterized as an 'open-ended' or 'dark' taxon due to its extraordinary species richness and the difficulty of species-level identification using morphology alone. Many species remain undescribed, with estimates suggesting thousands of species worldwide. Recent taxonomic work has increasingly relied on DNA barcoding to delimit species, particularly in species complexes such as the M. sulphurizona group. The genus exhibits remarkable ecological diversity, with species acting as parasitoids, fungivores, saprophages, and predators.

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