First remarks on the nesting biology of Hypodynerus andeus (Packard) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) in the Azapa valley, northern Chile

• Main Authors: Felipe Méndez-Abarca, Enrique A. Mundaca, Héctor A. Vargas
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia 2012-06-01
• Series: Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
• Subjects: Araneae; Centris mixta; Macaria mirthae; Megachilidae; Monobia
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262012000200011&lng=en&tlng=en

First remarks on the nesting biology of Hypodynerus andeus (Packard) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) in the Azapa valley, northern Chile. Some aspects about the nesting biology of the potter wasp Hypodynerus andeus (Packard, 1869) are reported for the first time. Observations were carried out at the Azapa valley, coastal desert of northern Chile. A total of sixty nests were collected and examined, each composed by 1-14 cells, most of them found attached to concrete lamp posts. The only preys recorded in the cells were Geometridae (Lepidoptera) caterpillars and the presence of the parasitoid Anthrax sp. (Diptera, Bombyliidae) was also recorded. A number of arthropods belonging to different groups, mainly spiders, were found occupying empty nests.