Isodontia costipennis Spinola 1851

Buys, Sandor Christiano, 2022, An overview of cocoon morphology of Sphecidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea), Journal of Natural History 55 (47 - 48), pp. 2935-2949 : 2940-2942

Isodontia costipennis Spinola 1851

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Description

External capsule. Whitish, translucent; malleable, fragile; nipple-like projection on basal extremity, with terminal orifice; layer of white silken threads sparsely distributed on external surface. Externally covered by vegetal debris.

Internal capsule. Brown; texture brittle, internal surface brilliant, external surface opaque, with white pubescence. Nipple-like projection on basal extremity, with terminal orifice. Meconium isolated by a silken layer. Grains of uric acid on basal extremity, the most cylindrical.

Material examined

Brazil: Minas Gerais: Lavras: Reserva Biológica de Unilavras Boqueirão , F . Frieiro-Costa, 1 April 2014. Six cocoons collected from wood trap-nest.

Figures

Figure 3–5. Cocoon morphology of species of Sphecinae. 3, Sphex opacus: 3(a) internal capsule, with a last instar larva inside; 3(b) internal felt-like covering of the internal capsule; 3(c) external felt-like covering of the internal capsule; 3(d) external capsule. 4, Isodontia costipennis: 4(a) external capsule; 4(b) internal capsule, with an adult wasp inside. 5, Prionyx thomae: 5(a) external capsule; 5(b) internal capsule.