Prior to laying their eggs the female Prionyx stings a grasshopper causing paralysis. She will then bury the grasshopper in a burrow she has excavated, lay an egg on the body, and then seal the burrow. When the egg develops it feeds on the grasshopper until it has matured, and then pupates.
Name Originedit
The name Prionyx comes from the Greek words "Prion" (Saw) and "Onyx/Onychus" (Claw), which refers to the saw-like endings on the creature's legs.
Data sources: i = ITIS,[2] c = Catalogue of Life,[3] g = GBIF,[4] b = Bugguide.net[5]
Referencesedit
^Jeong-Kyu Kim (2014). "Annotated catalog of the series Spheciformes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) from the Korean Peninsula". Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. 7 (4): 415–456. doi:10.1016/j.japb.2014.10.003.
^ ab "Prionyx Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
^ "Browse Prionyx". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
^ "Prionyx Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
April 13, 2024
prionyx, genus, wasps, family, sphecidae, they, known, hunt, feed, grasshoppers, scientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, arthropodaclass, insectaorder, hymenopterafamily, sphecidaesubfamily, sphecinaegenus, vander, linden, 1827type,. Prionyx is a genus of wasps in the family Sphecidae They are known to hunt and feed on grasshoppers PrionyxScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder HymenopteraFamily SphecidaeSubfamily SphecinaeGenus PrionyxVander Linden 1827Type speciesPrionyx kirbiiVander Linden 1827 1 Synonyms 2 Calosphex Kohl 1890Enodia Dahlbom 1843Gastrosphaeria A Costa 1858Harpactopus F Smith 1856Neosphex Reed 1894Parasphex F Smith 1856Priononyx Dahlbom 1843Pseudosphex Taschenberg 1869 Contents 1 Behavior 2 Name Origin 3 Species 4 ReferencesBehavior editPrior to laying their eggs the female Prionyx stings a grasshopper causing paralysis She will then bury the grasshopper in a burrow she has excavated lay an egg on the body and then seal the burrow When the egg develops it feeds on the grasshopper until it has matured and then pupates Name Origin editThe name Prionyx comes from the Greek words Prion Saw and Onyx Onychus Claw which refers to the saw like endings on the creature s legs Species editThese 59 species belong to the genus Prionyx Prionyx afghaniensis de Beaumont 1970 i c g Prionyx atratus Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau 1845 i c g b Prionyx bifoveolatus Taschenberg 1869 i c g Prionyx binghami Jha and Farooqi 1996i c g Prionyx canadensis Provancher 1887 i c g b Prionyx chilensis Spinola 1851 i c g Prionyx chobauti Roth 1925 i c g Prionyx crudelis F Smith 1856 i c g Prionyx damascenus de Beaumont 1968 i c g Prionyx elegantulus R Turner 1912 i c g Prionyx erythrogaster Rohwer 1913 i c g Prionyx fervens Linnaeus 1758 i c g b Prionyx foxi Bohart amp Menke 1963i c g b Prionyx fragilis Nurse 1903 i c g Prionyx funebris Berland 1926 i c g Prionyx globosus F Smith 1856 i c g Prionyx gobiensis Tsuneki 1971 i c g Prionyx guichardi de Beaumont 1967 i c g Prionyx haberhaueri Radoszkowski 1871 i c g Prionyx herrerai Brethes 1926 i c g Prionyx indus Linnaeus 1758 i c g Prionyx insignis Kohl 1885 i c g Prionyx judaeus de Beaumont 1968 i c g Prionyx kirbii Vander Linden 1827 i c g Prionyx kurdistanicus Balthasar 1954 i c g Prionyx leuconotus F Morawitz 1890 i c g Prionyx lividocinctus A Costa 1861 i c g Prionyx macula Fabricius 1804 i c g Prionyx melanotus F Morawitz 1890 i c g Prionyx neoxenus Kohl 1890 i c g Prionyx nigropectinatus Taschenberg 1869 i c g Prionyx niveatus Dufour 1854 i c g Prionyx notinitidus Willink 1951 i c g Prionyx nudatus Kohl 1885 i c g Prionyx parkeri Bohart amp Menke 1963i c g b Prionyx persicus Mocsary 1883 i c g Prionyx popovi Guichard 1988i c g Prionyx pseudostriatus Giner Mari 1944 i c g Prionyx pumilio Taschenberg 1869 i c g Prionyx radoszkowskyi Kohl 1888 i c g Prionyx reymondi Roth 1954 i c g Prionyx saevus F Smith 1856 i c g Prionyx semistriatus Schrottky 1920 i c g Prionyx senegalensis Arnold 1951 i c g Prionyx senilis Morice 1911 i c g Prionyx sennae Mantero 1901 i c g Prionyx simillimus Fernald 1907 i c g Prionyx sirdariensis Radoszkowski 1877 i c g Prionyx songaricus Eversmann 1849 i c g Prionyx stschurowskii Radoszkowski 1877 i c g Prionyx subatratus R Bohart 1958 i c g Prionyx subfuscatus Dahlbom 1845 i c g Prionyx sundewalli Dahlbom 1845 i c g Prionyx thomae Fabricius 1775 i c g Prionyx trichargyrus Spinola 1839 i c g Prionyx viduatus Christ 1791 i c g Prionyx vittatus Kohl 1884 i c g Prionyx xanthabdominalis Li and Yang 1995i c g Prionyx zarudnyi Gussakovskij 1933 i c g Data sources i ITIS 2 c Catalogue of Life 3 g GBIF 4 b Bugguide net 5 References edit Jeong Kyu Kim 2014 Annotated catalog of the series Spheciformes Hymenoptera Apoidea from the Korean Peninsula Journal of Asia Pacific Biodiversity 7 4 415 456 doi 10 1016 j japb 2014 10 003 a b Prionyx Report Integrated Taxonomic Information System Retrieved 2018 04 23 Browse Prionyx Catalogue of Life Retrieved 2018 04 23 Prionyx GBIF Retrieved 2018 04 23 Prionyx Genus Information BugGuide net Retrieved 2018 04 23 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Prionyx amp oldid 1012432048, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
