Philanthus pulchellus

Philanthus pulchellus is a species of bee-hunting wasp (or "beewolf") of the Iberian Peninsula (Spain, Portugal, and France).^[2] Males are territorial and establish territories in nesting areas of females, or in the case of smaller males that are unable to do so, nearby. Females are generalist predators of bees and wasps, including conspecifics, and store the prey in their underground nest.^[3]

Philanthus pulchellus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Philanthidae
Genus:	Philanthus
Species:	P. pulchellus
Binomial name
Philanthus pulchellus Spinola, 1842
Synonyms[1]
Philanthus andalusiacus (Shestakov in Nadig, 1933) Philanthus sieboldti Dahlbom, 1845 Philanthus venustus subsp. raptor (Kohl, 1888)

References

1. "Philanthus pulchellus Spinola, 1843". GBIF.org. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
2. "Philanthus pulchellus Spinola, 1843". Fauna Europaea. Fauna Europaea Secretariat, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
3. Asis, Josep Daniel; Tormos, Jose & Gayubo, Severiano Fernandez (1996). "Behavior of Philanthus pulchellus (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) with a description of its mature larva". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 89 (3): 452–458. doi:10.1093/aesa/89.3.452.