Klilip mud-dauber wasp (Sceliphron madraspatanum)

Klilip mud-dauber wasp (Sceliphron madraspatanum) is an animal species in the Sphecidae, length 20-30 mm, winged insect with black and bright yellow color, large head, very narrow waist and droplet-shaped belly, living in forests and agricultural land. S. madraspatanum has a large head, all black and hairy. A pair of large eyes on each side and black. A pair of antennae appears on the front of the head between the eyes, long, thick and black.



The chest is droplet shaped, has folds, hair, black top with bright colored stripes on the front, yellow stripe on the back and yellow dots on the sides where the wings appear.

The pair of wings are brownish black and transparent, have large veins, thick margins and are stacked parallel to cover the body when hanging out. The waist is a narrow tube, connecting the chest to the stomach, long and yellow.

The belly is droplet-shaped, has a sharp tip, has circular folds and is completely black. Long legs, jointed with thorns in the joints, getting smaller to the ends, alternating black and yellow.

TAXON

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Infraorder: Aculeata
Superfamily: Apoidea
Family: Sphecidae
Subfamily: Sceliphrinae
Tribe: Sceliphrini
Genus: Sceliphron Klug (1801)
Species: Sceliphron madraspatanum Fabricius (1781)

VERNACULAR NAME

Chinese (simplified): 黄柄壁泥蜂
Chinese (traditional): 黃柄壁泥蜂
Dutch: Gekraagde geelsteelzwaluwwesp
English: Klilip mud-dauber wasp, Klilip wasp
Guangdong: 黃柄壁泥蜂
Hong Kong: 黃柄壁泥蜂
Hungarian: Mediterrán lopódarázs
Indonesia: Tawon klilip
Japanese: キゴシジガバチ
Java: Tawon kemit klilip
Macao: 黃柄壁泥蜂
Taiwan: 黃柄壁泥蜂

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