A Monograph of Tachysphex Wasps of Africa and Adjacent Xeric Areas

非洲及邻近旱区速毛黄蜂专着

• 批准号: 9306812
• 负责人: Wojciech Pulawski
• 金额: $ 11万
• 依托单位: California Academy of Sciences
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1993
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1993-12-01 至 1998-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9306812&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Monograph; Tachysphex; Wasps; Africa; Adjacent

9306812 Pulawski Tachysphex is a genus of ground nesting solitary wasps, occurring in all parts of the world except the polar regions. Females provide their nests with various orthopterous insects such as grasshoppers, cockroaches and mantids. Most of these wasp species are quite common, especially in arid lands, and are thus a factor in controlling population levels of their prey. In contrast to the other parts of the world, the African species remain largely unstudied, yet the number of species, an estimated 200, is higher than in any other zoogeographic region of the world. The available publications are outdated (e.g. Arnold, 1923; 1924). They do not reflect the modern level of knowledge of the morphology of these wasps and do not even allow recognition/identification of the vast majority of individual species. Such poor knowledge is a clear handicap in all faunal inventories, studies of insect biology and insect zoogeography and prevents attempted use of Tachysphex for biological control. The Principal Investigator (PI) in this project will collect both specimens and behavioral/biological information on these wasps through extensive collecting efforts in several countries in Africa and on Madagascar. Data will also be gathered from existing collections in several museums. The PI already done monographic work on members of this genus for other areas and this African project will contribute to completion of a major monographic treatment of the genus for the world. %%% This major taxonomic revision of a group of solitary ground nesting wasps will contribute to basic knowledge of relationships of these wasps. It will also provi de information on their nesting behavior and prey preferences which may be of utility in biological control and pest management of several pest grasshopper and cockroach species. ***

小行星9306812 快速球 是地面筑巢独居黄蜂的一个属，除极地地区外，世界各地都有。 雌性以各种直翅目昆虫为巢，如蚱蜢、蟑螂和螳螂。 这些黄蜂种类中的大多数是相当常见的，特别是在干旱的土地上，因此是控制其猎物种群水平的一个因素。 与世界其他地区相比，非洲的物种大多未被研究，但物种数量估计为200种，高于世界上任何其他动物地理区域。 现有的出版物已经过时（例如Arnold，1923; 1924）。 它们并不反映这些黄蜂形态学的现代知识水平，甚至不允许识别/鉴定绝大多数个体物种。 这种贫乏的知识在所有动物区系调查、昆虫生物学和昆虫动物地理学的研究中是一个明显的障碍，并阻止了尝试使用 快速球 进行生物控制。 该项目的主要研究者将通过在非洲和马达加斯加的几个国家进行广泛的收集工作，收集这些黄蜂的标本和行为/生物信息。 还将从几个博物馆的现有藏品中收集数据。 PI已经为其他地区做了关于该属成员的专题工作，这个非洲项目将有助于完成该属在世界上的主要专题治疗。%%% 对一组独居地巢小蜂的分类学修订将有助于对这些小蜂的关系的基础知识。 它还将提供有关其筑巢行为和猎物偏好的信息，这些信息可能对几种害虫蝗虫和蟑螂的生物控制和害虫管理有用。***