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Sceliphron deforme

Sceliphron deforme is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae.

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Sceliphron deforme
S. deforme deforme in Hong Kong
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Sphecidae
Tribe: Sceliphrini
Genus: Sceliphron
Species:
S. deforme
Binomial name
Sceliphron deforme
(F. Smith, 1856)

Sceliphron deforme is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae.1

The MONA or Hodges number for Sceliphron deforme is 8801.1

Distribution and habitat

It is native to Southern Asia2 and has been introduced to European Russia (Nizhny Novgorod and Saratovskaya Oblasts), Mordovia, and Montenegro. Additional reports in Europe outside of these ranges were misidentified Sceliphron curvatum.3

Subspecies

These five subspecies belong to the species Sceliphron deforme:41

  • Sceliphron deforme atripes (F. Morawitz, 1888)
  • Sceliphron deforme deforme (F. Smith, 1856)
  • Sceliphron deforme femorale Hensen, 1987
  • Sceliphron deforme nipponicum Tsuneki, 1972
  • Sceliphron deforme tibiale Cameron, 1899
  • S. (Hensenia) deforme atripes in Russia.
    S. (Hensenia) deforme atripes in Russia.
  • S. (Hensenia) deforme deforme in Hong Kong.
    S. (Hensenia) deforme deforme in Hong Kong.
References

References

  1. Pulawski, Wojciech J. "Sceliphron" (PDF). Catalog of Sphecidae. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  2. Ćetković, Aleksandar; Radović, Ivica; Đorović, Ljiljana (2004). "Further evidence of the Asian mud-daubing wasps in Europe (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)". Entomological Science. 7: 225–229.
  3. Ćetković, Aleksandar; Mokrousov, Mikhail V.; Plećaš, Milan; Bogusch, Petr; Antić, Dragan; Đorović-Jovanović, Ljiljana; Krpo-Ćetković, Jasmina; Karaman, Marko (2011). "Status of the potentially invasive asian species Sceliphron deforme in Europe, and an update on the distribution of S. curvatum (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)". Acta entomologica serbica. 16: 91–114. Retrieved 2026-05-18.
  4. Hensen, R.V. (1987). "Revision of the subgenus Prosceliphron Van der Vecht (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae)". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 129: 217–261. Retrieved 2025-05-18.