Author: Gess, F.W. & Gess, S.K.
Title: Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums. Volume 18. Part 3. A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Ethology of the Genera Parachilus Giordani Soika and Paravespa Randoszkowski (Hymenoptera: Eumenidae) in Southern Africa.
Description: Cape Provincial Museum, Albany Museum, Grahamstown, Natural History. Volume 18. Part 3. 31th August 1988. Stapled wraps, p57-p81. illustrated, 184mm wide x 240mm high. New unread copy. Ethological accounts are given for Parachilus capensis (Saussure), Parachilus major (Saussure) and Paravespa (Gestrodynerus) mima Giordani Soinka. The two species of Parachilus, like Parachilus insignis (Saussure), divide their cells into an egg compartment and one or more pantry compartments. The cells of Paravespa (Gestrodynerus) mima Giordani Soinka are not divided. Nest turrets of two distinct architectural forms are recorded for P. (G.) mima.

Keywords: albany museum grahamstown eastern cape cape provincial museum entomology south southern africa african wasps insects hymenoptera eumenidae


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