HYMENOPTERA :: Sphecidae :: Sceliphrinae

Sceliphron Klug, 1801

Sceliphron deforme (Smith, 1856)

Sceliphron javanum (Lepeletier, 1845)

Biology

Solitary, predatory wasps hunting spiders of the families Araneidae, Oxyopidae, Salticidae, and Thomisidae.

Sources

Barthélémy C & Guénard B. 2025. An annotated and illustrated checklist of Hong Kong aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera: Apoid wasps; Pompilioidea; Scolioidea; Thynnoidea; Tiphioidea; Vespoidea; Chrysidoidea). Insecta Mundi 1115: 1–230.