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Preying on a first instar caterpillar of
Sevenia boisduvali in Kwazulu-Natal. Photograph © Steve
Woodhall.
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Distribution
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South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
Comments
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This species is similar to
P.
africanus but only has posterior pale bands on tergites 1 and 3,
whereas P. africanus has bands only on tergites 1 and 2. |
Biology |
Social, constructing communal paper nests
comprising a single horizontally orientated comb with downward pointing
cells. Larvae are fed on chewed-up, soft-bodied insects such as
caterpillars. |
Reference |
Bequaert, J.C. 1918.
A revision of the Vespidae of the Belgian Congo based on the collection of the
American Museum Congo Expedition: with a list of Ethiopian diplopterous wasps.
Bulletin of the AMNH 39: 1-384. |
Credits
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Photograph © Steve Woodhall.
Map illustration
© Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
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