Sceliphron fuscum Klug, 1801

Kolosova, Yulia S., Potapov, Grigory S., Spitsyna, Elizaveta A., Spitsyn, Vitaly M. & Bolotov, Ivan N., 2022, Are invasive hymenopteran species replacing native mud dauber wasp-associated taxa on the Seychelles Archipelago?, Ecologica Montenegrina 50, pp. 1-16 : 14

Sceliphron fuscum Klug, 1801

= Sceliphron hemipterum (Fabricius, 1798) ; Turner (1911): 369; Vesey-Fitzgerald (1950): 76.

= Sceliphron fuscum Klug, 1801 ; Madl et al. (1996): 831; Madl (2013b): 296; Pulawski (2021).

= Sceliphron quodi Vachal, 1907: 114 .

Samples from the nests of this species examined: MAHÉ: Anse Petite Marie- Louise, 4.7870°S, 55.5272°E, palm-cinnamon forest, under rocky shelter, 25–27.ii.2016, 1 specimen dead at the pupal stage and 7 post-emergence cocoons, Bolotov leg. ; PRASLIN: Anse Possession , 4.3116°S, 55.7245°E, beach crest, 22.ii.2016, 6 specimens reared from preimaginal stages and 3 specimens dead at the pupal stage, Bolotov leg. ; SILHOUETTE: Anse La Passe , 4.4863°S, 55.2533°E, mixed palm forest, under rocky shelter and leaves of Coco De Mer Palm, 30.viii.2016, 4 specimens reared from preimaginal stages, Bolotov leg.

Additional samples examined: PRASLIN: Anse Possession , near Sea View Lodge, 4.3115°S, 55.7291°E, 5 m altitude, coastal lowland, garden, 4–22.i.2013, 1♀, Bolotov leg. ; MAHÉ: Anse Forbans , 4.7815°S, 55.5229°E, sea coast, sandy habitat with coconuts, 25–28.ii.2016, 1♀, Bolotov leg. ; Anse Forbans , 4.7815°S, 55.5229°E, garden, 30.xi.2017, 1♀, Bolotov leg.

Distribution: Madagascar, Comoros (Anjouan, Moheli, and Mayotte), Réunion, Mauritius, and Seychelles ( Mahé, Praslin, Silhouette, and Aldabra), and New Caledonia (Turner 1911; Madl 2013b; Pulawski 2021).

Comments: It is a species native to Seychelles (Vesey-Fitzgerald 1950; Madl 2013b; this study). This wasp collects small spiders for offspring provisioning (Vesey-Fitzgerald 1950; this study).