Pison peletieri Le Guillou, 1841 is a animal in the Crabronidae family, order Hymenoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Pison peletieri Le Guillou, 1841

Pison peletieri Le Guillou, 1841

Pison peletieri is a wasp with distinct coloration that builds mud cell nests, found across most of Australia and northern New Zealand.

Family
Genus
Pison
Order
Hymenoptera
Class
Insecta

About Pison peletieri Le Guillou, 1841

Pison peletieri Le Guillou, 1841 can be identified by its black head and mesosoma, and red-brown metasoma, tibiae, and leg tarsi. This wasp species builds nests made of mud, with cells constructed from the material. In Australia, Pison peletieri occurs in every state except Tasmania. It was first recorded in Auckland, New Zealand, in March 2001. By 2022, the species had spread to the Northland and Waikato regions of New Zealand.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Hymenoptera Crabronidae Pison

More from Crabronidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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