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Species Account for Hedychrum niemelai

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Hedychrum niemelai  Linsenmaier, 1959
a cuckoo wasp
Aculeata: Chrysididae

 
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Taxonomic group: bees and wasps (Aculeata) - County data

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Status: RDB 3

Essex RDB: Listed
Threat: Essex Threatened
Records: 246
First Record: 1992
Latest Record: 2024

1992-on hectads: 16
Pre-1992 hectads: 0
Total hectads: 16

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Essex Red Data List comment
parasite on Cerceris quinquefasciata

Species text
The ruby-tailed wasp Hedychrum niemelai is a cleptoparasite of the national Biodiversity Action Plan RDB3 Cerceris quinquefaciata and other Cerceris species in hot situations. In the past the species was apparently locally common in southern England, from W. Cornwall to W. Norfolk, but now seems to be very scarce, with post-1970 information from only a handful of sites. It is known to inhabit open, sandy situations with nesting taking place in bare or sparsely vegetated sandy substrates fully exposed to the sun. The Cerceris is recorded collecting a number of weevils as prey, including some very common species. The UK Action Plan gives the loss of open areas of sandy ground for nesting and flower-rich grasslands for foraging as the current factors causing decline. Cerceris quinquefaciata is currently subject to research into its autecology. References

Species text last edited on Tue Jul 26th 2011 by user 169

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Broad Habitat Data (based on 125 records with habitat information)

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Structural Habitat Data (based on 79 records with structural habitat information)

Habitat Detail and Method (based on 246 records with habitat detail and method information)

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