Species Account for Smicromyrme rufipes
Smicromyrme rufipes (Fabricius, 1787)
a velvet ant
Aculeata: Mutillidae
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Taxonomic group: bees and wasps (Aculeata) - County data
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Status: Nb
Essex RDB: Listed
Threat: Regionally Important
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cleptoparasite on aculeates
Species text
This velvet ant is recorded widely in southern England, but is generally scarce (Falk, 1991). In Essex the species is recorded around Colchester and the East Thames Corridor, mostly from sites threatened by development. It is a cleptoparasite of a variety of ground nesting bees and wasps, in bare and sparsely vegetated, sandy situations in warm, sunny locations. References
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