Kauaʻi record · KCA-IA-00284
Chalybion bengalense
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About Chalybion bengalense
Chalybion bengalense is a spider-hunting wasp documented on Kauaʻi.
Ecology and introduction history
Chalybion bengalense is a spider-hunting wasp documented on Kauaʻi. Its predatory association should be distinguished from parasitoid wasps that develop inside caterpillars or flies. The Hawaiian survey records a specimen at Līhuʻe Airport and treats the species as an accidental immigrant. That collecting location is evidence of occurrence, not proof of the route by which it first arrived or of a particular nesting site.
Kauaʻi occurrence and evidence
Atlas occurrence category: Present. Kauaʻi specimen from Līhuʻe Airport; adventive spider-hunting wasp.
Evidence limits
The cited observations describe the evidence currently available for this account. They do not establish a complete life history or a measured current Kauaʻi population trend.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Chalybion bengalense
- Family
- Sphecidae
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Present
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Chalybion bengalense is a spider-hunting wasp documented on Kauaʻi.