Conducta de nidificación de <i>Oxybelus analis</i> (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae,

Abstract

Nesting behavior of me wasp Oxybelus analis was studied in Güines, La Habana, Cuba, including additional data from other Cuban localities. All females nested in sandy soil or sand; and supplied merr nests wim paralyzed adult Díptera. Flies of many families were used as prey and five dipteran families were found in me same cell. One nest had seven Heteroptera of me species Spanogonicus albofascíatus (Miridae), which was an unusual prey record for me genus. There was no specificity in me choice of me prey sexo Females left meir nest open while provisioning and flew direcdy into it wim prey wimout landing. Flies were apparendy carried to me nest mrough me pedal mechanism. The egg and prey were located at me apex of me cell and me egg was placed with its cephalic pole wedged into me cervical region of me fly.