General Information

COMMON NAMES: a burrowing wasp TRADITIONAL NAMES: ‘U‘u (MG AK) GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE ? - Cooks - ? COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Land, lowlands SIGNIFICANCE LIST: ; Pest - household Nuisance KEY FEATURES: The larger burrowing wasp. SIMILAR SPECIES: Tachysphex fanuiensis is black and a similar size, but differs in eye inner margin even (vs intruding-V), 3-central eyes not obvious (vs dorsal and protruding), and abdomen anterior round (vs tapering).

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
+++	++

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
			P

Pison QQMK1
Query: sp.1 in Kuhlmann 2006 (special ref.)

SYNONYMS: Pison tahitense [mistaken ID, this Db until 2006/04]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELOCERATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA; Hymenoptera; Apocrita; Aculeata; Apoidea; CRABRONIDAE. COMMENT: Formerly in SPHECIDAE.

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: specimens, 1999, BESO, #414, 244, ID G.McCormack 2/2003 on specimens at BPBM as Pison tahitense, and re-ID M.Kuhlmann 2006/04 as Pison sp.1.; fieldspecimen+photo, 3/2003, burrowing at Shed door, G.McCormack with ID as Pison tahitense, and re-ID M.Kuhlmann 2006/04 as Pison sp.1.; one specimen, Arorangi, Raemaru trail, 2004/9, M.Kuhlmann, in 2006 paper as Pison sp.1.; Mangaia: specimens, Ivirua on makatea, 30m elev., 2004/9, M.Kuhlmann, in 2006 paper as Pison sp.1.; Pukapuka: specimen+photo, #PK043, 2/2004, inside house, G.McCormack with ID as Pison tahitense, and re-ID M.Kuhlmann 2006/04 as Pison sp.1.

References:
Special Reference: Kuhlmann, M. (2006) Fauna and Biogeography of the Bees and Wasps of the Cook Islands (Hymenoptera Aculeata), J. Hym. Res. 15(1):26-37.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM04a

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