Observations on the Biology and Description of the Last Instar Larva of Penepodium Latro (Kohl, 1902) (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae)

Abstract

Observations on the biology of the solitary wasp Penepodium latro (Kohl, 1902) are presented, based on one female and her nest observed in a site from southeastern Brazil covered with Atlantic Tropical Rainforest. Poecilodheris sp. (Blattodea, Blaberidae) is reported as prey. The last instar larva of the wasp is described.