Sceliphron coromandelicum

Sceliphron coromandelicum is a species of solitary mud dauber wasp in the family Sphecidae.^[1] The female holotype was collected in Coromandel Coast, India.^[2]

Sceliphron coromandelicum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Sphecidae
Genus:	Sceliphron
Species:	S. coromandelicum
Binomial name
Sceliphron coromandelicum (Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845)
Synonyms
Ammophila coromandelica(Casolari and Casolari Moreno, 1980) Pelopaeus coromandelicus Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845

Ecology

The females constructs mud nests which she provisions with spiders as a food source for the enclosed immatures. The spiders are generally Araneidae and in some cases terricolous Salticidae.^[3]