Auplopus cyanellus Wahis 1992

Auplopus cyanellus Wahis

This uncommon species is endemic to Sri Lanka, where we collected the type series in the Wet Zone at altitudes of 90–610 m with an average annual rainfall of 2032–5000 mm. The Sri Lankan records are as follows.

Kandy District: Kandy, Udawattakele Sanctuary

Ratnapura District: Gilimale

PREY.—P.B. Karunaratne collected a female, 6.5 mm long, with prey at 1130 on 9 September 1977, in Udawattakele. The wasp was on the leaf of a plant a meter above the ground, with a paralyzed, green running or sac spider, a species of Clubiona Latreille (Clubionidae), 7.5 mm long. The wasp had amputated all of the spider’s legs.