Английская Википедия:Deuteragenia ossarium

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Deuteragenia ossarium, the bone-house wasp, is a species of pompilid wasp discovered in southeast China in 2014. It was named after graveyard bone-houses or ossuaries, from its characteristic use of a vestibular cell filled with dead ants which is built by the female wasp to close the nest after she lays her eggs.[1][2]

This technique is theorized to make the species' nests less vulnerable to predatory enemies than nests of other sympatric trap-nesting wasps, possibly by utilizing chemical cues in odors from the dead ants to camouflage the nest from predators, or repel them.[1]

The ant most frequently found in the vestibular cell was Pachycondyla astuta, an aggressive species with a potent sting.[2] D. ossarium parasitism rates were significantly lower than other cavity-nesting wasp species.[1]

In 2015, the International Institute for Species Exploration names it as "Top 10 New Species" for new species discovered in 2014.[3][4]

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  2. 2,0 2,1 Megan Gannon, News Editor, LiveScience: Newfound Wasp Literally Has Skeletons in Its Closet, https://news.yahoo.com/newfound-wasp-literally-skeletons-closet-190118261.html, July 2, 2014.
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