Mating behaviour of Celonites fischeri: 14 Pouncing male turning off before reaching a flower visiting female 15 Male alighting on the mesosoma of flower visiting female, trying to hold on 16 Anterior position of the male during initiation, in which his head is a little anterior to the head of the female 17 Posterior position of the male during initiation, in which the head of the male is positioned above the posterior half of the mesosoma of the female 18 Male in posterior position during initiation, trying to insert genitalia into the genital chamber of the female. Note protruded male proboscis 19 Male performing mating movements after pouncing on a perching male 20 Male alighting on a pair in initiation phase. Note protruded proboscis of primary male 21 Male perching on dry stem of perennial herbaceous plant.

 
 
  Part of: Mauss V, Müller A (2014) First contribution to the bionomics of the pollen wasp Celonites fischeri Spinola, 1838 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Masarinae) in Cyprus In memory of Friedrich W. Gess. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 39: 119-153. https://doi.org/10.3897/JHR.39.7841