Aporus

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Aporus
Aporus hirsutus.jpg
Aporus hirsutus, California
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Pompilidae
Genus: Aporus
Spinola, 1808
Type species
Aporus bicolor
Spinola, 1808[1]

Aporus is a genus[2] of spider wasps from the family Pompilidae, they specialise in hunting ground dwelling spiders in their burrows[3] for laying eggs on.

Species within Aporus include[4]

  • Wolf, 1970
  • Banks 1910
  • Spinola, 1808
  • (Smith, 1860)
  • Evans, 1973
  • (Banks, 1917) Blue Wasp
  • (Cameron, 1867)
  • Yasumatsu & Torikata 1934
  • (Banks, 1914)
  • Cresson 1897
  • (Kohl, 1888)
  • Aporus unicolor Spinola, 1808

References[]

  1. ^ V.S.L. Pate (1946). "The Generic Names of the Spider Wasps (Psammocharidae olim Pompilidae) and Their Type Species (Hymenoptera: Aculeata)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 72 (3): 65–137. JSTOR 25077544.
  2. ^ Royal Entomogical Society of London 1934 Generic Names of British Insects British museum (Natural History) Dept. of entomology
  3. ^ Evans H.E. 1972 Revision of the Australian and New Guinean Species of Epipompilus (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) Pacific Insects 14 (1) : 101-131
  4. ^ "Aporus niger (Cresson, 1867) -- Discover Life".
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