Episyron
| Episyron | |
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| Episyron rufipes | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Pompilidae |
| Subfamily: | Pompilinae |
| Genus: | Episyron Schioedte, 1837 |
| Type species | |
| Sphex rufipes Linnaeus, 1758[1]
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Episyron is a genus of wasps in the family Pompilidae which prey on spiders. Nine species are found in Europe.[2]
Features[]
Episyron wasps are medium to large in size. The head and thorax have long, dark clustered hair with spotted abdomens.
Habits[]
These wasps occur in open sandy habitats where the females can burrow easily to create nests. They prey on spiders of the families Araneidae, Lycosidae and Tetragnathidae.[2]
Species[3][4][]
- Priesner, 1966
- (Vander Linden, 1827)
- Haupt 1962
- Arnold, 1936
- Banks 1933
- Priesner 1967
- (Smith, 1873)
- Banks 1911
- Banks 1934
- Arnold, 1936
- Bischoff, 1913
- (Fabricius, 1798) Two Spotted Spider Wasp
- Banks 1934
- Arnold, 1936
- Wahis, 1966
- (Ferton, 1901)
- (Saunders, 1901)
- Smith 1885
- Priesner, 1966
- Arnold, 1936
- Priesner 1967
- Gussakovskij 1928
- Banks 1946
- Turner 1910
- Wahis 2006
- (Tournier, 1889)
- Episyron gallicum (Tournier, 1889)
- Saussure
- Lepeletier, 1845
- (Matsumura 1912)
- Wolf, 1961
- Haupt, 1930
- Wolf 1998
- Lelej 1990
- Banks
- Tsuneki 1989
- Wahis, 1966
- Krombein 1948
- Banks
- (Kohl 1885)
- Haupt 1962
- Priesner, 1966
- Evans 1960
- Arnold, 1936
- (Smith 1859)
- Wahis 1978
- Episyron quinquenotatus (Say) white-trimmed black wasp
- Episyron rufipes (Linnaeus, 1758) red-legged spider wasp
- Tsuneki 1989
- Banks 1934
- Priesner, 1966
- Wolf, 1961
- Banks, 1910
- Kohl, 1906
- (Ashmead 1905)
- Blüthgen, 1944
- Gussakovskii 1952
- Priesner 1955
- Arnold, 1936
- Arnold, 1936
- (Smith 1858)
- Arnold 1936
- Smith, 1879
Taxa marked with an asterisk (*) are of doubtful validity.
References[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Bogdan Wiśniowski: Spider-hunting wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of Poland. Ojców National Park, Ojców 2009, ISBN 83-60337-15-4.
- ^ "Global Names Index".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
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