Poecilopompilus

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Poecilopompilus
Poecilopompilus.jpg
A Poecilopompilus spider wasp dragging a paralyzed golden silk orb-weaver (Nephila) in South Florida
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Pompilidae
Subfamily: Pompilinae
Genus: Poecilopompilus
Ashmead, 1902[1]
Type species
Pompilus navus

Poecilopompilus is a fossorial genus of the family Pomplidae found in the New World. The main prey of these wasps are spiders of the family Araneidae.[3]

Species[]

There are 37 currently recognised species in Poecilopompilus.[4][5] These include:

  • Poecilopompilus algidus (Smith, 1855)
  • (Fabricius, 1793)
  • (Banks, 1947)
  • (Holmberg)
  • Evans, 1966
  • (Taschenberg)
  • (Smith, 1873)
  • (Banks, 1947)
  • (Fox)
  • (Smith)
  • (Smith)
  • Poecilopompilus interruptus (Say, 1835)
  • (Smith, 1873)
  • (Fabricius, 1798)
  • (Smith)
  • (Smith, 1879)
  • (Banks, 1947)

References[]

  1. ^ "Poecilopompilus Ashmead, 1902". GBIF. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Genus Poecilopompilus". Iowa State University. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Taxonomy for Poecilopompilus". insectoid.info. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Poecilopompilus polistoides (Smith)". Smithsonian. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
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