Biology:Auplopus canberra

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Short description: Species of insect

Auplopus canberra
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Pompilidae
Genus: Auplopus
Species:
A. canberra
Binomial name
Auplopus canberra
(Evans, 1972)
Synonyms

Fabriogenia canberra Evans, 1972

Auplopus canberra is a species of spider wasp within the genus Auplopus.[1] It was originally described by Howard Ensign Evans based on a holotype from Canberra, Australia.[2]

Description

Length is up to 9 mm with legs and body being black. Antennae are bright orange except on the scape and a weak darkening on the apical segment. Body colour, wings and hair are the same as A. dilga but the difference is in A. canberra having a longer antennae and longer postnotum. Differences also exist in the shape of the clypeus and wing venation details [2]

References

  1. Shimizu, Akira; Wasbauer, Marius; Takami, Yasuoki (2010). "Phylogeny and the evolution of nesting behaviour in the tribe Ageniellini (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Pompilidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160 (1): 88–117. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00592.x. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "A review of the Australian species of Elaphrosyron and Telostegus, with notes on other genera (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae)" (in en-GB). Breviora (386): 1-18. 1972. https://ia801706.us.archive.org/34/items/biostor-4155/biostor-4155.pdf. Retrieved 2023-01-15. 

Wikidata ☰ Q116234159 entry