Biology:Entypus unifasciatus
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Short description: Species of wasp
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Pompilidae |
| Genus: | Entypus |
| Species: | E. unifasciatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Entypus unifasciatus (Say, 1828)
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Entypus unifasciatus is a species of spider wasp in the family Pompilidae.[1]
Description
Theses spider wasps are black with a bluish sheen, yellow antennae, and usually have a single diffuse amber band or patch near the tip of dark, smoky wings.[2]
Range
Essentially transcontinental North America, except in the northwest.[3][4]
Ecology
Female wasps paralyze large spiders and deposit them in burrows. The wasp lays a fertilized egg upon the spider; after hatching, the larva feeds on the living but paralyzed spider until maturing into a pupa that overwinters, and emerges as a winged adult next summer.[5]
Taxonomy
Entypus unifasciatus contains the following subspecies:
- Entypus unifasciatus cressoni[1]
- Entypus unifasciatus dumosus[1]
- Entypus unifasciatus californicus[1]
- Entypus unifasciatus unifasciatus[1]
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Entypus unifasciatus". https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/143299-Entypus-unifasciatus.
- ↑ "ENTYPUS SPIDER WASPS Entypus aratus, E. unifasciatus, E. fulvicornis, and others". Missouri Department of Conservation. https://nature.mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/entypus-spider-wasps.
- ↑ "Species Entypus unifasciatus". BugGuide. https://bugguide.net/node/view/6803.
- ↑ "Spider Wasp (Entypus) (Enytpus unifasciatus)". Aug 23, 2019. https://www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.asp?identification=Spider-Wasp-Entypus-Unifasciatus.
- ↑ Taulman, James (Jun 19, 2020). "WILD THINGS: SPIDER WASP (ENTYPUS UNIFASCIATUS)". The Independent. https://edgewood.news/wild-things-spider-wasp-entypus-unifasciatus/.
Wikidata ☰ Q28608140 entry
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