Biology:Poecilopompilus

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Poecilopompilus
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A Poecilopompilus spider wasp dragging a paralyzed golden silk orb-weaver (Nephila) in South Florida
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Pompilidae
Subfamily: Pompilinae
Genus: Poecilopompilus
Ashmead, 1902[1]
Type species
Pompilus navus
Cresson, 1867[2]

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)
  • Poecilopompilus annulatus (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Poecilopompilus apicalis (Banks, 1947)
  • Poecilopompilus autrani (Holmberg)
  • Poecilopompilus badius Evans, 1966
  • Poecilopompilus costatus (Taschenberg)
  • Poecilopompilus decedens (Smith, 1873)
  • Poecilopompilus eurymelus (Banks, 1947)
  • Poecilopompilus exquisitus (Fox)
  • Poecilopompilus familiaris (Smith)
  • Poecilopompilus flavopictus(Smith)
  • Poecilopompilus interruptus (Say, 1835)
  • Poecilopompilus maculifrons (Smith, 1873)
  • Poecilopompilus mixtus (Fabricius, 1798)
  • Poecilopompilus polistoides (Smith)
  • Poecilopompilus rubricatus (Smith, 1879)
  • Poecilopompilus ventralis (Banks, 1947)

References

  1. "Poecilopompilus Ashmead, 1902". GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/8215620. 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. 
  3. "Genus Poecilopompilus". Iowa State University. http://bugguide.net/node/view/26870. Retrieved 4 September 2016. 
  4. "Taxonomy for Poecilopompilus". insectoid.info. http://insectoid.info/insecta/pterygota/neoptera/holometabola/hymenoptera/apocrita/aculeata/vespoidea/pompilidae/pompilinae/pompilini/poecilopompilus/. Retrieved 4 September 2016. 
  5. "Poecilopompilus polistoides (Smith)". Smithsonian. http://collections.si.edu/search/record/nmnhentomology_11130539. Retrieved 5 September 2016. 

Wikidata ☰ Q27905667 entry