Biology:Poecilopompilus
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Short description: Genus of wasps
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| A Poecilopompilus spider wasp dragging a paralyzed golden silk orb-weaver (Nephila) in South Florida | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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]
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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
- ↑ "Poecilopompilus Ashmead, 1902". GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/8215620. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Genus Poecilopompilus". Iowa State University. http://bugguide.net/node/view/26870. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ↑ "Taxonomy for Poecilopompilus". insectoid.info. http://insectoid.info/insecta/pterygota/neoptera/holometabola/hymenoptera/apocrita/aculeata/vespoidea/pompilidae/pompilinae/pompilini/poecilopompilus/. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ↑ "Poecilopompilus polistoides (Smith)". Smithsonian. http://collections.si.edu/search/record/nmnhentomology_11130539. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
Wikidata ☰ Q27905667 entry
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