Poecilopompilus

Poecilopompilus
A Poecilopompilus spider wasp dragging a paralyzed golden silk orb-weaver (Nephila) in South Florida
P. algidus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Pompilidae
Subfamily: Pompilinae
Genus: Poecilopompilus
Ashmead, 1902
Type species
Pompilus navus
Cresson, 1867

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.

Species

There are 37 currently recognised species in Poecilopompilus. These include:

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.