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POMPILIDAE (spider-hunting wasps)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #refs #webs
Genus Anoplius (a genus of spider-hunting wasps) 4        
Species Anoplius concinnus (Dahlbom) (a spider-hunting wasp)         1
Species Anoplius infuscatus (Vander Linden) (a spider-hunting wasp)         1
Species Anoplius nigerrimus (Scopoli) (a spider-hunting wasp)   3 3    
Species Anoplius viaticus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Black Banded Spider Wasp)         1
Species Aporus unicolor Spinola, 1808 (a spider-hunting wasp)         1
Genus Arachnospila (a genus of spider-hunting wasps) 4        
Species Arachnospila anceps (Wesmael, 1851) (a spider-hunting wasp)         1
Species Arachnospila consobrina (Dahlbom, 1843) (a spider-hunting wasp)         1
Species Arachnospila minutula (Dahlbom) (a spider-hunting wasp)     3   1
Species Arachnospila trivialis (Dahlbom, 1843) (a spider-hunting wasp)         2
Species Auplopus carbonarius (Scopoli, 1763) (a spider-hunting wasp)         1
Species Ceropales maculata (Fabricius) (a spider-hunting wasp)         1
Species Ceropales variegata (Fabricius) (a spider-hunting wasp)         1
Genus Dipogon (a genus of spider-hunting wasps) 2        
Species Dipogon bifasciatus (Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785) (a spider-hunting wasp)         1
Species Dipogon variegatus (L., 1758) (a spider-hunting wasp)   4 11    
Species Episyron rufipes (Linnaeus) (Red Legged Spider Wasp)         1
Genus Evagetes 3        
Species Evagetes crassicornis (Shuckard, 1837) (a spider-hunting wasp)         1
Species Evagetes dubius (Vander Linden) (a spider-hunting wasp)         1
Species Evagetes pectinipes (Linnaeus) (a spider-hunting wasp)         1
Species Homonotus sanguinolentus (Fabricius) (a spider-hunting wasp)       1 2
Species Pompilus cinereus (Fabricius, 1775) (Leaden Spider Wasp)         2

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Berland, L., 1925 Hyménoptères Vespiformes I (Sphegidae, Pompilidae, Scoliidae, Sapygidae, Mutillidae)

POMPILIDAE may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
POMPILOIDEA

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

POMPILIDAE is associated with:

There may be taxa associated with Pompilidae listed at higher taxonomic level

HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

Associated with POMPILIDAE:

spider prey spider prey is kleptoparasitised female Ceropales maculata - a spider-hunting wasp (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
spider prey spider prey is kleptoparasitised female Ceropales variegata - a spider-hunting wasp (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
spider prey spider prey is kleptoparasitised female Evagetes crassicornis - a spider-hunting wasp (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
spider prey spider prey is kleptoparasitised female Evagetes dubius - a spider-hunting wasp (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
spider prey spider prey is kleptoparasitised female Evagetes pectinipes - a spider-hunting wasp (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.

Pompilidae may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)

References

Macdonald, M.A., in prep. Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates

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