Poecilopompilus

Poecilopompilus
A Poecilopompilus spider wasp dragging a paralyzed golden silk orb-weaver (Nephila) in South Florida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Family: Pompilidae
Genus: Poecilopompilus
Howard, 1901[1]

Poecilopompilus is a fossorial genus of the family Pomplidae found in the New World. The main prey of these wasps are spiders of the families Araneidae and Nephilidae.[2]

Species

There are 37 currently recognised species in Poecilopompilus.[3][4] These include:

References

  1. "Poecilopompilus Howard, 1901". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  2. "Genus Poecilopompilus". Iowa State University. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  3. "Taxonomy for Poecilopompilus". insectoid.info. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  4. "Poecilopompilus polistoides (Smith)". Smithsonian. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
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