Aporus

Aporus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Hymenoptera
Family:Pompilidae
Genus:Aporus
Spinola, 1808

Aporus is a genus[1] of spider wasps from the family Pompilidae, they specialise in hunting ground dwelling spiders in their burrows[2] for laying eggs on.

Species within Aporus include[3]

  • Aporus andradei Wolf, 1970
  • Aporus apicatus Banks 1910
  • Aporus concolor (Smith, 1860)
  • Aporus cuzco Evans, 1973
  • Aporus hirsutus (Banks, 1917) Blue Wasp
  • Aourus idris (Cameron, 1867)
  • Aporus japonicus Yasumatsu & Torikata 1934
  • Aporus luxus (Banks, 1914)
  • Aporus niger Cresson 1897
  • Aporus pollux (Kohl, 1888)
  • Aporus unicolor Spinola, 1808

References

  1. ↑ Royal Entomogical Society of London 1934 Generic Names of British Insects British museum (Natural History) Dept. of entomology
  2. ↑ Evans H.E. 1972 Revision of the Australian and New Guinean Species of Epipompilus (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) Pacific Insects 14 (1) : 101-131
  3. ↑ http://www.discoverlife.org/20/q?search=Aporus+niger


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