Poecilopompilus

Poecilopompilus
A Poecilopompilus spider wasp dragging a paralyzed golden silk orb-weaver (Nephila) in South Florida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Hymenoptera
Family:Pompilidae
Subfamily:Pompilinae
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 family Araneidae.[2]

Species

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

  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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