Pompilus (wasp)
Pompilus is a genus of spider wasps in the family Pompilidae, the members of which prey on spiders. There are seven species recognised in Pompilus sensu stricto.[2] It is the type genus of the family Pompilidae and the subfamily Pompilinae.
| Pompilus | |
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| Pompilus cinereus with prey | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Pompilidae |
| Subfamily: | Pompilinae |
| Genus: | Pompilus Fabricius, 1798 |
| Type species | |
| Pompilus pulcher Fabricius, 1798[1] | |
Biology
Pompilus wasps are fossorial, stocking short burrows in sand with single spiders of various families upon which they lay a single egg.[2]
Distribution
The members of Pompilus are widely distributed throughout the Old World, in both temperate and tropical regions, but with the greatest diversity in Africa.[2]
The species are:[2]
- Pompilus cinereus (Fabricius 1775) leaden spider wasp
- Pompilus mirandus (Saussure 1867)
- Pompilus cadmius Saussure 1892
- Pompilus bilineatus (Arnold 1937)
- Pompilus botswana Day 1972
- Pompilus irpex Gerstaecker, 1858
- Pompilus niveus Saunders 1901
References
- M.C.Day (1979). "Nomenclatural studies on the British Pompilidae (Hymenoptera)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History): Entomology. 38 (1): 1–26.
- Day M.C (1981). "A revision of Pompilus (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera : Pompilidae), with further nomenclatural and biological considerations". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History): Entomology. 42 (1): 1–42.
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