Aporus

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Aporus
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Aporus hirsutus, California
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Pompilidae
Genus: Aporus
Spinola, 1808
Type species
Aporus bicolor
Spinola, 1808 [1]

Aporus is a genus [2] of spider wasps from the family Pompilidae, they specialise in hunting ground dwelling spiders in their burrows [3] for laying eggs on.

Species within Aporus include [4]

References

  1. V.S.L. Pate (1946). "The Generic Names of the Spider Wasps (Psammocharidae olim Pompilidae) and Their Type Species (Hymenoptera: Aculeata)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 72 (3): 65–137. JSTOR   25077544.
  2. Royal Entomogical Society of London 1934 Generic Names of British Insects British museum (Natural History) Dept. of entomology
  3. Evans H.E. 1972 Revision of the Australian and New Guinean Species of Epipompilus (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) Pacific Insects14 (1) : 101-131
  4. "Aporus niger (Cresson, 1867) -- Discover Life".