Poecilopompilus

Poecilopompilus
A Poecilopompilus spider wasp dragging a paralyzed golden silk orb-weaver (Nephila) in South Florida
P. algidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Pompilidae
Subfamily:	Pompilinae
Genus:	Poecilopompilus Ashmead, 1902 [1]
Type species
Pompilus navus Cresson, 1867 [2]

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. ^[3]

Species

There are 37 currently recognised species in Poecilopompilus. ^{[4] [5]} 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 Ashmead, 1902". GBIF. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
2. 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.
3. "Genus Poecilopompilus". Iowa State University . Retrieved 4 September 2016.
4. "Taxonomy for Poecilopompilus". insectoid.info. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
5. "Poecilopompilus polistoides (Smith)". Smithsonian . Retrieved 5 September 2016.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Poecilopompilus at iNaturalist