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 | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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:
- Pompilus 3-punctatus Spinola, 1808[3]
- Pompilus accolens Cresson, 1869[3]
- Pompilus cinereus (Fabricius, 1775) leaden spider wasp[2]
- Pompilus mirandus (Saussure, 1867)[2]
- Pompilus cadmius Saussure, 1892[2]
- Pompilus bilineatus (Arnold 1937)[2]
- Pompilus botswana Day, 1972[2]
- Pompilus irpex Gerstaecker, 1858[2]
- Pompilus niveus Saunders, 1901[2]
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.
- "Pompilus Fabricius, 1798". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
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