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Poecilopompilus

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

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

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There are 37 currently recognised species in Poecilopompilus.[4][5] These include:

References

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  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.