Episyron
| Episyron | |
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| Episyron rufipes | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Pompilidae |
| Subfamily: | Pompilinae |
| Genus: | Episyron Schioedte, 1837 |
| Type species | |
| Sphex rufipes Linnaeus, 1758[1]
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Episyron is a genus of wasps in the family Pompilidae which prey on spiders. Nine species are found in Europe.[2]
Features[edit]
Episyron wasps are medium to large in size. The head and thorax have long, dark clustered hair with spotted abdomens.
Habits[edit]
These wasps occur in open sandy habitats where the females can burrow easily to create nests. They prey on spiders of the families Araneidae, Lycosidae and Tetragnathidae.[2]
Species[edit]
- Episyron albisquamis Priesner, 1966
- Episyron albonotatum (Vander Linden, 1827)
- Episyron anticus Haupt 1962
- Episyron argillaceus Arnold, 1936
- Episyron arizonica Banks 1933
- Episyron arnoldi Priesner 1967
- Episyron arrogans (Smith, 1873)
- Episyron atrytone Banks 1911
- Episyron bakeri Banks 1934
- Episyron bequaerti Arnold, 1936
- Episyron bicinctus Bischoff, 1913
- Episyron biguttatus (Fabricius, 1798) Two Spotted Spider Wasp
- Episyron binghami Banks 1934
- Episyron braunsii Arnold, 1936
- Episyron candiotum Wahis, 1966
- Episyron capiticrassum (Ferton, 1901)
- Episyron coccineipes (Saunders, 1901)
- Episyron conterminus Smith 1885
- Episyron corsicus Priesner, 1966
- Episyron crassicornis Arnold, 1936
- Episyron dimissionis Priesner 1967
- Episyron flaveolus Gussakovskij 1928
- Episyron fraternus Banks 1946
- Episyron froggati Turner 1910
- Episyron fuliginosum Wahis 2006
- Episyron funerarium (Tournier, 1889)
- Episyron gallicum (Tournier, 1889)
- Episyron gryps Saussure
- Episyron histrio Lepeletier, 1845
- Episyron hopponis (Matsumura 1912)
- Episyron insulanus Wolf, 1961
- *Episyron intermedius Haupt, 1930
- Episyron kaplani Wolf 1998
- Episyron kurilense Lelej 1990
- Episyron laevis Banks
- Episyron latimarginatus Tsuneki 1989
- Episyron levantinum Wahis, 1966
- Episyron maehleri Krombein 1948
- Episyron maneei Banks
- Episyron novarae (Kohl 1885)
- Episyron orbitalis Haupt 1962
- Episyron ordinarius Priesner, 1966
- Episyron oregon Evans 1960
- Episyron pedunculatus Arnold, 1936
- Episyron pilifrons (Smith 1859)
- Episyron praestigiosum Wahis 1978
- Episyron quinquenotatus (Say) white-trimmed black wasp
- Episyron rufipes (Linnaeus, 1758) red-legged spider wasp
- Episyron rufotibialis Tsuneki 1989
- Episyron saussurei Banks 1934
- Episyron sardonius Priesner, 1966
- Episyron sardous Wolf, 1961
- Episyron snowi Banks, 1910
- Episyron solitaneum Kohl, 1906
- Episyron stantoni (Ashmead 1905)
- *Episyron tertius Blüthgen, 1944
- Episyron trispinosus Gussakovskii 1952
- Episyron tristis Priesner 1955
- Episyron tropicalis Arnold, 1936
- Episyron turneri Arnold, 1936
- Episyron vagabundum (Smith 1858)
- Episyron viduus Arnold 1936
- Episyron vindex Smith, 1879
Taxa marked with an asterisk (*) are of doubtful validity.
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Bogdan Wiśniowski: Spider-hunting wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of Poland. Ojców National Park, Ojców 2009, ISBN 83-60337-15-4.
- ^ "Global Names Index".
- ^ "Classification and checklist of Afrotropical Pompilidae". Archived from the original on 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
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