Pompilus (wasp)
| Pompilus | |
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| Pompilus cinereus with prey | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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]
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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.
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:[2]
- Pompilus cinereus (Fabricius 1775) leaden spider wasp
- Pompilus mirandus (Saussure 1867)
- Pompilus cadmius Saussure 1892
- Pompilus bilineatus (Arnold 1937)
- Pompilus botswana Day 1972
- Pompilus irpex Gerstaecker, 1858
- Pompilus niveus Saunders 1901
References
- ^ M.C.Day (1979). "Nomenclatural studies on the British Pompilidae (Hymenoptera)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History): Entomology. 38 (1): 1–26.
- ^ a b c d 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.
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