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Pompilidae
Wasps in the family Pompilidae are commonly called spider wasps, spider-hunting wasps, or pompilid wasps. The family is cosmopolitan, with some 5,000 species in six subfamilies. Nearly all species are solitary (with the exception of some group-nesting Ageniellini), and most capture and paralyze prey, though members of the subfamily Ceropalinae are kleptoparasites of other pompilids, or ectoparasitoids of living spiders. In South America, species may be referred to colloquially as or , though these names can be generally applied to any very large stinging wasps. Furthermore, in some parts of Venezuela and Colombia, it is called , or "horse killers", while in Brazil some particular bigger and brighter species of the general kind might be called /, or "throat locker". Morphology Like other strong fliers, pompilids have a thorax modified for efficient flight. The metathorax is solidly fused to the pronotum and mesothorax; moreover, the prothorax is best developed in Pompilidae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irenangelus
''Ireangelus'' is a genus of kleptoparasitic spider wasps from the sub-family Ceropalinae of the family Pompilidae. The genus has a pan tropical distribution, being known from Oriental, Neotropical, Australian, eastern Palearctic, and Madagascan Zoogeographic regions being best represented in the Neotropics. ''Irenangelus'' is closely related to the more widespread genus '' Ceropales'', the two genera forming a monophyletic subfamily, Ceropalinae within the Pompilidae. This is regarded as the most basal grouping of the Pompilidae but this view is problematic because of the kleptoparasitic life history of the Ceropalines, it is now considered that they Ceropalines and other pompilids evolved from a common ectoparasitoid ancestor. Biology In the Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ceropales
''Ceropales'' is a genus of kleptoparasitic spider wasps from the sub-family Ceropalinae of the family Pompilidae Wasps in the family Pompilidae are commonly called spider wasps, spider-hunting wasps, or pompilid wasps. The family is cosmopolitan, with some 5,000 species in six subfamilies. Nearly all species are solitary (with the exception of some group-ne .... They are characterised by the taking of the spider prey of other solitary wasps, mainly Pompilidae but members of the Sphecidae that provision with spider prey are sometimes also hosts. In some languages their name translates into English as "cuckoo spider wasp". Species Species within ''Ceropales'' include *'' Ceropales africana'' Moczar, 1989 *'' Ceropales albicincta'' (Rossi, 1790) *'' Ceropales bipunctata'' Say, 1824 *'' Ceropales brevicornis'' Patton, 1879 *'' Ceropales cubensis'' Cresson, 1865 *'' Ceropales elegans'' Cresson, 1872 *'' Ceropales femoralis'' Cresson, 1869 *'' Ceropales fulvipes'' Cresson, 1872 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epipompilus
''Epipompilus'' is a genus of spider wasps in the subfamily Pepsinae, part of the widespread family Pompilidae. Representatives of ''Epipompilus'' can be found in Australasia and North and South America. This distribution may indicate that ''Epipompilus'' evolved in Gondwana and is similar to other Gondwanan taxa such as the southern beech ''Nothofagus'' and '' Auracaria''. ''Epipompilus'' is found in North and South America, ranging from Argentina to extreme southern United States, with around a dozen known species. One species, '' E. insularis'' is endemic to New Zealand. In Australia, the genus reaches its greatest diversity, with a greater number of species and a more varied spectrum of morphological features than among the American species. The ''Epipompilus'' species in New Guinea are notably brilliantly coloured and apparently highly evolved species. The genus is restricted to these areas but several Tertiary fossils from the northern hemisphere should probably be p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ctenocerinae
The Ctenocerinae are a subfamily of spider wasps, Pompilidae, which contains a small number of genera, two in the Neotropics, four in Australia and the remainder in Africa. Ctenocerine wasps have evidently evolved from a common ancestor with the Pepsinae, but are specialized for preying upon trap-door spiders ( Ctenizidae). Genera The genera in the Ctenocerinae include: *'' Abernessia'' Arlé, 1947 *'' Apoclavelia'' Evans, 1972 *'' Apteropompilus'' Brauns, 1899 *'' Apteropompiloides'' Brauns, 1899 *'' Arnoldatus'' Pate, 1946 *'' Ateloclavelia'' Arnold, 1932 *'' Austroclavelia'' Evans, 1972 *'' Clavelia'' Lucas, 1851 *'' Claveliella'' Arnold, 1939 *'' Cteniziphontes'' Evans, 1972 *'' Ctenocerus'' Dahlbom, 1845 *'' Hadropompilus'' Arnold, 1934 *'' Hypoferreola'' Ashmead, 1902 *'' Lepidocnemis'' Haupt, 1930 *''Marimba The marimba () is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars that are struck by mallets. Below each bar is a resonator pipe tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wasp
A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborder. The wasps do not constitute a clade, a complete natural group with a single ancestor, as bees and ants are deeply nested within the wasps, having evolved from wasp ancestors. Wasps that are members of the clade Aculeata can sting their prey. The most commonly known wasps, such as yellowjackets and hornets, are in the family Vespidae and are eusocial, living together in a nest with an egg-laying queen and non-reproducing workers. Eusociality is favoured by the unusual haplodiploid system of sex determination in Hymenoptera, as it makes sisters exceptionally closely related to each other. However, the majority of wasp species are solitary, with each adult female living and breeding independently. Females typically have an ovipositor f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Notocyphus
''Notocyphus'' is a genus of spider wasps, belonging to the family Pompilidae. They are the only genus in the monotypic subfamily Notocyphinae. These wasps are found in the Nearctic and the Neotropics. Species The following species are included in the genus ''Notocyphus'': * '' Notocyphus abdominalis'' Lucas, 1897 * '' Notocyphus abnormis'' ( Taschenberg, 1869) * '' Notocyphus adoletis'' Banks, 1945 * '' Notocyphus albopictus'' Smith Smith may refer to: People * Metalsmith, or simply smith, a craftsman fashioning tools or works of art out of various metals * Smith (given name) * Smith (surname), a family name originating in England, Scotland and Ireland ** List of people wi ..., 1862 * '' Notocyphus alboplagiatus'' (F.Smith) * '' Notocyphus anacaona'' Rodriguez & Pitts, 2012 * '' Notocyphus apicalis'' Cameron, 1893 * '' Notocyphus atratus'' Banks, 1947 * '' Notocyphus aurantiicornis'' Lucas, 1897 * '' Notocyphus bicolor'' Lucas, 1897 * '' Notocyphus bimaculatus'' Lucas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Notocyphinae
''Notocyphus'' is a genus of spider wasps, belonging to the family Pompilidae. They are the only genus in the monotypic subfamily Notocyphinae. These wasps are found in the Nearctic and the Neotropics. Species The following species are included in the genus ''Notocyphus'': * '' Notocyphus abdominalis'' Lucas, 1897 * '' Notocyphus abnormis'' ( Taschenberg, 1869) * '' Notocyphus adoletis'' Banks, 1945 * '' Notocyphus albopictus'' Smith Smith may refer to: People * Metalsmith, or simply smith, a craftsman fashioning tools or works of art out of various metals * Smith (given name) * Smith (surname), a family name originating in England, Scotland and Ireland ** List of people wi ..., 1862 * '' Notocyphus alboplagiatus'' (F.Smith) * '' Notocyphus anacaona'' Rodriguez & Pitts, 2012 * '' Notocyphus apicalis'' Cameron, 1893 * '' Notocyphus atratus'' Banks, 1947 * '' Notocyphus aurantiicornis'' Lucas, 1897 * '' Notocyphus bicolor'' Lucas, 1897 * '' Notocyphus bimaculatus'' Lucas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Notocyphus Dorsalis
''Notocyphus'' is a genus of spider wasps, belonging to the family Pompilidae. They are the only genus in the monotypic subfamily Notocyphinae. These wasps are found in the Nearctic and the Neotropics. Species The following species are included in the genus ''Notocyphus'': * '' Notocyphus abdominalis'' Lucas, 1897 * '' Notocyphus abnormis'' ( Taschenberg, 1869) * '' Notocyphus adoletis'' Banks, 1945 * '' Notocyphus albopictus'' Smith Smith may refer to: People * Metalsmith, or simply smith, a craftsman fashioning tools or works of art out of various metals * Smith (given name) * Smith (surname), a family name originating in England, Scotland and Ireland ** List of people wi ..., 1862 * '' Notocyphus alboplagiatus'' (F.Smith) * '' Notocyphus anacaona'' Rodriguez & Pitts, 2012 * '' Notocyphus apicalis'' Cameron, 1893 * '' Notocyphus atratus'' Banks, 1947 * '' Notocyphus aurantiicornis'' Lucas, 1897 * '' Notocyphus bicolor'' Lucas, 1897 * '' Notocyphus bimaculatus'' Lucas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wasp June 2013-2a
A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborder. The wasps do not constitute a clade, a complete natural group with a single ancestor, as bees and ants are deeply nested within the wasps, having evolved from wasp ancestors. Wasps that are members of the clade Aculeata can sting their prey. The most commonly known wasps, such as yellowjackets and hornets, are in the family Vespidae and are eusocial, living together in a nest with an egg-laying queen and non-reproducing workers. Eusociality is favoured by the unusual haplodiploid system of sex determination in Hymenoptera, as it makes sisters exceptionally closely related to each other. However, the majority of wasp species are solitary, with each adult female living and breeding independently. Females typically have an ovipositor for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klondike Mountain Formation
The Klondike Mountain Formation is an Early Eocene (Ypresian) geological formation located in the northeast central area of Washington state. The formation, named for the type location designated in 1962, Klondike Mountain north of Republic, Washington, is composed of volcanic rocks in the upper unit and volcanics plus lacustrine (lakebed) sedimentation in which a lagerstätte with exceptionally well-preserved plant and insect fossils has been found, along with fossil epithermal hot springs. The formation is the youngest in a group of formations which belong to the Challis Sequence rocks. The formation unconformably overlies rocks of the Eocene Sanpoil Volcanics and much older Triassic and Permian formations. The formation is bounded on its edges by a series of high-angle strike slip faults, which have contained the Klondike Mountain Formation in a series of graben structures, such as the Republic Graben. Public access to a fossiliferous outcrop at the north end of Republic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ceropalinae
The Ceropalinae are a subfamily of the Pompilidae, the spider wasps, containing two genera, whose members are kleptoparasitic Kleptoparasitism (etymologically, parasitism by theft) is a form of feeding in which one animal deliberately takes food from another. The strategy is evolutionarily stable when stealing is less costly than direct feeding, which can mean when f ... on other solitary wasps which hunt spiders, mainly fellow members of the Pompilidae. The two genera within the Ceropalinae are Kimsey L.S. & Wasbauer MS 2004 Revision of New World Species of the Cleptoparasitic Pompilid Genus Irenangelus Schulz (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) ''Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society'' 77(4) 650-668 *'' Ceropales'' Latreille, 1796 *'' Irenangelus'' Schultz 1906 References Apocrita subfamilies {{apocrita-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pepsinae
The Pepsinae are a subfamily of the spider wasp family, Pompilidae, including the tarantula hawks, as well as smaller species. Genera *'' Ageniella'' Banks, 1912 *'' Allaporus'' Banks, 1933 *'' Auplopus'' Spinola, 1841 250px, '' Auplopus carbonarius'' with prey *'' Caliadurgus'' Pate, 1946 *'' Chirodamus'' Haliday, 1837 *'' Cryptocheilus'' Panzer, 1806 *'' Cyemagenia'' Arnold, 1946 *'' Cyphononyx'' Dahlbom, 1845 *'' Deuteragenia'' Šustera, 1912 *'' Dichragenia'' Haupt, 1950 *'' Dipogon'' Fox 1897 *'' Entypus'' Dahlbom, 1843 *'' Epipompilus'' Kohl, 1884 *'' Guichardia'' Arnold, 1951 *'' Hemipepsis'' Dahlbom, 1844 *''Java'' Pate, 1946 *'' Melanagenia'' Wahis, 2009 *'' Minagenia'' Banks, 1934 *'' Nipponodipogon'' Ishikawa, 1965 *'' Paraclavelia'' Haupt, 1930 *''Pepsis ''Pepsis'' is a genus of spider wasps belonging to the family Pompilidae. Species within this genus are also called tarantula hawks, as they usually hunt tarantulas, similarly to many species in the genus '' He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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