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Aporus
''Aporus'' is a genus of spider wasps from 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 specialise in hunting ground dwelling spiders in their burrows for laying eggs on. Species within ''Aporus'' include *'' Aporus andradei'' Wolf, 1970 *'' Aporus apicatus'' Banks 1910 *'' Aporus bicolor'' Spinola, 1808 *'' Aporus concolor'' (Smith, 1860) *'' Aporus cuzco'' Evans, 1973 *'' Aporus hirsutus'' (Banks, 1917) Blue Wasp *'' Aourus idris'' (Cameron, 1867) *'' Aporus japonicus'' Yasumatsu & Torikata 1934 *'' Aporus luxus'' (Banks, 1914) *'' Aporus niger'' Cresson 1897 *'' Aporus pollux'' (Kohl, 1888) *'' Aporus unicolor'' Spinola, 1808 References Hymenoptera genera Pompilinae {{apocrita-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aporus Andradei
''Aporus'' is a genus of spider wasps from the family Pompilidae, they specialise in hunting ground dwelling spiders in their burrows for laying eggs on. Species within ''Aporus'' include *''Aporus andradei'' Wolf, 1970 *''Aporus apicatus'' Banks 1910 *''Aporus bicolor'' Spinola, 1808 *''Aporus concolor'' (Smith, 1860) *''Aporus cuzco'' Evans, 1973 *''Aporus hirsutus'' (Banks, 1917) Blue Wasp *''Aourus idris'' (Cameron, 1867) *''Aporus japonicus'' Yasumatsu & Torikata 1934 *''Aporus luxus'' (Banks, 1914) *''Aporus niger'' Cresson 1897 *''Aporus pollux'' (Kohl, 1888) *''Aporus unicolor'' Spinola, 1808 References Hymenoptera genera Pompilinae {{apocrita-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aporus Unicolor
''Aporus unicolor'', common name cutpurse, is a highly specialised spider hunting wasp from the family ''Pompilidae''. Description Spinola originally thought that there were two species ''A. unicolor'' and ''A bicolor'' but we now know that these are the female and male respectively. Both sexes are largely bluish black with dusky wings, but the male has a reddish-brown abdomen with a black tip. The female is about 10 mm in length. Biology ''Aporus unicolor'' is a specialised hunter in that it has only one recorded prey, the purse-web spider ''Atypus affinis''. The female ''A. affinis'' can live for up to eight years in its subterranean silky tubular web, to which ''A. unicolor'' gains access by using its specialised enlarged fore-femur. Once in, the wasp stings the spider to paralyse it, lays an egg on her and promptly leaves the sac in which her larva develops by eating the spider. The adult wasps feed on the nectar of Umbellifers such as wild carrot, wild parsnip and ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maximilian Spinola
Maximilian Spinola ( it, Massimiliano Spinola; July 10, 1780 – November 12, 1857) was an Italian entomologist. Background Spinola was born in Pézenas, Hérault, France. The family of Spinola was of very long standing and had great wealth and power in Genoa. Maximilian Spinola was a descendant of the famous Spanish General Ambrogio Spinola, marqués de los Balbases (1569–1630) and much of his wealth derived from land held in Spain and South America. He was linked to Camillo Pallavicini. Research He received many insects from his properties in Spain and South America. He also made extensive, and expensive purchases especially of large showy tropical beetles and wasps. His entomological contributions were mainly in the orders Coleoptera, Hymenoptera and Hemiptera. Spinola made very important contributions to entomology, describing many taxa, especially in Spinola M. M., 1850.''Tavola sinottica dei generi spettanti alla classe degli insetti Arthroidignati, Hemiptera Linn., ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |