Auplopus Canberra
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''Auplopus canberra'' is a species of spider wasp within the
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'' Auplopus''. It was originally described by Howard Ensign Evans based on a
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Description

Length is up to 9 mm with legs and body being black. Antennae are bright orange except on the scape and a weak darkening on the apical segment. Body colour, wings and hair are the same as '' A. dilga'' but the difference is in ''A. canberra ''having a longer antennae and longer postnotum. Differences also exist in the shape of the clypeus and wing venation details


References

Insects of Australia Insects described in 1972 Pompilidae {{Apocrita-stub