spider wasp
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- ...
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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-ne ...
Caliadurgus
''Caliadurgus'' is a genus of spider wasps of the subfamily Pepsinae. These are medium-sized black spider wasps with some red. They have a catholic habitat choice and their preferred prey are spiders of the families Araneidae and Tetragnathida ...
Cryptocheilus
''Cryptocheilus'' is a genus of spider wasps of the subfamily Pepsinae, they are found in the world's warmer regions. They vary in size from medium to large and are often strikingly coloured. The females construct multicellular nests in cavitie ...
'' Panzer, 1806
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Cyphononyx
''Cyphononyx'' is a genus of spider hunting wasps in the family Pompilidae.
Selected species
The following species are listed as belonging to this genus:
*''Cyphononyx abyssinicus'' Giovanni Gribodo, Gribodo, 1879
*''Cyphononyx aeneipennis'' Hi ...
Entypus
''Entypus'' is a genus of spider wasps in the family Pompilidae. There are at least 40 described species in ''Entypus''.
Species
These 38 species belong to the genus ''Entypus'':
* ''Entypus angusticeps'' (Townes, 1957)
* '' Entypus aratus'' (T ...
'' Dahlbom, 1843
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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 ''Ep ...
Hemipepsis
''Hemipepsis'' is a genus of large pepsine spider wasps found throughout the tropics. They are commonly known as tarantula hawks. ''Hemipepsis'' wasps are morphologically similar to the related genera '' Pepsis'' and ''Entypus'', but disting ...
'' Dahlbom, 1844
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Java
Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's mo ...
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 '' Hemipepsis''.
These wasps are res ...
'' Fabricius, 1804
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Priocnemis
''Priocnemis'' is a genus of pepsine spider wasp containing around 30 species.
Species list
*''Priocnemis aequalis'' (Banks, 1919)
*'' Priocnemis agilis'' (Shuckard, 1837)
*'' Priocnemis carbonarius'' (Smith, 1855)
*'' Priocnemis conformis'' S ...