''Tachypompilus'' is a genus of

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- ...

s, found in the

Neotropics The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In bi ...

Nearctic The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface. The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America ...

, eastern

Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Si ...

Indomalayan The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Indi ...

and

Afrotropic The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the islan ...

Species

The species included in ''Tachypompilius'' include: *''

Tachypompilus analis ''Tachypompilus analis'', the red-tailed spider wasp is a species of spider wasp found in most of tropical and subtropical Asia, north to Japan. These spider wasps often hunt huntsman spiders. Description ''T. analis'' is a medium-sized to larg ...

'' (Fabricius, 1781) red-tailed spider wasp *''

Tachypompilus atratus ''Tachypompilus'' is a genus of spider wasps, found in the Neotropics. Nearctic, eastern Palearctic, Indomalayan and Afrotropics. Species The species included in ''Tachypompilius'' include: *''Tachypompilus analis'' (Fabricius, 1781) red-ta ...

'' (Colomo de Correa, 1985) *''

Tachypompilus banksi ''Tachypompilus'' is a genus of spider wasps, found in the Neotropics. Nearctic, eastern Palearctic, Indomalayan and Afrotropics. Species The species included in ''Tachypompilius'' include: *''Tachypompilus analis'' (Fabricius, 1781) red-ta ...

'' (Colomo de Correa, 1985) *''

Tachypompilus erubescens ''Tachypompilus'' is a genus of spider wasps, found in the Neotropics. Nearctic, eastern Palearctic, Indomalayan and Afrotropics. Species The species included in ''Tachypompilius'' include: *''Tachypompilus analis'' (Fabricius, 1781) red-ta ...

'' (Taschenberg, 1869) *''

Tachypompilus ferrugineus ''Tachypompilus ferrugineus'', the rusty spider wasp, red-tailed spider hunter, or sometimes red-tailed spider wasp (but that name is also used for the Asian species ''Tachypompilus analis'') is a species of spider wasp from the Americas. It pre ...

'' (Say, 1824) rusty spider wasp *''

Tachypompilus gracilis ''Tachypompilus'' is a genus of spider wasps, found in the Neotropics. Nearctic, eastern Palearctic, Indomalayan and Afrotropics. Species The species included in ''Tachypompilius'' include: *''Tachypompilus analis'' (Fabricius, 1781) red-ta ...

'' (Colomo de Correa, 1985) *''

Tachypompilus ignitus The rain spider wasp or red-femora spider wasp (''Tachypompilus ignitus'') is an Afrotropical species of spider wasp specialising in capturing spiders of the genus ''Palystes'', the rain spiders. Distribution This spider wasp is found in Souther ...

'' (Smith, 1855) rain spider wasp *''

Tachypompilus larssoni ''Tachypompilus'' is a genus of spider wasps, found in the Neotropics. Nearctic, eastern Palearctic, Indomalayan and Afrotropics. Species The species included in ''Tachypompilius'' include: *'' Tachypompilus analis'' (Fabricius, 1781) red-t ...

'' (Kurczewski, 2007) *''

Tachypompilus latus ''Tachypompilus'' is a genus of spider wasps, found in the Neotropics. Nearctic, eastern Palearctic, Indomalayan and Afrotropics. Species The species included in ''Tachypompilius'' include: *''Tachypompilus analis'' (Fabricius, 1781) red-t ...

'' (Smith) *''

Tachypompilus mendozae ''Tachypompilus'' is a genus of spider wasps, found in the Neotropics. Nearctic, eastern Palearctic, Indomalayan and Afrotropics. Species The species included in ''Tachypompilius'' include: *'' Tachypompilus analis'' (Fabricius, 1781) red-t ...

'' (Dalla Torre, 1897) *''

Tachypompilus ovambo ''Tachypompilus'' is a genus of spider wasps, found in the Neotropics. Nearctic, eastern Palearctic, Indomalayan and Afrotropics. Species The species included in ''Tachypompilius'' include: *'' Tachypompilus analis'' (Fabricius, 1781) red-t ...

'' (Arnold, 1937) *''

Tachypompilus pallidus ''Tachypompilus'' is a genus of spider wasps, found in the Neotropics. Nearctic, eastern Palearctic, Indomalayan and Afrotropics. Species The species included in ''Tachypompilius'' include: *'' Tachypompilus analis'' (Fabricius, 1781) red-t ...

'' (Banks, 1947) *''

Tachypompilus praepotens ''Tachypompilus'' is a genus of spider wasps, found in the Neotropics. Nearctic, eastern Palearctic, Indomalayan and Afrotropics. Species The species included in ''Tachypompilius'' include: *'' Tachypompilus analis'' (Fabricius, 1781) red-t ...

'' (Kohl, 1894) *''

Tachypompilus rubiginosus ''Tachypompilus'' is a genus of spider wasps, found in the Neotropics. Nearctic, eastern Palearctic, Indomalayan and Afrotropics. Species The species included in ''Tachypompilius'' include: *'' Tachypompilus analis'' (Fabricius, 1781) red-t ...

'' (Taschenberg) *''

Tachypompilus torridus ''Tachypompilus'' is a genus of spider wasps, found in the Neotropics. Nearctic, eastern Palearctic, Indomalayan and Afrotropics. Species The species included in ''Tachypompilius'' include: *'' Tachypompilus analis'' (Fabricius, 1781) red-t ...

'' (Cresson) *''

Tachypompilus unicolor The red-tailed spider hunter (''Tachypompilus unicolor'') is a species of spider wasp from western North America. Description Especially in the subspecies ''T. u. cerinus'', the body is often entirely red, with yellow, dark-margined wings. Dis ...

'' (Banks, 1919) red-tailed spider hunter *''

Tachypompilus vitripennis ''Tachypompilus'' is a genus of spider wasps, found in the Neotropics. Nearctic, eastern Palearctic, Indomalayan and Afrotropics. Species The species included in ''Tachypompilius'' include: *'' Tachypompilus analis'' (Fabricius, 1781) red-t ...

'' (Arnold, 1937) *''

Tachypompilus vulpes ''Tachypompilus'' is a genus of spider wasps, found in the Neotropics. Nearctic, eastern Palearctic, Indomalayan and Afrotropics. Species The species included in ''Tachypompilius'' include: *'' Tachypompilus analis'' (Fabricius, 1781) red-t ...

'' (Dalla Torre) *''

Tachypompilus xanthopterus ''Tachypompilus'' is a genus of spider wasps, found in the Neotropics. Nearctic, eastern Palearctic, Indomalayan and Afrotropics. Species The species included in ''Tachypompilius'' include: *'' Tachypompilus analis'' (Fabricius, 1781) red-t ...

'' (Rohwer, 1913)

References

Pompilinae Hymenoptera genera {{apocrita-stub