Anoplius
Anoplius is a genus of spider wasps in the family Pompilidae, called the blue-black spider wasps.[3]
| Anoplius | |
|---|---|
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| Anoplius viaticus (L.) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) with prey Nuctenea umbratica (Clerck) (Arachnida: Araneidae) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Pompilidae |
| Genus: | Anoplius Dufour, 1834[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pompilus niger (a synonym of Anoplius nigerrimus) | |
The genus includes the following species:[4][5]
- Anoplius aethiops (Cresson 1865)
- Anoplius americanus (Beauvois)
- Anoplius amethystinus (Dahlbom)
- Anoplius apiculatus (Smith)
- Anoplius atrox (Dahlbom 1843)
- Anoplius carolinus (Banks 1921)
- Anoplius caviventris (Aurivillius, 1907)
- Anoplius cleora (Banks 1917)
- Anoplius concinnus (Dahlbom, 1845)
- Anoplius depressipes Banks 1919
- Anoplius illinoensis (Robertson 1901)
- Anoplius infuscatus (Vander Linden, 1827)
- Anoplius ithaca (Banks 1912)
- Anoplius krombeini Evans 1950
- Anoplius marginalis (Banks 1910)
- Anoplius marginatus (Say 1824)
- Anoplius nigerrimus (Scopoli, 1763)
- Anoplius relativus (Fox)
- Anoplius samariensis (Pallas, 1771) — species studied for its venom Pompilidotoxin[6]
- Anoplius semirufus (Cresson 1867)
- Anoplius subcylindricus (Banks 1917)
- Anoplius viaticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Anoplius virginiensis (Cresson 1867)
Anoplius infuscatus dragging spider
References
- "Anoplius Dufour, 1834". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- V.S.L. Pate (1946). "The Generic Names of the Spider Wasps (Psammocharidae olim Pompilidae) and Their Type Species (Hymenoptera: Aculeata)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 72 (3): 65–137. JSTOR 25077544.
- "Genus Anoplius - Blue-Black Spider Wasps - BugGuide.Net".
- http://data.nbn.org.uk/speciesInfo/taxonomy.jsp?searchTerm=Anoplius&spKey=NHMSYS0000875295%5B%5D
- "ITIS Standard Report Page: Anoplius".
- Konno, K.; Hisada, M.; Itagaki, Y.; Naoki, H.; Kawai, N; Miwa, A.; Yasuhara, T.; Takayama, H. (1998). "Isolation and structure of pompilidotoxins, novel peptide neurotoxins in solitary wasp venoms". Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 250 (3): 612–616. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1998.9299. PMID 9784394.
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