Aporus

Aporus is a genus[2] of spider wasps from the family Pompilidae, they specialise in hunting ground dwelling spiders in their burrows[3] for laying eggs on.

Aporus
Aporus hirsutus, California
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Pompilidae
Genus: Aporus
Spinola, 1808
Type species
Aporus bicolor
Spinola, 1808[1]

Species within Aporus include[4]

  • 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
  1. 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.
  2. Royal Entomogical Society of London 1934 Generic Names of British Insects British museum (Natural History) Dept. of entomology
  3. Evans H.E. 1972 Revision of the Australian and New Guinean Species of Epipompilus (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) Pacific Insects 14 (1) : 101-131
  4. "Aporus niger (Cresson, 1867) -- Discover Life".
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