Epipompilus aztecus

Epipompilus aztecus is a Neotropical spider wasp belonging to the Pompilid subfamily Ctenocerinae.

Epipompilus aztecus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Pompilidae
Subfamily: Ctenocerinae
Genus: Epipompilus
Species:
E. aztecus
Binomial name
Epipompilus aztecus
(Cresson 1869)
Synonyms
  • Ferreola azteca Cresson, 1869
  • Epipompilus maximliani Kohl, 1884
  • Aulocostethus aztecus Bradley, 1944

Description

A black and reddish brown wasp.[1]

Distribution

From southern Mexico to Mato Grosso do Sul in Brazil.[2] and eastwards to the Atlantic Forest (biome).[3]

Habitat

Tropical deciduous forest.

References
  1. Evans H.E 1967 Studies on the Neotropical Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) Additional Notes on Epompilus Kohl Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology Brevoria 273
  2. Silvestre, R. ; Auko, T.H. ; Carbonari, V. 2010 Check List 6(4) 483-484
  3. Eduardo Fernando dos Santos and Fernando Barbosa Noll, “Additions to the Known Distribution of Epipompilus aztecus (Cresson, 1869) and E. excelsus (Bradley, 1944) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae),” Psyche, vol. 2010, Article ID 562869, 3 pages, 2010.
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