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Anoplius
Anoplius is a genus of spider wasps in the family Pompilidae called the blue-black spider wasps. It is one of two genera within the tribe Anopliini of subfamily Pompilinae.
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Pompilus cinereus
species of insect
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Anoplius viaticus
species of wasp
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Pompilus
genus of insects
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Agenioideus
Agenioideus is a genus of spider wasps from the subfamily Pompilinae; the genus occurs in Europe, where 21 species are recorded, eastwards to Japan, in North America, South America, and Australia.
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Arachnospila anceps
species of insect
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Arachnospila
Arachnospila is a predominantly Holarctic genus of spider wasps, with limited representation in montane habitats in Neotropical and Afrotropical regions. They are found in open habitats and at forest edges. Their nests may contain more than one cell.
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Episyron rufipes
species of insect
Pompilinae
The Pompilinae are a subfamily of the spider wasp family, Pompilidae, the species of which lay their eggs on the paralyzed bodies of their prey.
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Evagetes
Evagetes is a genus of spider wasps from the family Pompilidae. There are 72 described species, of which 58 are found in the Palaearctic region, 11 in the Nearctic region, with a few penetrating to the Afrotropical, Oriental and Neotropic regions. Evagetes wasps are kleptoparasitic on other pompilid wasps, especially the genera Arachnospila, Anoplius, Episyron and Pompilus, digging into their sealed burrows, eating the host egg and replacing it with an egg of its own. Evagetes wasps are characterised by their very short antennae. Most are species are black with the base of the antennae rufous,
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Anoplius concinnus
species of insect
Arachnospila minutula
species of insect
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Aporus
Aporus is a genus of spider wasps from the family Pompilidae, they specialise in hunting ground dwelling spiders in their burrows for laying eggs on.
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Parabatozonus lacerticida
species of insect
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Arachnospila trivialis
species of insect
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Batozonellus
Batozonellus is a genus of the spider hunting wasps (insects belonging to the family Pompilidae).
Episyron
Episyron is a genus of wasps in the family Pompilidae which prey on spiders. Nine species are found in Europe.
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Anoplius infuscatus
species of insect
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Agenioideus cinctellus
species of insect
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Evagetes crassicornis
species of insect
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Anoplius aethiops
species of insect
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Anoplius atrox
species of insect
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Anoplius semirufus
species of insect
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Homonotus sanguinolentus
species of insect
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Anoplius nigerrimus
species of insect
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Anoplius americanus
species of insect
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Anoplius depressipes
species of insect
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Anoplius subcylindricus
species of insect
Episyron quinquenotatus
species of insect
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Homonotus
thumb | right Homonotus is a genus of spider hunting wasps with an old world distribution, mainly in Africa.
Anoplius apiculatus
species of insect
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Aporus unicolor
species of insect
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Anoplius ithaca
species of insect
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Tachypompilus
Tachypompilus is a genus of spider wasps, found in the Neotropics Nearctic, eastern Palearctic, Indomalayan and Afrotropics.
Episyron gallicum
species of insect
Arachnospila consobrina
species of insect