Aporus

Aporus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Family: Pompilidae
Genus: Aporus
Spinola, 1808

Aporus is a genus[1] of spider wasps from the family Pompilidae, they specialise in hunting ground dwelling spiders in their burrows[2] for laying eggs on.

Species within Aporus include[3]

References

  1. Royal Entomogical Society of London 1934 Generic Names of British Insects British museum (Natural History) Dept. of entomology
  2. Evans H.E. 1972 Revision of the Australian and New Guinean Species of Epipompilus (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) Pacific Insects 14 (1) : 101-131
  3. http://www.discoverlife.org/20/q?search=Aporus+niger
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