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Aporus

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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.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderHymenoptera
  5. FamilyPompilidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
142
With media
7
Family
Pompilidae
Collections
DUGWAY, UCSB, CU, NAUF, UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA COLLECTION OF ARTHOPODS (UCFC), USNM
Recorded in
United States, Panama

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Pompilinae
Image
Spider wasp female (Pompilidae, Aporus concolor) (41298947624).jpg
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taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Aporus
Commons category
Aporus
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Encyclopedic overview

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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.

Species within Aporus include Aporus andradei Wolf, 1970 Aporus apicatus Banks 1910 Aporus bicolor Spinola, 1808 Aporus concolor (Smith, 1860) Aporus cuzco Evans, 1973 Aporus hirsutus (Banks, 1917) 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

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