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Pompilidae

Spider hunting wasps of the Afrotropical region

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Pompiloidea)

Classification

Distribution

Worldwide. Highest species richness in tropical and subtropical regions.

Diversity

About 5000 species in 125 genera (Aguiar et al 2013; Branstetter et al 2018).

Biology

Predators of spiders. A single egg is layed on or in the abdomen of a spider that has been paralysed by the sting of the female wasp, either in the spider's own burrow or on a spider that has been paralysed, dragged and placed in a secluded crack, crevice, excavated burrow, or mud nest made by the wasp. Some species are cleptoparasites of other species, laying their egg on a previously paralysed and concealed spider.

External links

The Pompilid Project is a collaborative effort between James Pitts and Carol von Dohlen at Utah State University and a retired world authority on pompilids, Marius Wasbauer.

References

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