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Spuridiophorus Arnold

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

Spuridiophorus Arnold, 1934. Type species:

Spuridiophorus capensis Arnold, 1934 (South Africa)

 

Spuridiophorus inermis Arnold, 1934 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

 
  Spuridiophorus maculipennis Arnold, 1936 (Zimbabwe)
 

Spuridiophorus turneri Arnold, 1936 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

Distribution

 Africa (southern), Australia.

Biology

 Prey on spiders in several families.

References

Arnold, G. 1934. New African Hymenoptera No. 2. Occasional Papers of the Rhodesian Museum 3: 18-28.

Arnold, G. 1936. The Psammocharidae of the Ethiopian region. Part V. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 18: 73–12.

Arnold, G. 1937. The Psammocharidae of the Ethiopian region. Part VII. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 19: 1-98.

Credits

Photographs © Smithsonian Istitution: https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=892306

Photographs © Alan Manson https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144781033

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2026. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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