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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