Pompilus (wasp)

Pompilus is a genus of spider wasps in the family Pompilidae, the members of which prey on spiders. There are seven species recognised in Pompilus sensu stricto.[2] It is the type genus of the family Pompilidae and the subfamily Pompilinae.

Pompilus
Pompilus cinereus with prey
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Pompilidae
Subfamily: Pompilinae
Genus: Pompilus
Fabricius, 1798
Type species
Pompilus pulcher
Fabricius, 1798[1]

Biology

Pompilus wasps are fossorial, stocking short burrows in sand with single spiders of various families upon which they lay a single egg.[2]

Distribution

The members of Pompilus are widely distributed throughout the Old World, in both temperate and tropical regions, but with the greatest diversity in Africa.[2]

The species are:[2]

  • Pompilus cinereus (Fabricius 1775) leaden spider wasp
  • Pompilus mirandus (Saussure 1867)
  • Pompilus cadmius Saussure 1892
  • Pompilus bilineatus (Arnold 1937)
  • Pompilus botswana Day 1972
  • Pompilus irpex Gerstaecker, 1858
  • Pompilus niveus Saunders 1901
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References
  1. M.C.Day (1979). "Nomenclatural studies on the British Pompilidae (Hymenoptera)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History): Entomology. 38 (1): 1–26.
  2. Day M.C (1981). "A revision of Pompilus (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera : Pompilidae), with further nomenclatural and biological considerations". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History): Entomology. 42 (1): 1–42.
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