Anoplius

Anoplius is a genus of spider wasps in the family Pompilidae, called the blue-black spider wasps.[3]

Anoplius
Anoplius viaticus (L.) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) with prey Nuctenea umbratica (Clerck) (Arachnida: Araneidae)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Pompilidae
Genus: Anoplius
Dufour, 1834[1]
Type species
Pompilus niger (a synonym of Anoplius nigerrimus)
Fabricius, 1775[2]

The genus includes the following species:[4][5]

Anoplius infuscatus dragging spider

References

  1. "Anoplius Dufour, 1834". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  2. V.S.L. Pate (1946). "The Generic Names of the Spider Wasps (Psammocharidae olim Pompilidae) and Their Type Species (Hymenoptera: Aculeata)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 72 (3): 65–137. JSTOR 25077544.
  3. "Genus Anoplius - Blue-Black Spider Wasps - BugGuide.Net".
  4. http://data.nbn.org.uk/speciesInfo/taxonomy.jsp?searchTerm=Anoplius&spKey=NHMSYS0000875295%5B%5D
  5. "ITIS Standard Report Page: Anoplius".
  6. Konno, K.; Hisada, M.; Itagaki, Y.; Naoki, H.; Kawai, N; Miwa, A.; Yasuhara, T.; Takayama, H. (1998). "Isolation and structure of pompilidotoxins, novel peptide neurotoxins in solitary wasp venoms". Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 250 (3): 612–616. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1998.9299. PMID 9784394.
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