Episyron is a genus of wasps in the family Pompilidae which prey on spiders. Nine species are found in Europe.
Episyron wasps are medium to large in size. The head and thorax have long, dark clustered hair with spotted abdomens.
These wasps occur in open sandy habitats where the females can burrow easily to create nests. They prey on spiders of the families Araneidae, Lycosidae and Tetragnathidae.
Episyron albisquamis Priesner, 1966Episyron albonotatum (Vander Linden, 1827)Episyron anticus Haupt 1962Episyron argillaceus Arnold, 1936Episyron arizonica Banks 1933Episyron arnoldi Priesner 1967Episyron arrogans (Smith, 1873)Episyron atrytone Banks 1911Episyron bakeri Banks 1934Episyron bequaerti Arnold, 1936Episyron bicinctus Bischoff, 1913Episyron biguttatus (Fabricius, 1798) Two Spotted Spider WaspEpisyron binghami Banks 1934Episyron braunsii Arnold, 1936Episyron candiotum Wahis, 1966Episyron capiticrassum (Ferton, 1901)Episyron coccineipes (Saunders, 1901)Episyron conterminus Smith 1885Episyron corsicus Priesner, 1966Episyron crassicornis Arnold, 1936Episyron dimissionis Priesner 1967Episyron flaveolus Gussakovskij 1928Episyron fraternus Banks 1946Episyron froggati Turner 1910Episyron fuliginosum Wahis 2006Episyron funerarium (Tournier, 1889)Episyron gallicum (Tournier, 1889)Episyron gryps SaussureEpisyron histrio Lepeletier, 1845Episyron hopponis (Matsumura 1912)Episyron insulanus Wolf, 1961*Episyron intermedius Haupt, 1930Episyron kaplani Wolf 1998Episyron kurilense Lelej 1990Episyron laevis BanksEpisyron latimarginatus Tsuneki 1989Episyron levantinum Wahis, 1966Episyron maehleri Krombein 1948Episyron maneei BanksEpisyron novarae (Kohl 1885)Episyron orbitalis Haupt 1962Episyron ordinarius Priesner, 1966Episyron oregon Evans 1960Episyron pedunculatus Arnold, 1936Episyron pilifrons (Smith 1859)Episyron praestigiosum Wahis 1978Episyron quinquenotatus (Say) white-trimmed black waspEpisyron rufipes (Linnaeus, 1758) red-legged spider waspEpisyron rufotibialis Tsuneki 1989Episyron saussurei Banks 1934Episyron sardonius Priesner, 1966Episyron sardous Wolf, 1961Episyron snowi Banks, 1910Episyron solitaneum Kohl, 1906Episyron stantoni (Ashmead 1905)*Episyron tertius Blüthgen, 1944Episyron trispinosus Gussakovskii 1952Episyron tristis Priesner 1955Episyron tropicalis Arnold, 1936Episyron turneri Arnold, 1936Episyron vagabundum (Smith 1858)Episyron viduus Arnold 1936Episyron vindex Smith, 1879Taxa marked with an asterisk (*) are of doubtful validity.
