Kingdom Animalia Suborder Apocrita Phylum Arthropoda Order Hymenopterans | Class Insecta Family Pompilidae Rank Genus | |
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Similar Pompilus cinereus, Hymenopterans, Anoplius, Priocnemis, Arachnospila | ||
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. It is the type genus of the family Pompilidae and the sub-family Pompilinae.
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Biology
Pompilus wasps are fossorial, stocking short burrows in sand with single spiders of various families upon which they lay a single egg.
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.
The species are
References
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