Episyron
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| Episyron rufipes | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Pompilidae |
| Tribe: | Episyronini |
| Genus: | Episyron Schioedte, 1837 |
| Type species | |
| Sphex rufipes Linnaeus, 1758[1]
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Episyron is a genus of wasps in the family Pompilidae which prey on spiders. Nine species are found in Europe.[2]
Features
[edit]Episyron wasps are medium to large in size. The head and thorax have long, dark clustered hair with spotted abdomens.
Habits
[edit]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.[2]
Species
[edit]The following species are recognised in the genus Episyron:[3][4]
- Episyron albisquamis Priesner, 1966
- Episyron albonotatum Vander Linden, 1827
- Episyron anticus Haupt, 1962
- Episyron argillaceus Arnold, 1936
- Episyron arizonica Banks, 1933
- Episyron arnoldi Priesner, 1967
- Episyron arrogans Smith, 1873
- Episyron atrytone Banks, 1911
- Episyron bakeri Banks, 1934
- Episyron bequaerti Arnold, 1936
- Episyron bicinctus Bischoff, 1913
- Episyron biguttatus Fabricius, 1798
- Episyron binghami Banks, 1934
- Episyron braunsii Arnold, 1936
- Episyron candiotum Wahis, 1966
- Episyron capiticrassum Ferton, 1901
- Episyron coccineipes Saunders, 1901
- Episyron conterminus Smith, 1885
- Episyron corsicus Priesner, 1966
- Episyron crassicornis Arnold, 1936
- Episyron dimissionis Priesner, 1967
- Episyron flaveolus Gussakovskij, 1928
- Episyron fraternus Banks, 1946
- Episyron froggati Turner, 1910
- Episyron fuliginosum Wahis, 2006
- Episyron funerarium Tournier, 1889
- Episyron gallicum Tournier, 1889
- Episyron gryps Saussure
- Episyron histrio Lepeletier, 1845
- Episyron hopponis Matsumura, 1912
- Episyron insulanus Wolf, 1961
- Episyron kaplani Wolf, 1998
- Episyron kurilense Lelej, 1990
- Episyron laevis Banks
- Episyron latimarginatus Tsuneki, 1989
- Episyron levantinum Wahis, 1966
- Episyron maehleri Krombein, 1948
- Episyron maneei Banks
- Episyron novarae Kohl, 1885
- Episyron orbitalis Haupt, 1962
- Episyron ordinarius Priesner, 1966
- Episyron oregon Evans, 1960
- Episyron pedunculatus Arnold, 1936
- Episyron pilifrons Smith, 1859
- Episyron praestigiosum Wahis, 1978
- Episyron quinquenotatus (Say)
- Episyron rufipes Linnaeus, 1758
- Episyron rufotibialis Tsuneki, 1989
- Episyron saussurei Banks, 1934
- Episyron sardonius Priesner, 1966
- Episyron sardous Wolf, 1961
- Episyron snowi Banks, 1910
- Episyron solitaneum Kohl, 1906
- Episyron stantoni Ashmead, 1905
- Episyron trispinosus Gussakovskii, 1952
- Episyron tristis Priesner, 1955
- Episyron tropicalis Arnold, 1936
- Episyron turneri Arnold, 1936
- Episyron vagabundum Smith, 1858
- Episyron viduus Arnold, 1936
- Episyron vindex Smith, 1879
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Bogdan Wiśniowski: Spider-hunting wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of Poland. Ojców National Park, Ojców 2009, ISBN 83-60337-15-4
{{isbn}}: ignored ISBN errors (link). - ^ "Global Names Index".
- ^ "Classification and checklist of Afrotropical Pompilidae". Archived from the original on 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
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