Agenioideus is a genus of spider wasps from the subfamily Pompilinae; the genus occurs in Europe, where 21 species are recorded,[3] eastwards to Japan,[4] in North America, South America, and Australia.

Agenioideus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Pompilidae
Genus: Agenioideus
Ashmead, 1902[1]
Type species
Pompilus humilis

Selected species

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References

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  1. ^ Marius S. Wasbauer; Lynn Siri Kimsey (1985). California Spider Wasps of the Subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) Volume 26 of Bulletin of the California Insect Survey. University of California Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-0520099579.
  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. ^ "Species List". Archived from the original on 2012-05-30. Retrieved 2012-05-19.
  4. ^ Shimizu, A. & Wahis, R. 2009 Systematic studies on the Pompilidae occurring in Japan: Genus Agenioideus Ashmead (Hymenoptera), supplement, Entomological Science 12(3) 238-251
  5. ^ Evans,H.E. 1965 Studies on Neotropical Pompilidae (Hymenoptera). I. The Genus Agenioideus Ashmead in South America Breviora Museum of Comparative Zoology No 234.
  6. ^ Krogmann, L*, Austin, A D 2011, Systematics of Australian Agenioideus Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) with the first record of a spider wasp parasitizing Latrodectus hasselti Thorell (redback spider) Australian Journal of Entomology