Aporus is a genus[2] of spider wasps from the family Pompilidae, they specialise in hunting ground dwelling spiders in their burrows[3] for laying eggs on.
| Aporus | |
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| Aporus hirsutus, California | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Pompilidae |
| Genus: | Aporus Spinola, 1808 |
| Type species | |
| Aporus bicolor Spinola, 1808[1]
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Species within Aporus include[4]
- Aporus andradei Wolf, 1970
- Aporus apicatus Banks 1910
- Aporus bicolor Spinola, 1808
- Aporus concolor (Smith, 1860)
- Aporus cuzco Evans, 1973
- Aporus hirsutus (Banks, 1917) Blue Wasp
- Aourus idris (Cameron, 1867)
- Aporus japonicus Yasumatsu & Torikata 1934
- Aporus luxus (Banks, 1914)
- Aporus niger Cresson 1897
- Aporus pollux (Kohl, 1888)
- Aporus unicolor Spinola, 1808
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.
- ^ Royal Entomogical Society of London 1934 Generic Names of British Insects British museum (Natural History) Dept. of entomology
- ^ Evans H.E. 1972 Revision of the Australian and New Guinean Species of Epipompilus (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) Pacific Insects 14 (1) : 101-131
- ^ "Aporus niger (Cresson, 1867) -- Discover Life".
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