Arachnospila is a predominantly Holarctic genus of spider wasps, with limited representation in montane habitats in Neotropical and Afrotropical regions.[2] They are found in open habitats and at forest edge, the nests may contain more than one cell.
| Arachnospila | |
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| Arachnospila fumipennis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Pompilidae |
| Genus: | Arachnospila Kincaid, 1900 |
| Type species | |
| Arachnospila septentrionalis | |
Species
editSubgenus Acanthopompilus
edit- Arachnospila conjungens (Kohl, 1898)
- Arachnospila alpivaga (Kohl, 1888)
- Arachnospila nuda (Tournier, 1890)
Subgenus Ammosphex
edit- Arachnospila abnormis (Dahlbom, 1842)
- Arachnospila alvarabnormis (Wolf, 1965)
- Arachnospila anceps (Wesmael, 1851)
- Arachnospila apennines (Wolf, 1964)
- Arachnospila colpostoma (Kohl, 1886)
- Arachnospila consobrina (Dahlbom, 1843)
- Arachnospila dakota (Cresson 1867)
- Arachnospila gibbomima (Main, 1929)
- Arachnospila hedickei (Main, 1929)
- Arachnospila imbecillus (Banks 1939)
- Arachnospila luctuosa (Cresson 1865)
- Arachnospila michiganensis (Driesbach 1949)
- Arachnospila nivalabnormis (Wolf, 1965)
- Arachnospila occidentalis (Driesbach 1949)
- Arachnospila ofa (Tournier, 1890)
- Arachnospila opinata (Tournier, 1890)
- Arachnospila parvula (Banks, 1912)
- Arachnospila rhaetabnormis (Wolf, 1965)
- Arachnospila silvana (Kohl, 1886)
- Arachnospila solona (Banks, 1913)
- Arachnospila trivialis (Dahlbom, 1843)
- Arachnospila wasbaueri (Eavns, 1966)
- Arachnospila valesabnormis (Wolf, 1965)
- Arachnospila virgilabnormis Wolf, 1976
- Arachnospila wesmaeli (Thomson, 1870)
- Arachnospila westerlundi (Morawitz, 1893)
Subgenus Anoplochares
edit- Arachnospila asiatica (Morawitz, 1888)
- Arachnospila canariensis Wolf, 1978
- Arachnospila fuscomarginata (Thomson, 1870)
- Arachnospila minutula (Dahlbom, 1842)
- Arachnospila spissa (Schiodte, 1837)
Subgenus Arachnospila
edit- Arachnospila arcta (Cresson 1865)
- Arachnospila brevispinis Wahis, 1992
- Arachnospila fumipennis (Zetterstedt, 1838)
- Arachnospila ionica Wolf, 1964
- Arachnospila longifrons Wolf, 1990
- Arachnospila rufa (Haupt, 1927)
- Arachnospila sogdianoides (Wolf, 1964)
Subgenus Melanospila
edit- Arachnospila esau (Kohl, 1886)
- Arachnospila holomelas (Costa, 1882)
- Arachnospila tyrrhena Wahis, 1982
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.
- ^ Lelej, A.s & Loktiniov V.M 2011 Review of the nominotypical subgenus of Arachnospila Kincaid (Hymenoptera:Pompilidae) of Russia and neighbouring countries with the lectotypification of enigmatic Pompilus sogdianus Morawitz and description of new species Zootaxa 2882: 1–18