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A spider wasp. Pompilids typically have long, spiny legs; the hind femur is often long enough to reach past the tip of the abdomen. The tibiae of the rear legs usually have a conspicuous spine at their distal end. The first two segments of the abdomen are narrow, giving the body a slender look.
spider wasp, (family Pompilidae), any of about 5,000 species of large, parasitoid wasps that paralyze spiders to feed their larval young. They are distributed throughout most of the world. About 40 species occur in Great Britain, and more than 300 species are found in North America.
20 wrz 2024 · Family Pompilidae - Spider Wasps. Typically dark colored with smoky or yellowish wings; a few are brightly colored. Slender with long and spiny legs, hind femora typically extending beyond tip of abdomen. Wings not folded flat on top of abdomen.
Wasps in the family Pompilidae are commonly called spider wasps, spider-hunting wasps, or pompilid wasps. The family is cosmopolitan, with some 5,000 species in six subfamilies.
Protection of spider-hunting wasps in Poland – threats, red list .....69 iV. key to subfamilies and genera of Polish Pompilidae ................................75
An ethological study of Dichragenia pulchricoma (Arnold) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), a southern African spider-hunting wasp which builds a turreted subterranean nest. Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums 9: 187–214.
1 sty 2009 · Annotated checklist of Spider Wasps (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) in the National Park «Pyryatynsky». The checklist includes 33 species of 13 genera of Spider Wasps.
