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Species Anoplius americanus

ID sought for wasp - Anoplius americanus - female

ID Request - Spider Wasp? - Anoplius americanus - female

Anoplius americanus trifasciatus? - Anoplius americanus

Wasp Pompilid - Anoplius americanus - female

Adding an example from KY - Anoplius americanus - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)

Superfamily Pompiloidea (Spider Wasps, Velvet Ants and allies)

Family Pompilidae (Spider Wasps)

Subfamily Pompilinae

Tribe Pompilini

Genus Anoplius (Blue-black Spider Wasps)

No Taxon (Subgenus Arachnophroctonus)

Species americanus (Anoplius americanus)

Internet References

http://www.fnanaturesearch.org/index.php?option=com_naturesearch&task=view&id=1578

Contributed by Nick Fensler on 9 July, 2006 - 10:40pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 13 August, 2013 - 5:49am

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