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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Spider Wasps, Velvet Ants and allies (Pompiloidea) » Spider Wasps (Pompilidae) » Pepsinae » Tarantula-hawk Wasps and Allies (Pepsini) » Entypus » Entypus fulvicornis

Species Entypus fulvicornis

Classification · Identification · Range · See Also · Works Cited
Entypus fulvicornis - female Spider Wasp - Entypus fulvicornis Pepsis - Entypus fulvicornis Pepsis - Entypus fulvicornis 9050793 entypus - Entypus fulvicornis Entypus fulvicornis Entypus fulvicornis Entypus fulvicornis
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 Pepsinae
Tribe Pepsini (Tarantula-hawk Wasps and Allies)
Genus Entypus
Species fulvicornis (Entypus fulvicornis)
Identification
A black-bodied species with black wings and orange antennae. Distinguished from E. magnus by the following combination: interrupted or strongly subapically narrowed brush on the inner side of the hind tibia (narrowed more weakly in E. magnus); strongly developed nipples on the apical margin of the fore coxae (weakly developed in E. magnus); and female with distinct pair of tubercles on S2 (only weak swellings, not proper tubercles, in E. magnus).(1)
Range
widespread eastern us (AL, AR, DC, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NM, NY, OH, PA, TN, TX, VA)(1)
See Also
E. magnus is an identically-colored species that overlaps over the Gulf and Atlantic states.
Works Cited
1.Nearctic Wasps of the Subfamilies Pepsinae and Ceropalinae
Henry K. Townes. 1957. Smithsonian Institute Press (Bulletin 209).
Contributed by Nick Fensler on 11 July, 2006 - 12:18pm
Additional contributions by PaleoJon
Last updated 30 December, 2022 - 3:04am

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