Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Vespoidea (Ants, Stinging Wasps, and Hornets)
Family Pompilidae (Spider Wasps)
Genus Anoplius (Blue-Black Spider Wasps)
No Taxon (Subgenus Lophopompilus)
Species aethiops (Anoplius aethiops)
Remarks
A. aethiops visits flowers while A. cleora RARELY does. Soil type is also significant. A. cleora is almost completely restricted to very sandy soil and A. aethiops is not. Note by Nick Fensler
Contributed by Nick Fensler on 15 July, 2006 - 12:43am Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset Last updated 24 October, 2006 - 11:30am
