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Species Aporus hirsutus

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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 Aporini
Genus Aporus
Species hirsutus (Aporus hirsutus)
Explanation of Names
Aporus hirsutus (Banks 1917)
Range
OR―CA to ID―w.AZ to Baja California Sur & n. Sonora (Hurd 1952)
In CA found in montane environments: the Transverse Ranges, deserts, Coast Ranges, and Sierra Nevada (to 2,100 m)
Print References
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Works Cited
1.California Spider Wasps of the Subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae)
Wasbauer, M. S. and L. S. Kimsey. 1985. Bulletin of the California Insect Survey, No. 26.