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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 » Mud-nesting Spider Wasps (Ageniellini) » Auplopus » Auplopus adjunctus

Species Auplopus adjunctus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Pepsinae
Tribe Ageniellini (Mud-nesting Spider Wasps)
Genus Auplopus
Species adjunctus (Auplopus adjunctus)
Explanation of Names
Auplopus adjunctus (Banks, 1911)
Size
Female: Forewing 7.5-9.0 mm(1)
Male: Forewing 5.0-6.5 mm(1)
Identification
Females:(1)
Pygidal area polished
Coxae fulvous (reddish)
Hairs on head and thorax dense
Flagellum 2 is 6x as long as it is wide
Range
Delaware to Ohio south to Florida and Texas.
Habitat
"Damp bottomland woods"(1)
Season
May to October (November in the south)
Print References
Townes H.K. (1957) Nearctic wasps of the subfamilies Pepsinae and Ceropalinae. U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 209: 1-286 (descriptions, distribution, and keys to species) (Relevant Section)(1)
Internet References
GBIF
iNaturalist
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 20 June, 2017 - 8:44pm
Additional contributions by Nathaniel Green
Last updated 16 February, 2021 - 11:06am

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