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Subspecies Entypus unifasciatus cressoni

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Spider wasp Entypus unifasciatus cressoni - Entypus unifasciatus - female Cresson's spider wasp - Entypus unifasciatus - female Cresson's spider wasp - Entypus unifasciatus - female Cresson's Spider Wasp - Entypus unifasciatus Cresson's Spider Wasp - Entypus unifasciatus Cresson's Spider Wasp - Entypus unifasciatus Entypus unifasciatus - female One more from NM with a closer look at venation - Entypus unifasciatus - 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 Pepsinae
Tribe Pepsini (Tarantula-hawk Wasps and Allies)
Genus Entypus
Species unifasciatus (Entypus unifasciatus)
Subspecies cressoni (Entypus unifasciatus cressoni)

Other Common Names

Cresson's wolf spider wasp would be apropos.

Explanation of Names

Entypus unifasciatus cressoni (Banks, 1929)
cressoni = named in honor of Ezra Townsend Cresson, an American hymenopterist

See Also

E. angusticeps, known from Texas, shares the orange antennae and orange wings. It is separated structurally by the differing structure of the male subgenital plate and narrower temple and pigmentationally by the broader dark region at the apex of the wing.

E. unifasciatus californicus, known from California, also shares this coloration. The infuscation at the base of the forewing is somewhat broader (0.35x versus 0.25x).
Contributed by Bob Biagi on 1 May, 2018 - 10:13am
Additional contributions by v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 1 June, 2024 - 4:20pm

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