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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea sans Anthophila – Apoid Wasps » Cockroach Wasps (Ampulicidae) » Ampulex

Genus Ampulex

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Remarks · Works Cited
Ampulex canaliculata? - Ampulex canaliculata Wasp? - Ampulex ferruginea wasp - Ampulex canaliculata Small black wasp with spindle-shaped anterior part of thorax - Ampulex canaliculata Unknown Hymenopteran - Ampulex canaliculata Bethylid? - Ampulex canaliculata Strange beast - Ampulex canaliculata Ampulex canaliculata? - Ampulex canaliculata - 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)
No Taxon (Apoidea sans Anthophila – Apoid Wasps)
Family Ampulicidae (Cockroach Wasps)
Genus Ampulex
Explanation of Names
Ampulex Jurine 1807
Numbers
2 spp. in our area(1), 130 total(2)
Remarks
female wasp disables the prey's escape reflexes, takes hold of one of the roach's antennae and leads it like a dog on a leash into her burrow (here)
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.Pulawski W.J. (2003-) Catalog of Sphecidae sensu lato (Apoidea excluding Apidae)
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 24 October, 2005 - 4:15pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 8 December, 2014 - 9:38am

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