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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)

Tribe Ageniellini - Mud-nesting Spider Wasps

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Life Cycle · Remarks · Works Cited
Wasp - Auplopus mollis - female Pompillidae - Auplopus - female Spider Wasp - Auplopus adjunctus - male Egg Cases Pompilidae with spider - Auplopus mellipes - female Phanagenia bombycina - female Phanagenia bombycina - female spider wasp - Ageniella fulgifrons
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)
Explanation of Names
Ageniellini Banks, 1912
Numbers
~47 spp. in 4 genera in our area(1)
1. Ageniella (35 spp.)
2. Auplopus (10 spp.)
3. Phanagenia (1 sp.)
4. Priocnemella (1 sp.)
Life Cycle
These species construct thimble-shaped mud nests, each containing an egg and a spider for the developing larva to feed on. They sever the legs of their prey to accommodate transport.
Remarks
Messatoporus discoidalis (Ichneumonidae) parasitizes members of this tribe
Works Cited
1.Pitts J.P. et al. (2013) The pompilid project
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 27 November, 2009 - 4:44pm
Additional contributions by v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 9 August, 2024 - 2:10am

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