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Species Tachypompilus ferrugineus - Rusty Spider Wasp

Ferruginous Spider Wasp - Tachypompilus ferrugineus - female

Wasp with spider - Tachypompilus ferrugineus

Orange-brown wasp - Tachypompilus ferrugineus

Red and black wasp - Tachypompilus ferrugineus - male

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 Pompilini

Genus Tachypompilus

Species ferrugineus (Rusty Spider Wasp)

Other Common Names

Rusty Red Spider Wasp

Explanation of Names

Tachypompilus ferrugineus (Say 1824)

ferrugineus = 'rusty'

Numbers

4 sspp. in our area:(1)

1. Tachypompilus ferrugineus annexus: TX

2. Tachypompilus ferrugineus ferrugineus: widespread eastern

3. Tachypompilus ferrugineus nigrescens: northeastern (n. VA to NH and NY)

4. Tachypompilus ferrugineus torridus: southwestern (AZ, CA, NM, and TX)

Identification

Subspecies are noted as follows based on the extent of black markings:

T. f. annexus: is only reported from Texas and lacks black markings

T. f. torridus is a southwestern subspecies with "limited black markings" (comment from Nick Fensler)

T. f. ferrugineus is an eastern subspecies with black typically on the sternum, propodeum, and hind coxae

T. f. nigrescens is a northeastern subspecies with extensive black markings, often including the head, almost entire thorax, coxae, and hind femora

Works Cited

1.	Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico Karl V. Krombein, Paul D. Hurd, Jr., David R. Smith, and B. D. Burks. 1979. Smithsonian Institution Press.

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 3 January, 2006 - 2:08pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Chuck Entz, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 25 July, 2021 - 7:59pm

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