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Subfamily Pompilinae

Psorthaspis Round Mountain - Psorthaspis luctuosa - female black/blue wasp dragging spider across sand Spider Wasp - Tachypompilus ferrugineus Pompilidae - Anoplius americanus Pompilidae - Aporus luxus Pompilidae: Aporinellus sp.? - Aporinellus - female Bee sp. - Aporinellus - female Episyron? - Episyron biguttatus - 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 Pompilinae
Numbers
>2000 spp. in >60 genera worldwide(1)
Identification
Fore wing (usually) with vein Cu1 deflected downward, forming a posterior "pocket" in the second discal cell (2D)