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Tribe Aporini

Psorthaspis mariae - female Green/black Wasp - Aporus luxus flower wasp - Allaporus Wasp - Psorthaspis mariae - female Small Spider Wasp? - Psorthaspis planata - male Psorthaspis luctuosa - female Banded Wing Spider Wasp - Dorsal - Psorthaspis legata Mutillid-like wasp - Psorthaspis legata
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 Aporini
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Epipompilus was also classified as Aporini by Krombein et al. (1979)(1) but is considered Pepsini by Fernández et al. (2022).
Numbers
26-32 spp. in 4 genera in our area:(1)(2)(3)
1. Allaporus (5 spp.)
2. Aporus (7 spp. in Nearctica; 12 listed by Pitts)
3. Chelaporus (1 sp.)
4. Psorthaspis (13 spp. in Nearctica; 14 listed by Pitts)
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.
2.Nomina Insecta Nearctica
Poole, Robert W. Nearctica.com, Inc.
3.Pitts J.P. et al. (2013) The pompilid project