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Tribe Aporini

Black wasp like insect to ID if poss. - Aporus luxus Blue wasp: Chlorion aerarium perhaps? - Psorthaspis planata Hymenoptera-Vespoidea-Pompilidae-Psorthaspis ? - Psorthaspis portiae - female Aporus hirsutus with Aptostichus simus spiderling - Aporus hirsutus - female Spider Wasp - Psorthaspis mariae Spider Wasp - Psorthaspis mariae Wasp - Aporus niger - male Small Spider Wasp? - Psorthaspis planata - 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 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
Contributed by Nick Fensler on 24 May, 2011 - 7:20am
Additional contributions by v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 7 March, 2024 - 3:17am

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