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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) » Auplopus » Auplopus architectus
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Wasp with prey - Auplopus architectus - female
Copyright © 2013 Kyron Basu

Wasp with prey - Auplopus architectus - Female
Cowichan Valley, British Columbia, Canada
August 17, 2013

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Contributed by Kyron Basu on 27 August, 2013 - 12:37am
Last updated 6 February, 2018 - 5:12pm

Should this
be moved to subspecies?
… Silas J. Eckhardt, 8 January, 2022 - 7:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes...
it can be moved.
… Nick Fensler, 8 January, 2022 - 7:57pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request. Note the dark wings typical of northwestern populations.
… Nick Fensler, 27 August, 2013 - 7:10am login or register to post comments

 
I've become interested in A. architectus subspecies
Is this A. a. metallicus, because it is in the west?
… Silas J. Eckhardt, 8 January, 2022 - 4:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes...
but, in my opinion, the subspecies of some spider wasps defined by Henry Townes are rather weak. A. a. metallicus is pretty well-defined on the Pacific coast, but further east (near the Rocky Mountains), along the interface where the subspecies meet you would want to have a significant series of material for comparison. Separating the subspecies along this area of interface is dicey from photos. Complicating this, the group including this species, A. caerulescens, and A. nigrellus is in serious need of a modern revision and are difficult to separate from photos alone.
… Nick Fensler, 8 January, 2022 - 5:24pm login or register to post comments

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