Epipompilus aztecus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Pompilidae |
Subfamily: | Pepsinae |
Genus: | Epipompilus |
Species: | E. aztecus |
Binomial name | |
Epipompilus aztecus (Cresson 1869) | |
Synonyms | |
Epipompilus aztecus is a Neotropical spider wasp belonging to the Pompilid subfamily Ctenocerinae.
Description
The wasp is black and reddish brown in color.
Distribution
The distribution of Epipompilus aztecus spans from southern Mexico to Mato Grosso do Sul in Brazil, and eastwards to the Atlantic Forest (biome).
Habitat
The Epipompilus aztecus lives primarily in Tropical deciduous forests.
References
- Evans H.E 1967 Studies on the Neotropical Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) Additional Notes on Epompilus Kohl Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology Brevoria 273
- Silvestre, R. ; Auko, T.H. ; Carbonari, V. 2010 Check List 6(4) 483-484
- Eduardo Fernando dos Santos and Fernando Barbosa Noll, “Additions to the Known Distribution of Epipompilus aztecus (Cresson, 1869) and E. excelsus (Bradley, 1944) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae),” Psyche, vol. 2010, Article ID 562869, 3 pages, 2010.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Epipompilus aztecus |
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