Aporus
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| Aporus | |
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| Aporus hirsutus, California | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Pompilidae |
| Genus: | Aporus Spinola, 1808 |
| Type species | |
| Aporus bicolor Spinola, 1808[1] | |
Aporus is a genus[2] of spider wasps from the family Pompilidae, they specialise in hunting ground dwelling spiders in their burrows[3] for laying eggs on.
Species within Aporus include[4]
- Aporus andradei Wolf, 1970
- Aporus apicatus Banks 1910
- Aporus bicolor Spinola, 1808
- Aporus concolor (Smith, 1860)
- Aporus cuzco Evans, 1973
- Aporus hirsutus (Banks, 1917)
- Aourus idris (Cameron, 1867)
- Aporus japonicus Yasumatsu & Torikata 1934
- Aporus luxus (Banks, 1914)
- Aporus niger Cresson 1897
- Aporus pollux (Kohl, 1888)
- Aporus unicolor Spinola, 1808
