Arachnospila consobrina

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Arachnospila consobrina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Pompilidae
Genus: Arachnospila
Species:
A. consobrina
Binomial name
Arachnospila consobrina
(Dahlbom, 1843)
Synonyms
  • Pompilus consobrina
  • Pompilus alpinus
  • Pompilus continentalis
  • Psammochares emissus
  • Pompilus guimarensis
  • Psammochares heringi
  • Psammochares lanuginosus
  • Pompilus nivariae
  • Pompilus pyrenaicus
  • Pompilus siculus[1]

Arachnospila consobrina is a little-known Palaearctic spider wasp.

Like other members of the sub-genus Ammosphex this is a medium-sized red and black spider wasp. The males have a quite distinctive genital plate, but females are very similar to related species such as A. anceps and A.trivialis but can be identified by their relatively hairier head.[2]

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