Poecilopompilus
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| Poecilopompilus | |
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| A Poecilopompilus spider wasp dragging a paralyzed golden silk orb-weaver (Nephila) in South Florida | |
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| P. algidus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Pompilidae |
| Subfamily: | Pompilinae |
| Genus: | Poecilopompilus Ashmead, 1902[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pompilus navus | |
Poecilopompilus is a fossorial genus of the family Pomplidae found in the New World. The main prey of these wasps are spiders of the family Araneidae.[3]
