Aporus unicolor

Aporus unicolor

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Pompilidae

Aporus unicolor, common name cutpurse, is a highly specialised spider hunting wasp from the family Pompilidae. Description Spinola originally thought that there were two species A. unicolor and A bicolor but we now know that these are the female and male respectively.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Netherlands · 194France · 7Germany · 7Spain · 2Belgium · 1

Sources and credits

PhotoPetra Fleurbaaij · CC BY DescriptionAporus unicolor, Wikipedia contributors

Aporus unicolor

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