Poecilopompilus mixtus

Poecilopompilus mixtus

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Pompilidae

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. Species There are 37 currently recognised species in Poecilopompilus.

Distribution

Poecilopompilus mixtus — (c) Kai Squires, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Brazil · 2United States of America · 2Mexico · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Kai Squires, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionPoecilopompilus, Wikipedia contributors

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