Aporus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Pompiloidea

Familia: Pompilidae
Genus: Aporus

Species:

Aporus alanni Durand & Wahis, 2012
Aporus arlei Evans, 1973
Aporus bicolor Spinola, 1808
Aporus calcaratus (Fox, 1893)
Aporus canescens Smith, 1873
Aporus cariborum Bradley, 1944
Aporus chiapanus Evans, 1966
Aporus concolor (Patton, 1879)
Aporus cupripennis (Banks, 1928)
Aporus cuzco Evans, 1973
Aporus diverticulus (Fox, 1897)
Aporus dubius Spinola
Aporus euferalis (Fox, 1891)
Aporus feralis (Cresson, 1872)
Aporus foucarti Durand & Wahis, 2012
Aporus funestus Evans, 1966
Aporus hirsutus (Banks, 1917)
Aporus idris
Aporus innotatus (Banks, 1925)
Aporus japonicus Yasumatsu & Torikata, 1933
Aporus lacteipennis (Priesner, 1955)
Aporus leucurus Costa, 1893
Aporus luxus (Banks, 1914)
Aporus minusculus (Bradley, 1944)
Aporus niger (Cresson, 1867)
Aporus notabilis
Aporus planiceps (Latreille, 1809)
Aporus pollux (Kohl, 1888)
Aporus prolixus Bradley, 1944
Aporus quadrimaculatus Smith, 1873
Aporus radoszkowskii Tournier, 1889
Aporus rufiventris Costa
Aporus spilurus Evans, 1973
Aporus tarsalis (Ashmead, 1900)
Aporus umbratilis Evans, 1966
Aporus unicolor Spinola, 1808
Aporus zapotecus Bradley, 1944

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) Blue Wasp
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

References

V.S.L. Pate (1946). "The Generic Names of the Spider Wasps (Psammocharidae olim Pompilidae) and Their Type Species (Hymenoptera: Aculeata)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 72 (3): 65–137. JSTOR 25077544.
Royal Entomogical Society of London 1934 Generic Names of British Insects British museum (Natural History) Dept. of entomology
Evans H.E. 1972 Revision of the Australian and New Guinean Species of Epipompilus (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) Pacific Insects 14 (1) : 101-131
"Aporus niger (Cresson, 1867) -- Discover Life".