Auplopus

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
Subfamilia: Pepsinae
Tribus: Ageniellini
Genera: Auplopus

Species: A. albifrons – A. carbonarius – A. ichnusus – A. rectus
Name

Auplopus Spinola, 1841
Synonyms

Pilpomus Costa, 1859
Pseudagenia Kohl, 1884

References

Fauna Europaea: Taxon Details

Vernacular names
svenska: Murarvägsteklar

Auplopus is a large genus of spider wasps belonging to the subfamily Pepsinae of the spider wasp family Pompilidae, distributed throughout the world except for Antarctica. Auplopus wasps have the gruesome habit of amputating the legs of their spider prey before transporting it to the nest.[2]
Species

Species within Auplopus include[3][4][5][6]

Auplopus abnormalis Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus adjunctus (Banks, 1911)
Auplopus aegina (Smith, 1858)
Auplopus aeruginosus Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus alaris (Saussure, 1868)
Auplopus alarius Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus albifrons (Dalman, 1823)
Auplopus albipalpis (Cameron, 1902)
Auplopus alishanus Ishikawa, 1967
Auplopus amalotis (Banks, 1946)
Auplopus amazonus Wahis, 2006
Auplopus amoenus Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus anthracinus Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus aquilus Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus architectus
Auplopus arcuaticornis Wahis, 2006
Auplopus argentinensis Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus argentinus Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus argutus Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus ariel (Cameron, 1891)
Auplopus arnoldi (Priesner, 1955)
Auplopus artemnis (Bingham, 1896)
Auplopus ashmeadi (Banks, 1934)
Auplopus associatus (Banks, 1946)
Auplopus ater Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus atratus Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus aurarius Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus auricolor Haupt, 1959
Auplopus auricoma Banks
Auplopus auripilus (Cresson, 1869)
Auplopus azurea Haupt, 1959
Auplopus banosensis Tsuneki, 1988
Auplopus basalis (Fox, 1897)
Auplopus batesi Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus bellus (Cresson, 1865)
Auplopus bequaerti Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus bermudensis Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus bimaculatus (Smith, 1858)
Auplopus bipennis (Saussure, 1868)
Auplopus bizonatus (Walker, 1871)
Auplopus blandus (Guerin, 1830)
Auplopus blatteus Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus brasiliensis Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus buscki Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus caerulea (Smith, 1855)
Auplopus caeruleosomus (Banks, 1946)
Auplopus caerulescens
Auplopus callainus Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus callisto (Smith, 1859)
Auplopus carbonarius (Scopoli, 1763)
Auplopus carinatus Tsuneki, 1988
Auplopus cavifrons Wahis
Auplopus cebuensis Tsuneki, 1988
Auplopus celaeno (Smith, 1858)
Auplopus charlesi Waichert & Pitts, 2012
Auplopus chiponensis (Yasumatsu, 1939)
Auplopus chloris (Cresson, 1869)
Auplopus commendabilis (Kohl, 1894)
Auplopus comparatus (Smith, 1873)
Auplopus constructor (Smith, 1873)
Auplopus coracinus Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus cordobensis Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus cressoni (Cameron, 1891)
Auplopus cyanellus Wahis, 1992
Auplopus cyaneus Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus danae (Bingham, 1896)
Auplopus deceptor (Smith, 1873)
Auplopus dietzi Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus domesticus (Taschenberg, 1872)
Auplopus dreisbachi Wahis, 2006
Auplopus earinus Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus editorialis Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus enodans (Kohl, 1894)
Auplopus erigonae (Bingham, 1896)
Auplopus eriodes Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus esmeraldus (Banks, 1925)
Auplopus eucharis Wahis, 1992
Auplopus exilis Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus fasciatus (Fabricius, 1775)
Auplopus femur-rubrus Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus ferrugineus Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus flavicoxae (Banks, 1911)
Auplopus flavicrus Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus flavipes Haupt, 1959
Auplopus frauenfeldiana (Saussure, 1868)
Auplopus fulgidus Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus funerator Wahis, 1992
Auplopus gaumeri Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus gentilis (Cameron, 1891)
Auplopus gertschi Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus gnoma (Cameron, 1902)
Auplopus grossus Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus guatemalensis Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus hidalgoensis Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus himalayensis (Cameron, 1905)
Auplopus hispidus Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus hombukeanus Tsuneki, 1989
Auplopus hondurensis Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus hoorai Tsuneki, 1989
Auplopus hypsipyla (Bingham, 1893)
Auplopus ichnusus Wolf, 1960
Auplopus imitabilis Wahis, 1992
Auplopus incognitus (Smith)
Auplopus inermis Townes, 1957
Auplopus infantulus (Kohl, 1894)
Auplopus iolanthe (Banks, 1925)
Auplopus ishikawai Shimitsu, 1982
Auplopus kathryni Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus krombeini Wahis, 1992
Auplopus kuanghuanus
Auplopus kuarensis Tsuneki, 1989
Auplopus kusnghuanus Tsuneki, 1989
Auplopus laeviculus (Bingham, 1897)
Auplopus languirostris Wahis
Auplopus lankaensis Wahis, 1992
Auplopus lasios Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus lineatus Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus lorenzanus (Banks, 1945)
Auplopus lycaste
Auplopus magnus Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus malinus Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus mama Loktionov & Lelej, 2014
Auplopus mandshuricus Lelej, 1990
Auplopus marginalis Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus maroccanus Priesner, 1967
Auplopus medius Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus mellipes Say, 1836
Auplopus mendicus (Banks, 1946)
Auplopus metallica Haupt, 1959
Auplopus mexicanus (Cresson, 1867)
Auplopus micromegas (Saussure, 1868)
Auplopus militaris (Lynch-Arribálzaga, 1878)
Auplopus mindanaoensis Tsuneki, 1988
Auplopus minus Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus minusculus Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus minutus Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus modesta Haupt, 1959
Auplopus mollis Townes, 1957
Auplopus montanus Alayo, 1969
Auplopus montigenus Wahis
Auplopus montivagus (Cameron, 1891)
Auplopus morota (Banks, 1934)
Auplopus murotai Tsuneki, 1989
Auplopus mutabilis (Smith, 1870)
Auplopus nabori Alayo, 1969
Auplopus nagatomii Lelej & Yamane, 1992
Auplopus nambui Tsuneki, 1989
Auplopus nantaror Tsuneki, 1988
Auplopus niger Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus nigrellus (Banks, 1911)
Auplopus nigrescens Tsuneki, 1988
Auplopus nigriculus Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus nigroaurantiacus (Magretti, 1884)
Auplopus nitidiventris (Smith, 1860)
Auplopus nozakae
Auplopus nozakae Tsuneki, 1990
Auplopus nubicus (Priesner, 1955)
Auplopus obscurus (Banks, 1946)
Auplopus ochraceus (Haupt, 1938)
Auplopus olivarus Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus opacus Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus optabilis Wahis, 2008
Auplopus pacificus Lelej, 1990
Auplopus pallida (Taschenberg, 1869)
Auplopus pallidipictus Wahis
Auplopus panamensis Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus paniquitus (Banks, 1946)
Auplopus pedanculata Smith
Auplopus pempuchiensis Tsuneki, 1989
Auplopus perditus (Cameron, 1891)
Auplopus peruanus (Banks, 1946)
Auplopus pratens Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus pratentis Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus princeps (Banks, 1946)
Auplopus pumilio (Arnold, 1934)
Auplopus puniceus Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus purpureus Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus pygialis (Pérez, 1905)
Auplopus quartus Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus rectus (Haupt, 1926)
Auplopus relativus (Cameron, 1891)
Auplopus robustus (Banks, 1945)
Auplopus roseus Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus rufipes (Banks, 1946)
Auplopus rufiventris (Radoszkowski, 1877)
Auplopus rufocinctus (Smith, 1855)
Auplopus sapphirus Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus schausi Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus semialatus Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus semirufus Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus semirufus Haupt, 1957
Auplopus shannoni Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus silvicolus Haupt, 1959
Auplopus smithii (Banks, 1934)
Auplopus somalicus (Magretti, 1889)
Auplopus splendens Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus stagei Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus striatus Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus subaurarius Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus subvirescens (Cresson, 1867)
Auplopus taino Snelling & Torres, 2004
Auplopus takachihoi (Yasumatsu, 1943)
Auplopus tenuis Haupt, 1959
Auplopus tenuis Haupt, 1962
Auplopus testaceus (Fox, 1891)
Auplopus tinctus (Smith, 1855)
Auplopus variabilis Wahis
Auplopus variolarum Townes, 1957
Auplopus venetus Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus villosus Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus violaceus Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus viridis (Smith, 1864)
Auplopus viridulus Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus vulcanensis Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus woodi Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus yaeyamaensis Shimizu, 1986
Auplopus yasumatsui Lelej, 1995
Auplopus zeteki Dreisbach, 1963

References

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