Episyron

Episyron is a genus of wasps in the family Pompilidae which prey on spiders. Nine species are found in Europe.[2]

Episyron
Episyron rufipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Pompilidae
Subfamily: Pompilinae
Genus: Episyron
Schioedte, 1837
Type species
Sphex rufipes
Linnaeus, 1758[1]

Features

Episyron wasps are medium to large in size. The head and thorax have long, dark clustered hair with spotted abdomens.

Habits

These wasps occur in open sandy habitats where the females can burrow easily to create nests. They prey on spiders of the families Araneidae, Lycosidae and Tetragnathidae.[2]

Species[3][4]
  • Episyron albisquamis Priesner, 1966
  • Episyron albonotatum (Vander Linden, 1827)
  • Episyron anticus Haupt 1962
  • Episyron argillaceus Arnold, 1936
  • Episyron arizonica Banks 1933
  • Episyron arnoldi Priesner 1967
  • Episyron arrogans (Smith, 1873)
  • Episyron atrytone Banks 1911
  • Episyron bakeri Banks 1934
  • Episyron bequaerti Arnold, 1936
  • Episyron bicinctus Bischoff, 1913
  • Episyron biguttatus (Fabricius, 1798) Two Spotted Spider Wasp
  • Episyron binghami Banks 1934
  • Episyron braunsii Arnold, 1936
  • Episyron candiotum Wahis, 1966
  • Episyron capiticrassum (Ferton, 1901)
  • Episyron coccineipes (Saunders, 1901)
  • Episyron conterminus Smith 1885
  • Episyron corsicus Priesner, 1966
  • Episyron crassicornis Arnold, 1936
  • Episyron dimissionis Priesner 1967
  • Episyron flaveolus Gussakovskij 1928
  • Episyron fraternus Banks 1946
  • Episyron froggati Turner 1910
  • Episyron fuliginosum Wahis 2006
  • Episyron funerarium (Tournier, 1889)
  • Episyron gallicum (Tournier, 1889)
  • Episyron gryps Saussure
  • Episyron histrio Lepeletier, 1845
  • Episyron hopponis (Matsumura 1912)
  • Episyron insulanus Wolf, 1961
  • *Episyron intermedius Haupt, 1930
  • Episyron kaplani Wolf 1998
  • Episyron kurilense Lelej 1990
  • Episyron laevis Banks
  • Episyron latimarginatus Tsuneki 1989
  • Episyron levantinum Wahis, 1966
  • Episyron maehleri Krombein 1948
  • Episyron maneei Banks
  • Episyron novarae (Kohl 1885)
  • Episyron orbitalis Haupt 1962
  • Episyron ordinarius Priesner, 1966
  • Episyron oregon Evans 1960
  • Episyron pedunculatus Arnold, 1936
  • Episyron pilifrons (Smith 1859)
  • Episyron praestigiosum Wahis 1978
  • Episyron quinquenotatus (Say) white-trimmed black wasp
  • Episyron rufipes (Linnaeus, 1758) red-legged spider wasp
  • Episyron rufotibialis Tsuneki 1989
  • Episyron saussurei Banks 1934
  • Episyron sardonius Priesner, 1966
  • Episyron sardous Wolf, 1961
  • Episyron snowi Banks, 1910
  • Episyron solitaneum Kohl, 1906
  • Episyron stantoni (Ashmead 1905)
  • *Episyron tertius Blüthgen, 1944
  • Episyron trispinosus Gussakovskii 1952
  • Episyron tristis Priesner 1955
  • Episyron tropicalis Arnold, 1936
  • Episyron turneri Arnold, 1936
  • Episyron vagabundum (Smith 1858)
  • Episyron viduus Arnold 1936
  • Episyron vindex Smith, 1879

Taxa marked with an asterisk (*) are of doubtful validity.

References
  1. 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.
  2. Bogdan Wiśniowski: Spider-hunting wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of Poland. Ojców National Park, Ojców 2009, ISBN 83-60337-15-4.
  3. "Global Names Index".
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2012-03-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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