Caliadurgus

Caliadurgus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Family: Pompilidae
Subfamily: Pepsinae
Genus: Caliadurgus
Pate, 1946 [1]

Caliadurgus is a genus of spider wasps of the subfamily Pepsinae. Therse are medium-sized black spider wasps with some red. They have a catholic habitat choice and their preferred prey are spiders of the families Araneidae and Tetragnathidae.[2] They have a Holarctic and Neotropical distribution.[3][4]

Species in the genus include:[5]

References

  1. "Caliadurgus". Nic.funet.fi. 2004-01-29. Retrieved 2012-06-13.
  2. Bogdan Wisniowski: Spider-hunting wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). of Poland Ojców National Park, Ojców 2009, OCLC 751138831 (ISBN formally incorrect 83-60337-15-4).
  3. Wahis, R. & Rojas F. 2003 Los Pompilidos de Chile (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) Rev. Chilena Ent. 29 89-103
  4. Loktionov,V. M. & Lelej, A. S. 2012 New Distributional Date On the Spider Wasps (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) from the Russian Far East. Far Eastern Entomologist. 244 10-12.
  5. "Global Names Index". Gni.globalnames.org. Retrieved 2012-06-13.
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