Entypus unifasciatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Pompilidae
Genus: Entypus
Species:
E. unifasciatus
Binomial name
Entypus unifasciatus
(Say, 1828)

Entypus unifasciatus is a species of spider wasp in the family Pompilidae.[1]

Description

Theses spider wasps are black with a bluish sheen, yellow antennae, and usually have a single diffuse amber band or patch near the tip of dark, smoky wings.[2]

Range

Essentially transcontinental North America, except in the northwest.[3][4]

Ecology

Female wasps paralyze large spiders and deposit them in burrows. The wasp lays a fertilized egg upon the spider; after hatching, the larva feeds on the living but paralyzed spider until maturing into a pupa that overwinters, and emerges as a winged adult next summer.[5]

Taxonomy

Entypus unifasciatus contains the following subspecies:

  • Entypus unifasciatus cressoni[1]
  • Entypus unifasciatus dumosus[1]
  • Entypus unifasciatus californicus[1]
  • Entypus unifasciatus unifasciatus[1]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Entypus unifasciatus". iNaturalist.
  2. ↑ "ENTYPUS SPIDER WASPS Entypus aratus, E. unifasciatus, E. fulvicornis, and others". Missouri Department of Conservation.
  3. ↑ "Species Entypus unifasciatus". BugGuide. Retrieved Dec 11, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Spider Wasp (Entypus) (Enytpus unifasciatus)". InsectIdentification.org. Aug 23, 2019.
  5. ↑ Taulman, James (Jun 19, 2020). "WILD THINGS: SPIDER WASP (ENTYPUS UNIFASCIATUS)". The Independent.


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