Entypus unifasciatus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Pompilidae |
| Genus: | Entypus |
| Species: | E. unifasciatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Entypus unifasciatus (Say, 1828)
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Entypus unifasciatus is a species of spider wasp in the family Pompilidae.[1]
Description
[edit]Theses spider wasps are black with a bluish sheen, yellow antennae, and wings ranging from mostly orange to mostly black with an orange band near the apex.[1]
Range
[edit]Entypus unifasciatus occurs from transcontinental North America, except in the northwest, to South America.[1]
Ecology
[edit]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.[2]
Taxonomy
[edit]Entypus unifasciatus contains the following subspecies:[1][3]
- Entypus unifasciatus californicus (Townes, 1957)
- Entypus unifasciatus cressoni (Banks, 1929)
- Entypus unifasciatus dumosus (Spinola, 1851)
- Entypus unifasciatus unifasciatus (Say, 1828)
Gallery
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References
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- ^ a b c d Kurczewski, Frank E.; Stoll, Joseph W.; West, Rick C.; Kissane, Kelly C.; Chesshire, Paige R.; Cobb, Neil S. (2020). "Geographic variation in host selection in the spider wasps Entypus unifasciatus (Say) and Tachypompilus ferrugineus (Say) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), II". Insecta Mundi. 0925: 1–73. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
- ^ Taulman, James (2020-06-19). "Wild Things: Spider Wasp (Entypus Unifasciatus)". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2023-04-01.
- ^ Contreras, José M. (2017). "Nuevos registros de caza de Entypus unifasciatus dumosus (Spinola, 1851) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) en Chile" (PDF). Arquivos Entomolóxicos. 18: 253–258. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
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