Anoplius is a genus of spider wasps in the family Pompilidae, called the blue-black spider wasps. It is one of two genera within the tribe Anopliini of subfamily Pompilinae.[3]

Anoplius
Anoplius viaticus (L.) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) with prey Nuctenea umbratica (Clerck) (Arachnida: Araneidae)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Pompilidae
Genus: Anoplius
Dufour, 1834[1]
Type species
Sphex nigerrmius
Scopoli, 1763[2]

Species edit

The genus includes the following species:

Subgenus Anoplius (Anopliodes) edit

Subgenus Anoplius (Anoplius) edit

Subgenus Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) edit

Subgenus Anoplius (Dicranoplius) edit

Subgenus Anoplius (Notiochares) edit

Subgenus Anoplius (Onentanophus) edit

Subgenus Anoplius (Pompilinus) edit

Species transferred to Lophopompilus edit

The former subgenus Lophopompilus has been elevated to a separate genus by Loktionov and Lelej.[3]

 
Anoplius infuscatus dragging spider

References edit

  1. ^ "Anoplius Dufour, 1834". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az Krombein, Karl V. (1979). "Scoliidae". In Krombein, Karl V.; Hurd, Paul D. Jr.; Smith, David R.; Burks, B.D. (eds.). Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Vol. 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 1553-1562.
  3. ^ a b c Loktionov, Valery M.; Lelej, Arkady S. (2014). Spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of the Russian Far East. Vladivostok: Dalnauka. p. 472 pp. ISBN 9785804414437.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu Fernández, Fernando; Rodriguez, Juanita; Waichert, Cecilia; Decker, Brenna; Pitts, James (2022). "Twenty two years later: An updated checklist of Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae)". Zootaxa. 5116 (4): 451–503. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5116.4.1.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa Lelej, Arkady S.; Yamane, Seiki (1994). "A review of the East Asian species of Anoplius Dufour (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae)". Reports of the Faculty of Science Kagoshima University (Earth Sciences and Biology). 27: 229–244. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Loktionov, Valery M.; Lelej, Arkady S. (2017). "An annotated catalogue of the spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of Russia". Zootaxa. 4280 (1): 1–95. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4280.1.1.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Shlyahtenok, A.S.; Shlyahtenok, Arkady S.; Valery M., Loktionov (2012). "A review of the genus Anoplius Dufour, 1834 (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) of European fauna". Euroasian Entomological Journal (in Russian). 11 (5): 449–464.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i Day, Michael Charles (1974). "A contribution to the taxonomy of the genus Anoplius Dufour (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) including a revision of the Palaeotropical subgenus Orientanoplius Haupt". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 30 (8): 373–404. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Leavengood, John M. Jr.; Waichert, Cecilia; Rodriguez, Juanita (2011). "A distributional checklist of the spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of Florida". Insecta Mundi. 0161: 1–8. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  10. ^ Finnamore, A.T.; Buckle, D.; Buddle, C.M.; Hamilton, K.G.A. (2000). "The effects of grazing and exotic grasses (crested wheat grass) on the ecological integrity of upland prairie communities of spiders, leafhoppers, and predatory wasps (Poaceae; Arthropoda: Solfugae, Opiliones, Araneae, Homoptera, Hymenoptera)". Crossing the Medicine Line Network. The Northern Mixed Grass Transboundary Conservation Initiative. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  11. ^ Konno, K.; Hisada, M.; Itagaki, Y.; Naoki, H.; Kawai, N; Miwa, A.; Yasuhara, T.; Takayama, H. (1998). "Isolation and structure of pompilidotoxins, novel peptide neurotoxins in solitary wasp venoms". Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 250 (3): 612–616. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1998.9299. PMID 9784394.