Epipompilus aztecus

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| taxon = Epipompilus aztecus

| authority = (Cresson 1869)

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| synonyms = *Ferreola azteca Cresson, 1869

  • Epipompilus maximliani Kohl, 1884
  • Aulocostethus aztecus Bradley, 1944

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Epipompilus aztecus is a Neotropical spider wasp belonging to the Pompilid subfamily Ctenocerinae.

Description

The wasp is black and reddish brown in color.Evans H.E 1967 Studies on the Neotropical Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) Additional Notes on Epompilus Kohl Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology Brevoria 273

Distribution

The distribution of Epipompilus aztecus spans from southern Mexico to Mato Grosso do Sul in Brazil,Silvestre, R. ; Auko, T.H. ; Carbonari, V. 2010 Check List 6(4) 483-484 and eastwards to the Atlantic Forest (biome).Eduardo Fernando dos Santos and Fernando Barbosa Noll, “Additions to the Known Distribution of Epipompilus aztecus (Cresson, 1869) and E. excelsus (Bradley, 1944) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae),” Psyche, vol. 2010, Article ID 562869, 3 pages, 2010.

Habitat

The Epipompilus aztecus lives primarily in Tropical deciduous forests.

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