Epipompilus aztecus
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| synonyms = *Ferreola azteca Cresson, 1869
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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.
References
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Category:Hymenoptera of North America
Category:Insects of Central America
Category:Hymenoptera of Brazil
Category:Fauna of the Atlantic Forest
Category:Insects described in 1869
Category:Taxa named by Ezra Townsend Cresson
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