Poecilopompilus

{{Short description|Genus of wasps}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Poecilopompilus.jpg

| image_caption = A Poecilopompilus spider wasp dragging a paralyzed golden silk orb-weaver (Nephila) in South Florida

| taxon = Poecilopompilus

| authority = Ashmead, 1902{{cite web | url = https://www.gbif.org/species/8215620 | title = Poecilopompilus Ashmead, 1902 | accessdate = 20 April 2019 | publisher = GBIF}}

| type_species = Pompilus navus

| type_species_authority = Cresson, 1867{{cite journal | author = V.S.L. Pate | year = 1946 | title = The Generic Names of the Spider Wasps (Psammocharidae olim Pompilidae) and Their Type Species (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) | journal = Transactions of the American Entomological Society |volume = 72 | issue = 3 | pages = 65–137| jstor = 25077544 }}

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Poecilopompilus is a fossorial genus of the family Pomplidae found in the New World. The main prey of these wasps are spiders of the family Araneidae.{{cite web | url = http://bugguide.net/node/view/26870 | title = Genus Poecilopompilus | accessdate = 4 September 2016 | publisher = Iowa State University}}