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Anoplius apiculatus apiculatus (Smith, 1855)

Pompilus apiculatus Smith, 1855:157, ♀. Holotype ♀, Mexico (Vera Cruz); Evans, 1950Evans, H.E. 1950. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. Genus Anoplius Dufour. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 76:207-361.:259, Type ♀ (British Museum); Evans, 1966Evans, H.E. 1966. A revision of the Mexican and central American spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society :1-442.:296, Type ♀ (BMNH, no. 19,642). - Smith, 1855Smith, F. 1855. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III, Mutillidae and Pompilidae. :203 pp, 5 pl. (distribution); Cresson, 1867Cresson, E.T. 1867. Notes on the Pompilidæ of North America, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 1 (1867/1868):85-150. (distribution), 103 (listed); Cresson, 1869Cresson, E.T. 1869. Notes on Mexican Pompilidae with descriptions of new species. The Boston Society of Natural History, Proceedings 12:366-380. (distribution), 375 (listed); Cameron, 1888-1900Cameron, P. 1888-1900. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. R. H. Porter and Dulau & Co., London. 413pp, 14 pl.:204 (listed); Cameron, 1893Cameron, P. 1893. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. :177-257. (distribution), 205 (listed); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution), 273 (listed); Junco y Reyes, 1959Junco y Reyes, J.J. 1959. Himenópteros de Espana. Fam. Pompilidae (=Psammocharidae) Gen. Anopilus Duf. EOS Revista Española de Entomologia 35:41-95.:49 (listed); Wasbauer & Kimsey, 1985Wasbauer M.S. & L.S. Kimsey 1985. California spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Bul. Calif. Ins. Surv. 26:1-130.:47 (listed). - As Anoplius apiculatus ♀: - Junco y Reyes, 1959Junco y Reyes, J.J. 1959. Himenópteros de Espana. Fam. Pompilidae (=Psammocharidae) Gen. Anopilus Duf. EOS Revista Española de Entomologia 35:41-95. (distribution), 54 (listed). - As Anoplius apiculatus apiculatus: - Evans, 1950Evans, H.E. 1950. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. Genus Anoplius Dufour. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 76:207-361. (distribution), 261 (biology); Evans, 1966Evans, H.E. 1966. A revision of the Mexican and central American spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society :1-442. (distribution); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209. (distribution); Wasbauer & Kimsey, 1985Wasbauer M.S. & L.S. Kimsey 1985. California spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Bul. Calif. Ins. Surv. 26:1-130.:47 (listed); Horta Vega et al., 2009Horta Vega, J.V., M.E.García Gutiérrez, M.I. Benavides Martínez & A. Correa Sandoval 2009. Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) de algunos municipios del centro y sur de Tamaulipas, México. Acta Zool. Mex. (n.s.) 25 (1):71-82. (distribution); Leavengood, Jr. J.M. et al., 2011Leavengood, Jr. J.M., Waichert, C. & Rodriguez, J. 2011. A distributional checklist of the spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of Florida. Insecta Mundi 0161 (March 2011):1-8. (distribution); Leavengood et al., 2011Leavengood, J.M., C.Waichert & J. Rodriguez 2011. A distributional checklist of the spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of Florida. Insecta Mundi 0161:1-8. (distribution); Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2014Vanoye-Eligio, M., V. Meléndez-Ramírez, R. Ayala, J. Navarro & H. Delfin-González 2014. Predatory Wasps (Hymenoptera) of the Yucatan Peninsula. Southwestern Entomoloigst 39 (3):635-646. (distribution); Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2015Vanoye-Eligio, M., V. Meléndez-Ramírez, R. Ayala, J. Navarro-Alberto & H. Delfín-González 2015. Avispas depredadoras de áreas naturales protegidas del estado de Yucatán, México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 86:989-997. (distribution); Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2020Vanoye-Eligio, M., J.V. HortaVega, V. Vanoye-Eligio, M. Rosas-Mejía & L.J. Estrada Ramírez 2020. Review of Occurrence of Vespoidea (Hymenoptera) in the State of Campeche, Mexico. Journal of Entomological Science 55 (3):366-381. (distribution); Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021Vanoye-Eligio, M., M. del C. Gómez-Camal, B. del R. Martín-Canché, M. Rosas-Mejía, J.V. HortaVega & V. Vanoye-Eligio 2021. Current knowledge of the family Pompilidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) in Mexico: diversity and geographical distribution. Zootaxa 5071 (4):505-536. (distribution); Fernández et al., 2022Fernández, F., J. Rodriguez, C. Waichert, B. Decker & J. Pitts 2022. Twenty two years later: An updated checklist of Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Zootaxa 5116 (4):451-503. (distribution).
Pompilus coruscus Smith, 1879:155, ♀. ♀, Guatemala, Chinantla, 4100 feet (British Museum); Evans, 1966Evans, H.E. 1966. A revision of the Mexican and central American spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society :1-442.:296, Type ♀ (BMNH, no. 19,565). - Kohl, 1885Kohl, F.F. 1885. Zur Synonymie der Hymenoptera aculeata. Ent. Nachr. 11:162-165.:162 (listed); Cameron, 1888-1900Cameron, P. 1888-1900. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. R. H. Porter and Dulau & Co., London. 413pp, 14 pl.:205 ( listed as synonym of Pompilus apiculatus Smith, 1855); Cameron, 1893Cameron, P. 1893. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. :177-257.:205 ( listed as synonym of Pompilus apiculatus Smith, 1855); Wolcott, 1948Wolcott, G.N. 1948. The insects of Puerto Rico. The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico 32 (4):749-975. (distribution); Evans, 1966Evans, H.E. 1966. A revision of the Mexican and central American spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society :1-442.:296 ( listed as synonym of Anoplius apiculatus apiculatus (Smith, 1855)); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1555 ( listed as synonym of Anoplius apiculatus apiculatus (Smith, 1855)). - As Anoplius coruscus:
Pompilus representans Smith, 1879:154, ♀. ♀, Uruguay (British Museum). Synonymized with Pompilus coruscus Smith, 1879 by Kohl, 1885Kohl, F.F. 1885. Zur Synonymie der Hymenoptera aculeata. Ent. Nachr. 11:162-165.:162.
Anoplius apiculatus hondurensis Dreisbach, 1954 Dreisbach, 1954Dreisbach, R.R. 1954. Two new species and a new variety in the genus Arachnophroctonus (Hymenoptera: Psammocharidae) with photomicrographs of the genitalia and subgenital plate for the genus and for several other species. The American Midland Naturalist 52 (2):437-442.:439, Holotype ♂, Pto. Castilla, Rep. Honduras, III-24-1924 (MCZ, leg. J. Bequaert); Evans, 1966Evans, H.E. 1966. A revision of the Mexican and central American spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society :1-442.:296, Type ♂ (MCZ, no. 29,318). Synonymized with Anoplius apiculatus apiculatus (Smith, 1855) by Evans, 1966Evans, H.E. 1966. A revision of the Mexican and central American spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society :1-442.:296. - Junco y Reyes, 1959Junco y Reyes, J.J. 1959. Himenópteros de Espana. Fam. Pompilidae (=Psammocharidae) Gen. Anopilus Duf. EOS Revista Española de Entomologia 35:41-95. (distribution), 54 (listed). - As Arachnophroctonus apiculatus hondurensis: - Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1555 ( listed as synonym of Anoplius apiculatus apiculatus (Smith, 1855)).

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Area distribution map

map of Anoplius apiculatus apiculatus (Smith, 1855)

Distribution

GTMGuatemala
 (Smith, 1879 [as Pompilus coruscus Smith, 1879]; Cameron, 1893; Evans, 1950; Evans, 1966 [as Pompilus coruscus Smith, 1879]; Evans, 1966)
HNDHonduras
 (Evans, 1950; Dreisbach, 1954 [as Anoplius apiculatus hondurensis Dreisbach, 1954]; Junco y Reyes, 1959 [as Anoplius apiculatus hondurensis Dreisbach, 1954]; Evans, 1966 [as Arachnophroctonus apiculatus hondurensis Dreisbach, 1954])
MEXMexico
 (Smith, 1855; Cresson, 1867; Cresson, 1869; Cameron, 1893; Dalla Torre, 1897; Evans, 1950; Evans, 1950; Junco y Reyes, 1959; Fernández et al., 2022)
MEX-BaCMexico - Baja California
 (Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021)
MEX-CamMexico - Campeche
 (Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2014; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2020; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021)
MEX-ChsMexico - Chiapas
 (Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021)
MEX-GueMexico - Guerrero
 (Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021)
MEX-MorMexico - Morelos
 (Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021)
MEX-NayMexico - Nayarit
 (Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021)
MEX-OaxMexico - Oaxaca
 (Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021)
MEX-PueMexico - Puebla
 (Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021)
MEX-QdAMexico - Querétaro
 (Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021)
MEX-QuRMexico - Quintana Roo
 (Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2014)
MEX-SinMexico - Sinaloa
 (Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021)
MEX-TamMexico - Tamaulipas
 (Horta Vega et al., 2009)
MEX-VdIMexico - Veracruz
 (Evans, 1966; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021)
MEX-YucMexico - Yucatán
 (Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2014; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2015; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021)
NICNicaragua
 (Evans, 1966)
PANPanama
 (Evans, 1950; Evans, 1966; Krombein et al., 1979)
PRIPuerto Rico
 (Wolcott, 1948 [as Pompilus coruscus Smith, 1879])
URYUruguay
 (Smith, 1879 [as Pompilus representans Smith, 1879])
USA-AZUnited States - Arizona
 (Evans, 1950; Evans, 1966; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-CAUnited States - California
 (Evans, 1950; Evans, 1966; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-FLUnited States - Florida
 (Leavengood, Jr. J.M. et al., 2011 new; Leavengood et al., 2011)
USA-TXUnited States - Texas
 (Evans, 1950; Evans, 1966; Krombein et al., 1979)

Literature

  • Cameron, P. 1888-1900. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. R. H. Porter and Dulau & Co., London. 413pp, 14 pl.
  • Cameron, P. 1893. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. :177-257.
  • Cresson, E.T. 1867. Notes on the Pompilidæ of North America, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 1 (1867/1868):85-150.
  • Cresson, E.T. 1869. Notes on Mexican Pompilidae with descriptions of new species. The Boston Society of Natural History, Proceedings 12:366-380.
  • Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.
  • Dreisbach, R.R. 1954. Two new species and a new variety in the genus Arachnophroctonus (Hymenoptera: Psammocharidae) with photomicrographs of the genitalia and subgenital plate for the genus and for several other species. The American Midland Naturalist 52 (2):437-442.
  • Evans, H.E. 1950. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. Genus Anoplius Dufour. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 76:207-361.
  • Evans, H.E. 1966. A revision of the Mexican and central American spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society :1-442.
  • Fernández, F., J. Rodriguez, C. Waichert, B. Decker & J. Pitts 2022. Twenty two years later: An updated checklist of Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Zootaxa 5116 (4):451-503.
  • Horta Vega, J.V., M.E.García Gutiérrez, M.I. Benavides Martínez & A. Correa Sandoval 2009. Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) de algunos municipios del centro y sur de Tamaulipas, México. Acta Zool. Mex. (n.s.) 25 (1):71-82.
  • Junco y Reyes, J.J. 1959. Himenópteros de Espana. Fam. Pompilidae (=Psammocharidae) Gen. Anopilus Duf. EOS Revista Española de Entomologia 35:41-95.
  • Kohl, F.F. 1885. Zur Synonymie der Hymenoptera aculeata. Ent. Nachr. 11:162-165.
  • Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.
  • Leavengood, J.M., C.Waichert & J. Rodriguez 2011. A distributional checklist of the spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of Florida. Insecta Mundi 0161:1-8.
  • Leavengood, Jr. J.M., Waichert, C. & Rodriguez, J. 2011. A distributional checklist of the spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of Florida. Insecta Mundi 0161 (March 2011):1-8.
  • Smith, F. 1855. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III, Mutillidae and Pompilidae. :203 pp, 5 pl.
  • Smith, F. 1879. Descriptions of new species of Hymenoptera in the collection of the British Museum. Taylor and Francis, 1-240.
  • Vanoye-Eligio, M., J.V. HortaVega, V. Vanoye-Eligio, M. Rosas-Mejía & L.J. Estrada Ramírez 2020. Review of Occurrence of Vespoidea (Hymenoptera) in the State of Campeche, Mexico. Journal of Entomological Science 55 (3):366-381.
  • Vanoye-Eligio, M., M. del C. Gómez-Camal, B. del R. Martín-Canché, M. Rosas-Mejía, J.V. HortaVega & V. Vanoye-Eligio 2021. Current knowledge of the family Pompilidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) in Mexico: diversity and geographical distribution. Zootaxa 5071 (4):505-536.
  • Vanoye-Eligio, M., V. Meléndez-Ramírez, R. Ayala, J. Navarro & H. Delfin-González 2014. Predatory Wasps (Hymenoptera) of the Yucatan Peninsula. Southwestern Entomoloigst 39 (3):635-646.
  • Vanoye-Eligio, M., V. Meléndez-Ramírez, R. Ayala, J. Navarro-Alberto & H. Delfín-González 2015. Avispas depredadoras de áreas naturales protegidas del estado de Yucatán, México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 86:989-997.
  • Wasbauer M.S. & L.S. Kimsey 1985. California spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Bul. Calif. Ins. Surv. 26:1-130.
  • Wolcott, G.N. 1948. The insects of Puerto Rico. The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico 32 (4):749-975.