Auplopus canberra is a species of spider wasp within the genus Auplopus.[1] It was originally described by Howard Ensign Evans based on a holotype from Canberra, Australia.[2]
Auplopus canberra | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Pompilidae |
Genus: | Auplopus |
Species: | A. canberra
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Binomial name | |
Auplopus canberra (Evans, 1972)
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Synonyms | |
Fabriogenia canberra Evans, 1972 |
Description
editLength is up to 9 mm with legs and body being black. Antennae are bright orange except on the scape and a weak darkening on the apical segment. Body colour, wings and hair are the same as A. dilga but the difference is in A. canberra having a longer antennae and longer postnotum. Differences also exist in the shape of the clypeus and wing venation details [2]
References
edit- ^ Shimizu, Akira; Wasbauer, Marius; Takami, Yasuoki (2010). "Phylogeny and the evolution of nesting behaviour in the tribe Ageniellini (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Pompilidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 160 (1): 88–117. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00592.x.
- ^ a b "A review of the Australian species of Elaphrosyron and Telostegus, with notes on other genera (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae)" (PDF). Breviora (386): 1–18. 1972. Retrieved 2023-01-15.