Tachypompilus ferrugineus with prey in Rockwall, Texas
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Family:
Pompilidae
Genus:
Tachypompilus
Species:
T. ferrugineus
Binomial name
Tachypompilus ferrugineus
Say, 1824[1]
Synonyms[2]
Pompilus torridus (Smith, 1862)
Arachnophroctonus annexus (Banks, 1944)
Arachnophroctonus nigrescens (Banks, 1944)
Arachnophroctonus unicolor (Banks, 1944)
Tachypompilus yavapai (Evans, 1950)
Tachypompilus ferrugineus, the rusty spider wasp,[1]red-tailed spider hunter, or sometimes red-tailed spider wasp (but that name is also used for the Asian species Tachypompilus analis) is a species of spider wasp from the Americas. It preys mainly on wandering spiders, especially wolf spiders.
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^"Nomina Insecta Nearctica" (PDF). neartica.com. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
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