Episyron rufipes (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Red Legged Spider Wasp)

Interactions where Episyron rufipes is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
female female stocks nest with UK/Ireland ARANEIDAE orb spiders, orb-weavers Araneae Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Pompilidae/Episyron rufipes/Episyron rufipesred legged spider waspfemale Animal / predator / stocks nest withUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Araneae/Araneidae/Araneidaeorb spiders, orb-weavers

Author & YearTitleSource
Macdonald, M.A., 2007Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates

Episyron rufipes (Red Legged Spider Wasp) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Episyron rufipes (Red Legged Spider Wasp) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEpisyron rufipes (Red Legged Spider Wasp)
SubfamilyPOMPILINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyPOMPILIDAE (spider-hunting wasps)
SuperfamilyVESPOIDEA (wasps)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Episyron rufipes (Red Legged Spider Wasp)

Episyron rufipes (Red Legged Spider Wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Episyron rufipes (Red Legged Spider Wasp):

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