POMPILIDAE
(spider-hunting wasps)

Interactions where POMPILIDAE is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

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

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Affected Part 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 Summary
spider prey is kleptoparasitised by female UK/Ireland Evagetes crassicornis a spider-hunting wasp Hymenoptera: Pompilidae Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Pompilidae/Evagetes crassicornis/Evagetes crassicornisa spider-hunting waspfemale Animal / kleptoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Pompilidae/Pompilidaespider-hunting waspsspider prey female kleptoparasitises spider prey
spider prey is kleptoparasitised by female UK/Ireland Evagetes dubius a spider-hunting wasp Hymenoptera: Pompilidae Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Pompilidae/Evagetes dubius/Evagetes dubiusa spider-hunting waspfemale Animal / kleptoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Pompilidae/Pompilidaespider-hunting waspsspider prey female kleptoparasitises spider prey
spider prey is kleptoparasitised by female UK/Ireland Evagetes pectinipes a spider-hunting wasp Hymenoptera: Pompilidae Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Pompilidae/Evagetes pectinipes/Evagetes pectinipesa spider-hunting waspfemale Animal / kleptoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Pompilidae/Pompilidaespider-hunting waspsspider prey female kleptoparasitises spider prey
spider prey spider prey is kleptoparasitised by female UK/Ireland Ceropales maculata a spider-hunting wasp Hymenoptera: Pompilidae Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Pompilidae/Ceropales maculata/Ceropales maculataa spider-hunting waspfemale Animal / kleptoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Pompilidae/Pompilidaespider-hunting waspsspider prey female kleptoparasitises spider prey
spider prey spider prey is kleptoparasitised by female UK/Ireland Ceropales variegata a spider-hunting wasp Hymenoptera: Pompilidae Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Pompilidae/Ceropales variegata/Ceropales variegataa spider-hunting waspfemale Animal / kleptoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Pompilidae/Pompilidaespider-hunting waspsspider prey female kleptoparasitises spider prey

POMPILIDAE (spider-hunting wasps) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

POMPILIDAE (spider-hunting wasps) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Macdonald, M.A., 2007Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates
Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Genus 3 subtaxa 3 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Genus 4 subtaxa 5 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Genus 3 subtaxa 3 trophisms
Species 3 trophisms 2 references
Species 2 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyPOMPILIDAE (spider-hunting wasps)
SuperfamilyPOMPILOIDEA (spider-hunting 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 POMPILIDAE (spider-hunting wasps)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Berland, L. 1925 Hyménoptères Vespiformes I (Sphegidae, Pompilidae, Scoliidae, Sapygidae, Mutillidae) Faune de France, Faune No 10, 364pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
Day, M. 1988 Spider Wasps - Hymenoptera: Pompilidae Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol. VI, Part 4, 60pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Falk, S. Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, ants and relatives) www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/collections/72157629294459686/
Storey, M.W. 2016 The Ichneumon Files
Wisniowski, B. 2009 Spider-hunting wasps of Poland 432pp, Ojców National Park Poland

POMPILIDAE (spider-hunting wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to POMPILIDAE (spider-hunting wasps):

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