Arachnospila Explained

Arachnospila is a predominantly Holarctic genus of spider wasps, with limited representation in montane habitatsin Neotropical and Afrotropical regions.^[1] They are found in open habitats and at forest edge, the nests may contain more than one cell.

Species

Subgenus Acanthopompilus

• Arachnospila conjungens (Kohl, 1898)
• Arachnospila alpivaga (Kohl, 1888)
• Arachnospila nuda (Tournier, 1890)

Subgenus Ammosphex

• Arachnospila abnormis (Dahlbom, 1842)
• Arachnospila alvarabnormis (Wolf, 1965)
• Arachnospila anceps (Wesmael, 1851)
• Arachnospila apennines (Wolf, 1964)
• Arachnospila colpostoma (Kohl, 1886)
• Arachnospila consobrina (Dahlbom, 1843)
• Arachnospila dakota (Cresson 1867)
• Arachnospila gibbomima (Main, 1929)
• Arachnospila hedickei (Main, 1929)
• Arachnospila imbecillus (Banks 1939)
• Arachnospila luctuosa (Cresson 1865)
• Arachnospila michiganensis (Driesbach 1949)
• Arachnospila nivalabnormis (Wolf, 1965)
• Arachnospila occidentalis (Driesbach 1949)
• Arachnospila ofa (Tournier, 1890)
• Arachnospila opinata (Tournier, 1890)
• Arachnospila parvula (Banks, 1912)
• Arachnospila rhaetabnormis (Wolf, 1965)
• Arachnospila silvana (Kohl, 1886)
• Arachnospila solona (Banks, 1913)
• Arachnospila trivialis (Dahlbom, 1843)
• Arachnospila wasbaueri (Eavns, 1966)
• Arachnospila valesabnormis (Wolf, 1965)
• Arachnospila virgilabnormis Wolf, 1976
• Arachnospila wesmaeli (Thomson, 1870)
• Arachnospila westerlundi (Morawitz, 1893)

Subgenus Anoplochares

• Arachnospila asiatica (Morawitz, 1888)
• Arachnospila canariensis Wolf, 1978
• Arachnospila fuscomarginata (Thomson, 1870)
• Arachnospila minutula (Dahlbom, 1842)
• Arachnospila spissa (Schiodte, 1837)

Subgenus Arachnospila

• Arachnospila arcta (Cresson 1865)
• Arachnospila brevispinis Wahis, 1992
• Arachnospila fumipennis (Zetterstedt, 1838)
• Arachnospila ionica Wolf, 1964
• Arachnospila longifrons Wolf, 1990
• Arachnospila rufa (Haupt, 1927)
• Arachnospila sogdianoides (Wolf, 1964)

Subgenus Melanospila

• Arachnospila esau (Kohl, 1886)
• Arachnospila holomelas (Costa, 1882)
• Arachnospila tyrrhena Wahis, 1982

Notes and References

1. Lelej, A.s & Loktiniov V.M 2011 Review of the nominotypical subgenus of Arachnospila Kincaid (Hymenoptera:Pompilidae) of Russia and neighbouring countries with the lectotypification of enigmatic Pompilus sogdianus Morawitz and description of new species Zootaxa 2882: 1–18