Wasps in the family Pompilidae are commonly called spider wasps, spider-hunting wasps, or pompilid wasps. The family is cosmopolitan, with some 5,000 species...

A tarantula hawk is a spider wasp (Pompilidae) that preys on tarantulas. Tarantula hawks belong to any of the many species in the genera Pepsis and Hemipepsis...

Psorthaspis brimleyi is a species of spider wasp in the family Pompilidae. "Psorthaspis brimleyi species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06...

burrows for its larvae to eat alive. It is the largest member of the family Pompilidae in New Zealand. The holotype of this species was collected by Joseph Dalton...

Pepsis albocincta is a species of spider wasps belonging to the family Pompilidae. These wasps are also called tarantula hawks, as they usually hunt tarantulas...

Thisbe's tarantula-hawk wasp, is a species of spider wasp in the family Pompilidae. Females are 32-44 mm long with a dark blue body and orange wings. The...

Lepidoptera, though some select beetles, flies, or bugs; the spider wasps (Pompilidae) exclusively attack spiders. Parasitoid wasp species differ in which host...

'digestion, cooking') is a genus of spider wasps belonging to the family Pompilidae. Species within this genus are also called tarantula hawks, as they usually...

Diplonyx is a genus of spider wasps in the family Pompilidae. The following species belongs to this genus: Diplonyx campanulatus (de Saussure, 1892) Loktionov...

an additional layer for identification, distinguishing it from other Pompilidae members. The "tarantula hawk" namesake comes from its predation of tarantulas...

Pepsini is a tribe of spider wasps in the family Pompilidae. Abernessia Arlé, 1947 Adirostes Banks, 1946 Aimatocare Roig-Alsina, 1989 Allaporus Banks,...

the elegant tarantula hawk, is a species of spider wasp in the family Pompilidae, widely distributed in North America and Central America. It has numerous...

Anoplius is a genus of spider wasps in the family Pompilidae called the blue-black spider wasps. It is one of two genera within the tribe Anopliini of...

The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. The P. grossa- to P. deaurata-groups. Zool.Verh. Leiden 338:...

Cryptocheilus notatus is the largest species of spider wasps (Pompilidae) to be found in Great Britain reaching up to 18 mm in length. Cryptocheilus notatus...

Spider Wasp". Stephen Cresswell. Retrieved 31 August 2016. "Taxonomy for Pompilidae (Pompilid wasps) in Canada". Insectoid.info. Retrieved 2 September 2016...

The Pepsinae are a subfamily of the spider wasp family, Pompilidae, including the two genera of large tarantula hawks, as well as many genera of smaller...

Priocnemis minorata is a species of spider wasp in the family Pompilidae. "Priocnemis minorata species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06...

Anoplius aethiops is a species of spider wasp in the family Pompilidae. It primarily lives in overgrown fields with fine-grained soil. It provisions its...

Pompilus is a genus of spider wasps in the family Pompilidae, the members of which prey on spiders. There are seven species recognised in Pompilus sensu...

Entypus unifasciatus is a species of spider wasp in the family Pompilidae. Theses spider wasps are black with a bluish sheen, yellow antennae, and wings...

The Ceropalinae are a subfamily of the Pompilidae, the spider wasps, containing two genera, whose members are kleptoparasitic on other solitary wasps which...

Aporus is a genus of spider wasps from the family Pompilidae, they specialise in hunting ground dwelling spiders in their burrows for laying eggs on. Species...

Evagetes is a genus of spider wasps from the family Pompilidae. There are 72 described species, of which 58 are found in the Palaearctic region, 11 in...

O. (2004). "Venom and the Good Life in Tarantula Hawks (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae): How to Eat, Not Be Eaten, and Live Long". Journal of the Kansas Entomological...

The Pompilinae are a subfamily of the spider wasp family, Pompilidae, the species of which lay their eggs on the paralyzed bodies of their prey. Tribal...

are slender-bodied spider wasps. They are distinguished from most other Pompilidae by their petiolate abdominal structure and typical absence of a transverse...

(1985). California Spider Wasps of the Subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) Volume 26 of Bulletin of the California Insect Survey. University of...

Psorthaspis sanguinea is a species of spider wasp in the family Pompilidae. "Psorthaspis sanguinea species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06...

Eoferreola is a genus of spider wasps in the family Pompilidae. There are about 13 described species in Eoferreola, found in Europe, North Africa, and...