HYMENOPTERA :: Pompilidae :: Pepsinae

Auplopus Spinola, 1841

Auplopus aegina (Smith, 1858)

Auplopus blandus (Guerin, 1830)

Biology

Ectoparasitoids of (mostly wandering) spiders. Usually amputate legs of prey. Build nests composed of free-standing mud cells that are often aggregated and located in sheltered conditions (Kurczewski 1989).

Sources

Barthélémy C & Guénard B. 2025. An annotated and illustrated checklist of Hong Kong aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera: Apoid wasps; Pompilioidea; Scolioidea; Thynnoidea; Tiphioidea; Vespoidea; Chrysidoidea). Insecta Mundi 1115: 1–230.

Kurczewski F.E. 1989. Observations on the nesting behavior of Auplopus caerulescens subcorticalis and Other Auplopodini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). The Great Lakes Entomologist 22(2): 71–74. https://doi.org/10.22543/0090-0222.1669