Entypus unifasciatus

Entypus unifasciatus is a species of spider wasp in the family Pompilidae.[1]

Entypus unifasciatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Pompilidae
Genus: Entypus
Species:
E. unifasciatus
Binomial name
Entypus unifasciatus
(Say, 1828)

Description

Theses spider wasps are black with a bluish sheen, yellow antennae, and usually have a single diffuse amber band or patch near the tip of dark, smoky wings.[2]

Range

Essentially transcontinental North America, except in the northwest.[3][4]

Ecology

Female wasps paralyze large spiders and deposit them in underground burrows. The wasp lays a fertilized egg upon the spider; after hatching, the larva feeds on the living but paralyzed spider until maturing into a pupa that overwinters, and emerges as a winged adult next summer.[5]

Taxonomy

Entypus unifasciatus contains the following subspecies:

  • Entypus unifasciatus cressoni[1]
  • Entypus unifasciatus dumosus[1]
  • Entypus unifasciatus californicus[1]
  • Entypus unifasciatus unifasciatus[1]

References
  1. "Entypus unifasciatus". iNaturalist.
  2. "ENTYPUS SPIDER WASPS Entypus aratus, E. unifasciatus, E. fulvicornis, and others". Missouri Department of Conservation.
  3. "Species Entypus unifasciatus". BugGuide. Retrieved Dec 11, 2020.
  4. "Spider Wasp (Entypus) (Enytpus unifasciatus)". InsectIdentification.org. Aug 23, 2019.
  5. Taulman, James (Jun 19, 2020). "WILD THINGS: SPIDER WASP (ENTYPUS UNIFASCIATUS)". The Independent.


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