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Auplopus canberra

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Auplopus canberra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Pompilidae
Genus: Auplopus
Species:
A. canberra
Binomial name
Auplopus canberra
(Evans, 1972)
Synonyms

Fabriogenia canberra Evans, 1972

Auplopus canberra is a species of spider wasp within the genus Auplopus.[1] It was originally described by Howard Ensign Evans based on a holotype from Canberra, Australia.[2]

Description

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Length is up to 9 mm with legs and body being black. Antennae are bright orange except on the scape and a weak darkening on the apical segment. Body colour, wings and hair are the same as A. dilga but the difference is in A. canberra having a longer antennae and longer postnotum. Differences also exist in the shape of the clypeus and wing venation details [2]

References

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  1. ^ Shimizu, Akira; Wasbauer, Marius; Takami, Yasuoki (2010). "Phylogeny and the evolution of nesting behaviour in the tribe Ageniellini (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Pompilidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 160 (1): 88–117. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00592.x.
  2. ^ a b "A review of the Australian species of Elaphrosyron and Telostegus, with notes on other genera (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae)" (PDF). Breviora (386): 1–18. 1972. Retrieved 2023-01-15.