Aporus is a genus[2] of spider wasps from the family Pompilidae, they specialise in hunting ground dwelling spiders in their burrows[3] for laying eggs on.
^V.S.L. Pate (1946). "The Generic Names of the Spider Wasps (Psammocharidae olim Pompilidae) and Their Type Species (Hymenoptera: Aculeata)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 72 (3): 65–137. JSTOR25077544.
^Royal Entomogical Society of London 1934 Generic Names of British Insects British museum (Natural History) Dept. of entomology
^Evans H.E. 1972 Revision of the Australian and New Guinean Species of Epipompilus (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) Pacific Insects14 (1) : 101-131