Pompilinae

Pompilinae
Pompilus cinereus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Pompilidae
Subfamily: Pompilinae
Latreille, 1805
Tribes

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Synonyms[1]

Psammocharidae

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.

Taxonomy and phylogeny

Tribal classification has been revised numerous times with little consensus between authors. Bradley's 1944 classification used 7 tribes: Allocharini, Allocyphononychini, Aporini, Ctenocerini, Epipompilini, Pedinaspini, Pompilini. Evans's 1951 classification only included 5 of these tribes, omitting Allocharini and Allocyphononychini. Ctenocerini has since been elevated to subfamily status as Ctenocerinae, and Epipompilini has been omitted by Pitts et al. in 2006.[2] Engel and Grimaldi, later in 2006, included 17 extant tribes: Allocharini, Allocyphonychini, Anoplageniini, Anopliini, Aporini (with 3 subtribes), Cordyloscelidini, Eidopompilini, Entomoborini, Episyronini, Notocyphini, Pedinaspini, Pompilini, Psammoderini, Pseudopompilini, Spuridiophorini, Tachypompilini, and Teinotrachelini.[3] Waichert et al. added two additional tribes in 2015, Priochilini with 2 genera and Sericopompilini with a single genus.[2] While Ghahari et al. reinstated Homonotini in 2014 as a separate tribe from Aporini,[4] Loktionov and Lelej maintained the treatment of Engel and Grimaldi as a subtribe of Aporini.[5] In 2015, Waichert et al. removed Notocyphini from Pompilinae, treating it as the separate subfamily, Notocyphinae.[2] Loktionov's 2023 distributional catalog included the type genera of Cordyloscelidini and Spuridiophorini and the type genus of Teinotrachelini under Ctenocerinae. The type genera of Allocyphonychini, Anoplageniini, and Pedinaspini were also omitted.[6]

The summary of the represented tribes is as follows:

  • Allocharini
  • Anopliini
  • Aporini contains 6 genera of Aporina[7] plus one genus each in Ferreolina and Homonotina.[5]
  • Eidopompilini
  • Entomoborini
  • Episyronini
  • Pompilini
  • Priochilini contains 2 genera[2][8]
  • Psammoderini
  • Pseudopompilini
  • Sericopompilini contains a single genus [2]
  • Tachypompilini contains a single genus[2]

Description and identification

Anoplius body morphology

Pompilinae are distinguished from sister subfamilies by minute differences in head structure, leg morphology, and wing venation. The eyes have oval to only slightly sinuate inner margins, and the labrum is short. The middle and hind legs have tibial spurs of unequal lengths and femora with small spines or pits. The hind leg additionally has wide, blade-like bristles on the fifth tasomere. The forewing has the medial vein (M) falling short of the margin and the second cubital vein (Cu2) bent at the base rather than straight.[9]

Genera

The subfamily Pompilinae contains 107 genera:[6]

Tribe Allocharini

Tribe Anopliini

Tribe Aporini

Subtribe Aporina

Subtribe Ferreolina

Subtribe Homonotina

Tribe Eidopompilini

Tribe Entomoborini

Tribe Episyronini

Tribe Pompilini

Tribe Priochilini

Tribe Psammoderini

Tribe Pseudopompilini

Tribe Sericopompilini

Tribe Tachypompilini

References

  1. ^ Day, Michael C. (1981). "A revision of Pompilus Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), with further nomenclatural and biological considerations". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 42 (1): 1–42. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Waichert, Cecilia; Rodriguez, Juanita; Wasbauer, Marius; von Dohlen, Carol & Pitts, James (2015). "Molecular phylogeny and systematics of spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae): Redefining subfamily boundaries and the origin of the family". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 175 (2): 271–287. doi:10.1111/zoj.12272.
  3. ^ Engel, Michael S.; Grimaldi, David A. (2006). "The First Cretaceous Spider Wasp (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 79 (4): 359–368. doi:10.2317/0604.26.1.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Ghahari, Hassan; Gadallah, Neveen S.; Wahis, Raymond (2014). "An Annotated catalogue of the Iranian Pompilidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea)". Entomologie Faunistique – Faunistic Entomology. 67: 221–242. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Loktionov, Valery M.; Lelej, Arkady S. (2017). "An annotated catalogue of the spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of Russia". Zootaxa. 4280 (1): 1–95. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4280.1.1.
  6. ^ a b Loktionov, Valery M. (2023). "Geographical distribution of the spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of the world". Russian Entomological Journal. 32 (4): 394–402. doi:10.15298/rusentj.32.4.05.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g Rodriguez, Juanita; Pitts, James P.; von Dohlen, Carol D. (2014). "Historical biogeography of the widespread spider wasp tribe Aporini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae)". Journal of Biogeography. 42 (3): 495–506. doi:10.1111/jbi.12430.
  8. ^ a b Wasbauer, Marius S.; Kimsey, Lynn S. (2019). "Homonymy in Pompilidae: The case of Balboana Banks (Pompilinae, Priochilini)". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 74: 47–50. doi:10.3897/jhr.74.38414.
  9. ^ Loktionov, Valery M.; Lelej, Arkady S. (2015). "Keys to genera of the spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of Russia and neighbouring countries, with check-list of genera". Zootaxa. 4034 (1): 87–111. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4034.1.4.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i Loktionov, Valery M.; Lelej, Arkady S. (2014). Spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of the Russian Far East. Vladivostok: Dalnauka. p. 472 pp. ISBN 9785804414437.
  11. ^ a b c Loktionov, Valery M.; Lelej, Arkady S. (2017). "67. Family Pompilidae". In Belokobylskij, S.A.; Lelej, A.S. (eds.). Annotated Catalogue of the Hymenoptera of Russia. Vol. 1. Symphyta and Apocrita: Aculeata. Saint Petersburg: Zoological Institute RAS. pp. 160–174. ISBN 978-5-98092-062-3.
  12. ^ a b Krombein, Karl V. (1991). "Biosystematic Studies of Ceylonese Wasps, XIX: Natural History Notes in Several Families (Hymenoptera: Eumenidae, Vespidae, Pompilidae and Crabronidae)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (515): 1–40. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.515.
  13. ^ Özbek, Hikmet; Yıldırım, Erol; Wolf, Heinrich; Wahis, Raymond (2000). "The Pompilidae (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) fauna of Turkey: Part II. Pompilinae". Zoology in the Middle East. 21 (1): 109–128. doi:10.1080/09397140.2000.10637838.
  14. ^ Brothers, Denis J.; Lelej, Arkady S.; Kevin A., Williams (2022). "Clarification of the status of Paraferreola Šustera, 1912 as an available genus name in Pompilidae, and the identity of Sphex ursus Fabricius, 1793 in Mutillidae (Hymenoptera)". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 91: 429–444. doi:10.3897/jhr.91.84964.
  15. ^ a b Arnold, G. (1937). "The Psammocharidae of the Ethiopian region. Part VII. Subfamily Psammocharinae continued". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 19 (1): 1–98.
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