''Episyron'' is a genus of wasps in the family

Pompilidae Wasps in the family Pompilidae are commonly called spider wasps, spider-hunting wasps, or pompilid wasps. The family is cosmopolitan, with some 5,000 species in six subfamilies. Nearly all species are solitary (with the exception of some group-ne ...

which prey on spiders. Nine species are found in Europe.

Features

''Episyron'' wasps are medium to large in size. The head and thorax have long, dark clustered hair with spotted abdomens.

Habits

These wasps occur in open sandy habitats where the females can burrow easily to create nests. They prey on spiders of the families Araneidae,

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Species

*'' Episyron albisquamis'' Priesner, 1966 *'' Episyron albonotatum'' (Vander Linden, 1827) *'' Episyron anticus'' Haupt 1962 *'' Episyron argillaceus'' Arnold, 1936 *'' Episyron arizonica'' Banks 1933 *'' Episyron arnoldi'' Priesner 1967 *'' Episyron arrogans'' (Smith, 1873) *'' Episyron atrytone'' Banks 1911 *'' Episyron bakeri'' Banks 1934 *''

Episyron bequaerti ''Episyron'' is a genus of wasps in the family Pompilidae which prey on spiders. Nine species are found in Europe. Features ''Episyron'' wasps are medium to large in size. The head and thorax have long, dark clustered hair with spotted abdomen ...

'' Arnold, 1936 *'' Episyron bicinctus'' Bischoff, 1913 *''

Episyron biguttatus ''Episyron'' is a genus of wasps in the family Pompilidae which prey on spiders. Nine species are found in Europe. Features ''Episyron'' wasps are medium to large in size. The head and thorax have long, dark clustered hair with spotted abdomen ...

'' (Fabricius, 1798) Two Spotted Spider Wasp *'' Episyron binghami'' Banks 1934 *'' Episyron braunsii'' Arnold, 1936 *'' Episyron candiotum'' Wahis, 1966 *'' Episyron capiticrassum'' (Ferton, 1901) *'' Episyron coccineipes'' (Saunders, 1901) *'' Episyron conterminus'' Smith 1885 *'' Episyron corsicus'' Priesner, 1966 *''

Episyron crassicornis ''Episyron'' is a genus of wasps in the family Pompilidae which prey on spiders. Nine species are found in Europe. Features ''Episyron'' wasps are medium to large in size. The head and thorax have long, dark clustered hair with spotted abdomen ...

'' Arnold, 1936 *'' Episyron dimissionis'' Priesner 1967 *'' Episyron flaveolus'' Gussakovskij 1928 *'' Episyron fraternus'' Banks 1946 *'' Episyron froggati'' Turner 1910 *'' Episyron fuliginosum'' Wahis 2006 *'' Episyron funerarium'' (Tournier, 1889) *'' Episyron gallicum'' (Tournier, 1889) *'' Episyron gryps'' Saussure *'' Episyron histrio'' Lepeletier, 1845 *'' Episyron hopponis'' (Matsumura 1912) *'' Episyron insulanus'' Wolf, 1961 *'' *Episyron intermedius'' Haupt, 1930 *'' Episyron kaplani'' Wolf 1998 *'' Episyron kurilense'' Lelej 1990 *'' Episyron laevis'' Banks *'' Episyron latimarginatus'' Tsuneki 1989 *'' Episyron levantinum'' Wahis, 1966 *'' Episyron maehleri Krombein 1948 *'' Episyron maneei'' Banks *'' Episyron novarae'' (Kohl 1885) *'' Episyron orbitalis'' Haupt 1962 *'' Episyron ordinarius'' Priesner, 1966 *'' Episyron oregon'' Evans 1960 *'' Episyron pedunculatus'' Arnold, 1936 *'' Episyron pilifrons'' (Smith 1859) *'' Episyron praestigiosum'' Wahis 1978 *'' Episyron quinquenotatus'' (

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) white-trimmed black wasp *'' Episyron rufipes'' (Linnaeus, 1758) red-legged spider wasp *'' Episyron rufotibialis'' Tsuneki 1989 *'' Episyron saussurei'' Banks 1934 *'' Episyron sardonius'' Priesner, 1966 *'' Episyron sardous'' Wolf, 1961 *'' Episyron snowi'' Banks, 1910 *'' Episyron solitaneum'' Kohl, 1906 *'' Episyron stantoni'' (Ashmead 1905) *'' *Episyron tertius'' Blüthgen, 1944 *'' Episyron trispinosus'' Gussakovskii 1952 *'' Episyron tristis'' Priesner 1955 *'' Episyron tropicalis'' Arnold, 1936 *'' Episyron turneri'' Arnold, 1936 *'' Episyron vagabundum'' (Smith 1858) *'' Episyron viduus'' Arnold 1936 *'' Episyron vindex'' Smith, 1879 Taxa marked with an asterisk (*) are of doubtful validity.

References

Hymenoptera of Europe Hymenoptera genera Pompilinae Taxa named by Jørgen Matthias Christian Schiødte {{apocrita-stub