''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 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 Orb-weaver spiders are members of the spider family Araneidae. They are the most common group of builders of spiral wheel-shaped webs often found in gardens, fields, and forests. The English word "orb" can mean "circular", hence the English name ...

, Lycosidae and

Tetragnathidae Long-jawed orb weavers or long jawed spiders (Tetragnathidae) are a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Anton Menge in 1866. They have elongated bodies, legs, and chelicerae, and build small orb webs with an open hub with few, wide-se ...

Species

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Episyron albisquamis ''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 abdome ...

'' Priesner, 1966 *''

Episyron albonotatum ''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 abdome ...

'' (Vander Linden, 1827) *''

Episyron anticus ''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 abdome ...

'' Haupt 1962 *''

Episyron argillaceus ''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 arizonica ''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 abdome ...

'' Banks 1933 *''

Episyron arnoldi ''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 abdome ...

'' Priesner 1967 *''

Episyron arrogans ''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 abdome ...

'' (Smith, 1873) *''

Episyron atrytone ''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 abdome ...

'' Banks 1911 *''

Episyron bakeri ''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 abdome ...

'' 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 ''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 ...

'' 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 ''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 ...

'' Banks 1934 *''

Episyron braunsii ''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 candiotum ''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 ...

'' Wahis, 1966 *''

Episyron capiticrassum ''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 ...

'' (Ferton, 1901) *''

Episyron coccineipes ''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 ...

'' (Saunders, 1901) *''

Episyron conterminus ''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 ...

'' Smith 1885 *''

Episyron corsicus ''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 ...

'' 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 ''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 ...

'' Priesner 1967 *''

Episyron flaveolus ''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 ...

'' Gussakovskij 1928 *''

Episyron fraternus ''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 ...

'' Banks 1946 *''

Episyron froggati ''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 ...

'' Turner 1910 *''

Episyron fuliginosum ''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 ...

'' Wahis 2006 *''

Episyron funerarium ''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 ...

'' (Tournier, 1889) *''

Episyron gallicum ''Episyron gallicum'' is a spider-eating wasp which, as its name suggests, has a distribution centred on France. Habits It hunts terrestrial spiders which hunt their prey such as Wolf spiders as opposed to web weaving spiders. The spider is par ...

'' (Tournier, 1889) *'' Episyron gryps'' Saussure *''

Episyron histrio ''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 abdome ...

'' Lepeletier, 1845 *'' Episyron hopponis'' (Matsumura 1912) *''

Episyron insulanus ''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 abdome ...

'' Wolf, 1961 *'' *Episyron intermedius'' Haupt, 1930 *'' Episyron kaplani'' Wolf 1998 *''

Episyron kurilense ''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 ...

'' Lelej 1990 *''

Episyron laevis ''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 ...

'' Banks *''

Episyron latimarginatus ''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 abdome ...

'' Tsuneki 1989 *''

Episyron levantinum ''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 ...

'' Wahis, 1966 *''

Episyron maehleri ''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 abdome ...

Krombein 1948 *''

Episyron maneei ''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 abdome ...

'' Banks *''

Episyron novarae ''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 abdome ...

'' (Kohl 1885) *''

Episyron orbitalis ''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 abdome ...

'' Haupt 1962 *''

Episyron ordinarius ''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 ...

'' Priesner, 1966 *''

Episyron oregon ''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 ...

'' Evans 1960 *'' Episyron pedunculatus'' Arnold, 1936 *'' Episyron pilifrons'' (Smith 1859) *''

Episyron praestigiosum ''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 ...

'' Wahis 1978 *''

Episyron quinquenotatus ''Episyron quinquenotatus'', the white-trimmed black wasp, is a North American species of pompilid spider hunting wasp. Description The body length is approximately 10 mm. The body is mostly black with white markings: a thin line behind eac ...

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) white-trimmed black wasp *'' Episyron rufipes'' (Linnaeus, 1758) red-legged spider wasp *''

Episyron rufotibialis ''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 ...

'' Tsuneki 1989 *''

Episyron saussurei ''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 abdome ...

'' Banks 1934 *''

Episyron sardonius ''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 abdome ...

'' Priesner, 1966 *''

Episyron sardous ''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 abdome ...

'' Wolf, 1961 *''

Episyron snowi ''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 ...

'' Banks, 1910 *''

Episyron solitaneum ''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 abdome ...

'' Kohl, 1906 *'' Episyron stantoni'' (Ashmead 1905) *'' *Episyron tertius'' Blüthgen, 1944 *''

Episyron trispinosus ''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 ...

'' Gussakovskii 1952 *''

Episyron tristis ''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 abdome ...

'' Priesner 1955 *'' Episyron tropicalis'' Arnold, 1936 *''

Episyron turneri ''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 vagabundum ''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 abdome ...

'' (Smith 1858) *''

Episyron viduus ''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 abdome ...

'' Arnold 1936 *''

Episyron vindex ''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 abdome ...

'' 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