''Evagetes'' is a genus of
spider wasps from the family
Pompilidae. There are 72 described species, of which 58 are found in the
Palaearctic region, 11 in the
Nearctic region, with a few penetrating to the
Afrotropical
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,
Oriental
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and
Neotropic
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Definition
In bioge ...
regions.
''Evagetes'' wasps are
kleptoparasitic on other pompilid wasps, especially the genera ''
Arachnospila
''Arachnospila'' is a predominantly Holarctic genus of spider wasps, with limited representation in montane habitats
in Neotropical
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, ...
'', ''
Anoplius
''Anoplius'' is a genus of spider wasps in the family Pompilidae, called the blue-black spider wasps.
The genus includes the following species:
*'' Anoplius aethiops'' (Cresson 1865)
*'' Anoplius americanus'' (Beauvois)
*'' Anoplius amethystinu ...
'', ''
Episyron
''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 ...
'' and ''
Pompilus'',
digging into their sealed burrows, eating the host egg and replacing it with an egg of its own. ''Evagetes'' wasps are characterised by their very short antennae. Most are species are black with the base of the antennae rufous, several ''Evagetes'' species are very metallic bluish insects.
The type species was named by
Lepeletier as ''Evagetes bicolor'' in 1845 but this has since been recognised as a
synonym
A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. For example, in the English language, the words ''begin'', ''start'', ''commence'', and ''initiate'' are all ...
for ''
E. dubius'' which was originally named ''
Aporus
''Aporus'' is a genus of spider wasps from 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. ...
'' dubius.
Species
The following is a list of selected species
[Wolf, H. 1990 Bemerkungen zu einigen Wegwespen-Arten (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) (5.) ''Linzer biol. Beitr'' 22(1) 247-285]
*''
Evagetes alamannicus
''Evagetes'' is a genus of spider wasps from the family Pompilidae. There are 72 described species, of which 58 are found in the Palaearctic region, 11 in the Nearctic region, with a few penetrating to the Afrotropical, Oriental and Neotropi ...
''
(Bluthgen, 1944)
*''
Evagetes anatolicus''
Van der Smissen, 2003
*''
Evagetes baguenae''
Junco y Reyes, 1960
*''
Evagetes cabrerai''
(Junco y Reyes, 1944)
*''
Evagetes calefactus
''Evagetes'' is a genus of spider wasps from the family Pompilidae. There are 72 described species, of which 58 are found in the Palaearctic region, 11 in the Nearctic region, with a few penetrating to the Afrotropical, Oriental and Neotropi ...
''
Evans, 1966
*''
Evagetes crassicornis''
(Shuckard, 1837)
*''
Evagetes daisetzusanus
''Evagetes'' is a genus of spider wasps from the family Pompilidae. There are 72 described species, of which 58 are found in the Palaearctic region, 11 in the Nearctic region, with a few penetrating to the Afrotropical, Oriental and Neotropi ...
''
Ishikawa 1960
*''
Evagetes deiranbo
''Evagetes'' is a genus of spider wasps from the family Pompilidae. There are 72 described species, of which 58 are found in the Palaearctic region, 11 in the Nearctic region, with a few penetrating to the Afrotropical, Oriental and Neotropi ...
''
Ishikawa 1960
*''
Evagetes dubius
''Evagetes'' is a genus of spider wasps from the family Pompilidae. There are 72 described species, of which 58 are found in the Palaearctic region, 11 in the Nearctic region, with a few penetrating to the Afrotropical, Oriental and Neotropi ...
''
(Vander Linden, 1827)
*''
Evagetes elongatus
''Evagetes'' is a genus of spider wasps from the family Pompilidae. There are 72 described species, of which 58 are found in the Palaearctic region, 11 in the Nearctic region, with a few penetrating to the Afrotropical, Oriental and Neotropi ...
''
(Lepeletier, 1845)
*''
Evagetes fatimaae
''Evagetes'' is a genus of spider wasps from the family Pompilidae. There are 72 described species, of which 58 are found in the Palaearctic region, 11 in the Nearctic region, with a few penetrating to the Afrotropical, Oriental and Neotropi ...
''
Wolf, 1990
*''
Evagetes fabrei
''Evagetes'' is a genus of spider wasps from the family Pompilidae. There are 72 described species, of which 58 are found in the Palaearctic region, 11 in the Nearctic region, with a few penetrating to the Afrotropical, Oriental and Neotropi ...
''
Van der Smissen, 2003
*''
Evagetes fortunatus
''Evagetes'' is a genus of spider wasps from the family Pompilidae. There are 72 described species, of which 58 are found in the Palaearctic region, 11 in the Nearctic region, with a few penetrating to the Afrotropical, Oriental and Neotropi ...
''
Wolf, 1970
*''
Evagetes fortunatarum
''Evagetes'' is a genus of spider wasps from the family Pompilidae. There are 72 described species, of which 58 are found in the Palaearctic region, 11 in the Nearctic region, with a few penetrating to the Afrotropical, Indomalayan realm, Orient ...
Wolf, 1980
*''
Evagetes gibbulus''
(Lepeletier, 1845)
*''
Evagetes gusenleitneri''
Wolf 1988
*''
Evagetes hyacinthinus''
Cresson 1867
*''
Evagetes iconionus''
Wolf, 1970
*''
Evagetes ingenuus''
Cresson 1867
*''
Evagetes implicatus''
Haupt, 1941
*''
Evagetes ishikawai''
Lelei 1995
*''
Evagetes juncoi''
Wolf, 1970
*''
Evagetes littoralis''
(Wesmael, 1851)
*''
Evagetes longispinosus''
Wolf, 1990
*''
Evagetes macswaini''
Evans 1957
*''
Evagetes magrettii''
(Kohl, 1886)
*''
Evagetes meriane''
Van der Smissen, 2003
*''
Evagetes mochii''
Priesner, 1955
*''
Evagetes mohave''
(Banks, 1933)
*''
Evagetes nasobema''
Wolf, 1970
*''
Evagetes nitidulus''
(Guerin, 1838)
*''
Evagetes orientalis''
Lelej & Loktiniov 2009
*''
Evagetes orichalceus''
(Saunders 1901)
*''
Evagetes padrinus''
(Viereck, 1903)
*''
Evagetes palmatus''
(Haupt, 1930)
*''
Evagetes parifomarvicus''
(Sustera, 1924)
*''
Evagetes parvus''
Cresson 1865
*''
Evagetes paulinus''
Wolf 1970
*''
Evagetes pectinipes
''Evagetes'' is a genus of spider wasps from the family Pompilidae. There are 72 described species, of which 58 are found in the Palaearctic region, 11 in the Nearctic region, with a few penetrating to the Afrotropical, Indomalayan realm, Orien ...
''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
*''
Evagetes piechockii''
Wolf 1981
*''
Evagetes piliferus''
Van der Smissen, 2003
*''
Evagetes pilosellus''
(Wesmael, 1851)
*''
Evagetes pontomoravicus''
(Sustera, 1938)
*''
Evagetes proximus''
(Dahlbom, 1843)
*''
Evagetes pseudoleucopterus''
Wolf 1970
*''
Evagetes sabulosus''
Tournier, 1889
*''
Evagetes sahlbergi''
(Morawitz, 1893)
*''
Evagetes servillei''
Costa, 1882
*''
Evagetes siculus''
(Lepeletier, 1845)
*''
Evagetes subangulatus''
Banks 1919
*''
Evagetes subglaber''
(Haupt, 1941)
*''
Evagetes subnudus''
(Haupt, 1942)
*''
Evagetes taiwanus''
Tsuneki 1989
*''
Evagetes transbaicalicus Lelei 1995
*''
Evagetes trispinosus''
(Kohl, 1886)
*''
Evagetes tumidosus''
(Tournier, 1890)
*''
Evagetes tumidinus''
Wolf, 1970
*''
Evagetes yezoensis''
Ishikawa 1960
*''
Evagetes zonatus''
(Haupt 1930)
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q1379588
Hymenoptera genera
Pompilinae
Taxa named by Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier