Tachypompilus ignitus

Tachypompilus ignitus
Tachypompilus ignitus with a Palystes spider
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Pompilidae
Genus: Tachypompilus
Species:
T. ignitus
Binomial name
Tachypompilus ignitus
Smith, 1855[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Afropompilus ignitus (Smith, 1855 (synonym)
  • Anoplius erythrourus (Cameron, 1905)
  • Balanoderes ignitus (Smith, 1855)
  • Pompilogaster erythrura (Cameron, 1905)
  • Pompilus erythrourus (Cameron, 1905)
  • Pompilus ignites (Smith, 1855)

The rain spider wasp or red-femora spider wasp[3] (Tachypompilus ignitus) is an Afrotropical species of spider wasp specialising in capturing spiders of the genus Palystes, the rain spiders.

  1. ^ "Tachypompilus ignitus (Smith)". Iziko Museums of South Africa. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Species details : Tachypompilus ignitus (Smith, 1855)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Observations in the Genus: Tachypompilus". The Open University. Retrieved 30 August 2016.