Tachypompilus ignitus

Tachypompilus ignitus
Tachypompilus ignitus with a Palystes spider
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Pompilidae
Genus: Tachypompilus
Species:
T. ignitus
Binomial name
Tachypompilus ignitus
Smith, 1855
Synonyms
  • 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 (Tachypompilus ignitus) is an Afrotropical species of spider wasp specialising in capturing spiders of the genus Palystes, the rain spiders.

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