Pompilus is a genus of spider wasps in the family Pompilidae, the members of which prey on spiders. There are seven species recognised in Pompilus sensu stricto. It is the type genus of the family Pompilidae and the subfamily Pompilinae.
Biology Pompilus wasps are fossorial, stocking short burrows in sand with single spiders of various families upon which they lay a single egg.
Distribution The members of Pompilus are widely distributed throughout the Old World, in both temperate and tropical regions, but with the greatest diversity in Africa.
The species are: Pompilus accolens Cresson, 1869 Pompilus bilineatus (Arnold 1937) Pompilus botswana Day, 1972 Pompilus cadmius Saussure, 1892 Pompilus cinereus (Fabricius, 1775) Pompilus irpex Gerstaecker, 1858 Pompilus mirandus (Saussure, 1867) Pompilus niveus Saunders, 1901 Pompilus tripunctatus Spinola, 1808
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