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Epipompilus
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Epipompilus

Epipompilus is a genus of spider wasps in the subfamily Ctenocerinae, part of the widespread family Pompilidae. Representatives of Epipompilus can be found in Australasia and North and South America. This distribution may indicate that Epipompilus evolved in Gondwana and is similar to other Gondwanan taxa such as the southern beech Nothofagus and Auracaria.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Epipompilus aztecus

speciesEpipompilus aztecus

Epipompilus insularis

speciesEpipompilus insularis

Epipompilus jocosus

speciesEpipompilus jocosus

Epipompilus platensis

speciesEpipompilus platensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 250893.