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Anoplius depressipes
Gerry van Tonder, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Ants, bees & wasps

Anoplius depressipes

Names

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Scientific nameAnoplius depressipes Banks, 1919

About this species

Anoplius depressipes is a species of spider wasp in the family Pompilidae. It is a known predator of fishing spiders from the genus Dolomedes, and the wasp is highly adept at walking on the surface of water. It is also able to go underwater for a few minutes to sting and drag out spiders that attempt to escape by going beneath the surface.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderHymenoptera
FamilyPompilidae
GenusAnoplius

In Suriname

2Records in Suriname
2iNaturalist observations
2019First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini2

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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