Entypus unifasciatus cressoni (Banks)

Kurczewski, Frank E. & West, Rick C., 2023, Evaluation of North American spider wasp (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) common names, Insecta Mundi 2023 (989), pp. 1-8 : 5

Entypus unifasciatus cressoni (Banks) (Cresson’s spider wasp)

This subspecies is not the only pompilid with the trinomial cressoni, so why should it be singled out as Cresson’s spider wasp? Episyron conterminus cressoni (Dewitz) and Poecilopompilus interruptus cressoni (Banks) are other subspecies so named ( Kurczewski and Kurczewski 1968; Snelling and Torres 2004; Kurczewski and Edwards 2012; Kurczewski et al. 2013, 2017). Entypus unifasciatus cressoni , with bright orange wings, is a western variant of E. unifasciatus , occurring west of the 98 th meridian in the United States to California and southward through Mexico and Central America ( Townes 1957; Fig. 6 ).

Figures

Figures 1–6.Habitus photos of North American Pompilidae. 1) Anoplius semicinctus female, Marlboro, Windham County, VT, USA. Photograph © Tom Murray. 2) Caliadurgus fasciatellus female, Rockville, Hanover County, VA, USA. Photograph © Louise Woodrich. 3) Ceropales bipunctata bipunctata female, Hatfield, Hampshire County, MA, USA. Photograph © Sloan Tomlinson. 4) Ceropales maculata fraterna female, Groton, Middlesex County, MA, USA. Photograph © Tom Murray. 5) Entypus fulvicornis male, Fiddler’s Creek Preserve, Mercer County, Titusville, NJ, USA. Photograph © Seth Ausubel. 6) Entypus unifasciatus cressoni female, Garland, Dallas County, TX, USA. Photograph © Tracey Fandre.