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Insecta, Hymenoptera, Vespoidea, Pompilidae, <i>Epipompilus aztecus</i> (Cresson, 1869): First record in South America.

  • Silvestre, R.,
  • Auko, T.H.,
  • Carbonari, V.

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 4
pp. 483 – 484

Abstract

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The genus Epipompilus occurs throughout the Neotropical region, United States, Australia and New Zealand.South American members of this genus appear to have evolved separately from the others Pompilidae for a considerablytime. E. aztecus was initially recorded only for Mexico and Central America. Our record expands the distribution of E. aztecusto South America, bringing new perspectives to the biogeography of spider wasps.