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Narrative
Spider Wasps (Family Psammocharidae or Pompilidae) are large wasps that feed on spiders. Although most species are between ten and twenty-five millimeters long, several species in the southwestern United States are about forty millimeters long. Several tropical species are even larger.
Taxonomy
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Latin
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English
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Kingdom
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Animalia
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Animal
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Phylum
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Arthropoda
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Jointed Legged Animals
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Class
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Insecta
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Insects
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Order
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Hymenoptera
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Ants - Bees Plus Wasps
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Family
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Psammocharidae Pompilidae
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Wasps - Spider Wasps
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SubFamily
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References
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| Genus | Species |
| Cytheitis | rhodopteron |
| Cytheitis | schultzei |
| Graphium | arcesilaus |
| Graphium | earis |
| Graphium | hipparchus |
| Graphium | iphitas |
| Graphium | orthosilaus |
| Iphimedeia | niepelti |
| Iphimedeia | richardus |
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