29-11-2025 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - SPIDER WASP (Family Pompilidae)

Aporus is a genus of spider wasps from the family Pompilidae, they specialise in hunting ground dwelling spiders in their burrows for laying eggs on.

Species within Aporus include

Aporus andradei Wolf, 1970

Aporus apicatus Banks 1910

Aporus bicolor Spinola, 1808

Aporus concolor (Smith, 1860)

Aporus cuzco Evans, 1973

Aporus hirsutus (Banks, 1917)

Aourus idris (Cameron, 1867)

Aporus japonicus Yasumatsu & Torikata 1934

Aporus luxus (Banks, 1914)

Aporus niger Cresson 1897

Aporus pollux (Kohl, 1888)

Aporus unicolor Spinola, 1808