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Auplopus
Auplopus is a large genus of spider wasps belonging to the subfamily Pepsinae of the spider wasp family Pompilidae, distributed throughout the world except for Antarctica. Auplopus wasps have the gruesome habit of amputating the legs of their spider prey before transporting it to the nest.
Species within Auplopus include
- Auplopus albifrons (Dalman, 1823)
- Auplopus architectus (Say 1836)
- Auplopus alaris (Saussure 1867)
- Auplopus alishanus Ishikawa 1967
- Auplopus amazonus Wahis 2006
- Auplopus appendiculatus (Gussakovskij 1932)
- Auplopus arcuaticornis Wahis 2006
- Auplopus bakeri (Banks 1934)
- Auplopus banosensis Tsuneki 1988
- Auplopus bimaculatus (Smith 1859)
- Auplopus bipennis (Saussure 1867)
- Auplopus blandus (Guerin 1830)
- Auplopus caerulescens (Dahlbom, 1843)
- Auplopus carbonarius (Scopoli, 1763)
- Auplopus carinatus Tsuneki 1988
- Auplopus cebuensis Tsuneki 1988
- Auplopus celaeno (Smith 1857)
- '' Auplopus clypeatus'' Dreisbach 1963
- Auplopus commendabilis (Kohl, 1894)
- Auplopus constructor (Smith 1873)
- Auplopus cyanellus Wahis 1992
- Auplopus domesticus (Taschenberg 1872)
- Auplopus dreisbachi Wahis 1986
- Auplopus enodans (Kohl, 1894)
- Auplopus erythropus (Brethes 1910)
- Auplopus esaki （Yasumatsu）
- Auplopus eucharis Wahis 1992
- Auplopus fasciatus (Fabricius 1775)
- Auplopus funerator Wahis 1992
- Auplopus gnoma (Cameron 1902)
- Auplopus himalayensis (Cameron 1905)
- Auplopus hombukeanus Tsuneki 1989
- Auplopus hoorai Tsuneki 1989
- Auplopus hypsipyla (Bingham 1893)
- Auplopus ichnusus Wolf, 1960
- Auplopus imitabilis Wahis 1992
- Auplopus kinabalensis Tsuneki 1988
- Auplopus krombeini Wahis 1992
- Auplopus kuanghuanus Tsuneki 1989
- Auplopus kuarensis Tsuneki 1989
- Auplopus kyotensis （Yasumatsu）
- Auplopus laeviculus (Bingham 1897)
- Auplopus lankaensis Wahis 1992
- Auplopus mandshuricus Lelej 1990
- Auplopus maroccanus Priesner 1967
- Auplopus mellipes (Say 1836)
- Auplopus micromegas (Saussure 1867)
- Auplopus militaris (Lynch-Arribalzaga 1873)
- Auplopus mindanaoensis Tsuneki 1988
- Auplopus montanus Alayo 1974
- Auplopus murotai Tsuneki 1989
- Auplopus mutabilis (Smith 1870)
- Auplopus nabori Alayo 1974
- Auplopus nambui Tsuneki 1989
- Auplopus nantaror Tsuneki 1988
- Auplopus nigrellus (Banks 1912)
- Auplopus nigrescens Tsuneki 1988
- Auplopus nitidiventris (Smith 1860)
- Auplopus nozakae Tsuneki 1990
- Auplopus obtusus (Perez 1905)
- Auplopus optabilis Wahis 2008
- Auplopus pacificus Lelej 1990
- Auplopus pempuchiensis Tsuneki 1989
- Auplopus persephone (Banks 1934)
- Auplopus pygialis (Perez, 1905)
- Auplopus pumilio (Arnold, 1934)
- Auplopus rectus (Haupt, 1926)
- Auplopus rufocinctus (Smith, 1855)
- Auplopus smithi Dalla Torre
- Auplopus taino Snelling & Torres 2004
- Auplopus takachihoi Yasumatsu 1943
- Auplopus thailandinus Tsuneki 1988
- Auplopus tibialis Lepeletier 1845
- Auplopus tinctus (Smith 1855)
- Auplopus tsunekii Wahis 1992
- Auplopus viridicans Wahis 2003
- Auplopus williamsi (Rohwer 1919)
- Auplopus yaeyamaensis Shimizu 1986
- Auplopus yasumatsui Lelei 1995
- Auplopus zulu Dalla Torre 1897