{{Short description|Genus of wasps}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Aporus hirsutus.jpg | image_caption = ''Aporus hirsutus'', California | taxon = Aporus | authority = Spinola, 1808 | type_species = ''Aporus bicolor'' | type_species_authority = Spinola, 1808<ref>{{cite journal | author = V.S.L. Pate | year = 1946 | title = The Generic Names of the Spider Wasps (Psammocharidae olim Pompilidae) and Their Type Species (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) | journal = Transactions of the American Entomological Society |volume = 72 | issue = 3 | pages = 65–137| jstor = 25077544 }}</ref> }}
'''''Aporus''''' is a genus<ref>Royal Entomogical Society of London 1934 Generic Names of British Insects British museum (Natural History) Dept. of entomology</ref> of spider wasps from the family Pompilidae, they specialise in hunting ground dwelling spiders in their burrows<ref>Evans H.E. 1972 Revision of the Australian and New Guinean Species of ''Epipompilus'' (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) ''Pacific Insects'' '''14 (1)''' : 101-131</ref> for laying eggs on.
Species within ''Aporus'' include<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.discoverlife.org/20/q?search=Aporus+niger |title = Aporus niger (Cresson, 1867) -- Discover Life}}</ref>
*''Aporus andradei'' <small>Wolf, 1970</small> *''Aporus apicatus'' <small>Banks 1910</small> *''Aporus bicolor'' <small>Spinola, 1808</small> *''Aporus concolor'' <small>(Smith, 1860)</small> *''Aporus cuzco'' <small>Evans, 1973</small> *''Aporus hirsutus'' <small>(Banks, 1917)</small> *''Aourus idris'' <small>(Cameron, 1867)</small> *''Aporus japonicus'' <small>Yasumatsu & Torikata 1934</small> *''Aporus luxus'' <small>(Banks, 1914)</small> *''Aporus niger'' <small>Cresson 1897</small> *''Aporus pollux'' <small>(Kohl, 1888)</small> *''Aporus unicolor'' <small>Spinola, 1808</small>
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Category:Hymenoptera genera Category:Pompilinae Category:Taxa named by Maximilian Spinola {{apocrita-stub}}