Epipompilus aztecus

{{Short description|Species of wasp}} {{Speciesbox | taxon = Epipompilus aztecus | authority = (Cresson 1869) | display_parents = 3 | synonyms = *''Ferreola azteca'' Cresson, 1869 *''Epipompilus maximliani'' Kohl, 1884 *''Aulocostethus aztecus'' Bradley, 1944 }}

'''''Epipompilus aztecus''''' is a Neotropical spider wasp belonging to the Pompilid subfamily Ctenocerinae.

==Description== The wasp is black and reddish brown in color.<ref>Evans H.E 1967 Studies on the Neotropical Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) Additional Notes on ''Epompilus'' Kohl ''Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology Brevoria'' '''273'''</ref>

==Distribution== The distribution of ''Epipompilus aztecus'' spans from southern Mexico to Mato Grosso do Sul in Brazil,<ref>Silvestre, R. ; Auko, T.H. ; Carbonari, V. 2010 ''Check List'' '''6(4)''' 483-484</ref> and eastwards to the Atlantic Forest (biome).<ref>Eduardo Fernando dos Santos and Fernando Barbosa Noll, “Additions to the Known Distribution of ''Epipompilus aztecus'' (Cresson, 1869) and ''E. excelsus'' (Bradley, 1944) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae),” '''Psyche''', vol. 2010, Article ID 562869, 3 pages, 2010.</ref>

==Habitat== The ''Epipompilus aztecus'' lives primarily in Tropical deciduous forests.

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Category:Pompilidae Category:Hymenoptera of North America Category:Insects of Central America Category:Insects of Mexico Category:Hymenoptera of Brazil Category:Fauna of the Atlantic Forest Category:Insects described in 1869 Category:Taxa named by Ezra Townsend Cresson