# Epipompilus aztecus

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{{Short description|Species of wasp}}
{{Speciesbox
| taxon = Epipompilus aztecus
| authority = ([Cresson](/source/Ezra_Townsend_Cresson) 1869)
| display_parents = 3
| synonyms = *''Ferreola azteca'' <small>Cresson, 1869</small>
*''Epipompilus maximliani'' <small>[Kohl](/source/Franz_Friedrich_Kohl), 1884</small>
*''Aulocostethus aztecus'' <small>[Bradley](/source/James_Chester_Bradley), 1944</small>
}}

'''''Epipompilus aztecus''''' is a [Neotropical](/source/Neotropical) [spider wasp](/source/spider_wasp) belonging to the [Pompilid](/source/Pompilid) subfamily [Ctenocerinae](/source/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](/source/Mexico) to [Mato Grosso do Sul](/source/Mato_Grosso_do_Sul) in [Brazil](/source/Brazil),<ref>Silvestre, R. ; Auko, T.H. ; Carbonari, V. 2010 ''Check List'' '''6(4)''' 483-484</ref> and eastwards to the [Atlantic Forest (biome)](/source/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 forest](/source/Tropical_deciduous_forest)s.

==References==
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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

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