# Anoplius

Anoplius is a genus of spider wasps in the family Pompilidae called the blue-black spider wasps. It is one of two genera within the tribe Anopliini of subfamily Pompilinae.

## Species

The genus includes the following species:

### Subgenus Anoplius (Anopliodes)

* Anoplius bolli Banks, 1917
* Anoplius chiriqui Evans, 1966
* Anoplius parsonsi (Banks, 1944)
* Anoplius varius (Fabricius, 1804)
* Anoplius vestoris Banks, 1947

### Subgenus Anoplius (Anoplius)

* Anoplius aberrans Gussakovskij, 1932
* Anoplius alpinobalticus Wolf, 1965
* Anoplius ambatoensis (Cameron, 1903)
* Anoplius angustus Banks, 1947
* Anoplius apicalis (Haupt, 1938)
* Anoplius araucanus (Herbst, 1928)
* Anoplius basalis Dreisbach, 1950
* Anoplius caviventris (Aurivillius, 1907)
* Anoplius concinnus (Dahlbom, 1845)
* Anoplius davisi Banks, 1947
* Anoplius depressipes Banks, 1919
* Anoplius dreisbachi Evans, 1966
* Anoplius elongatus Dreisbach, 1950
* Anoplius eous Yasumatsu, 1936
* Anoplius fratellus (Pérez, 1905)
* Anoplius fulgidus (Robertson, 1901)
* Anoplius hispidulus Dreisbach, 1950
* Anoplius hummeli (Haupt, 1934)
* Anoplius illinoensis (Cresson, 1865)
* Anoplius imbellis Banks, 1944
* Anoplius iriomotensis Tsuneki, 1990
* Anoplius ishigakianus Tsuneki, 1990
* Anoplius ithaca (Banks, 1912)
* Anoplius iwatai Yasumatsu, 1939
* Anoplius japonicus Yasumatsu, 1943
* Anoplius liukiu (Dalla Torre, 1897)
* Anoplius machachiensis (Cameron, 1903)
* Anoplius minor Banks, 1947
* Anoplius niger (Haupt, 1938)
* Anoplius nigerrimus (Scopoli, 1763)
* Anoplius obscuratus (Haupt, 1938)
* Anoplius pacificus Yasumatsu, 1943
* Anoplius pannonicus Wolf, 1965
* Anoplius papago Banks, 1941
* Anoplius perpilosus Banks, 1947
* Anoplius petiolaris Gussakovskij, 1932
* Anoplius piliventris (Morawitz, 1889)
* Anoplius ryukyuensis Tsuneki, 1990
* Anoplius sachalinensis Lelej, 1994
* Anoplius sakishimanus Tsuneki, 1990
* Anoplius simulans (Cresson, 1869)
* Anoplius sundukovi Loktionov & Lelej, 2014
* Anoplius surusumi Tsuneki, 1989
* Anoplius tanoi Tsuneki, 1990
* Anoplius tenuicornis (Tournier, 1889)
* Anoplius toluca (Cameron, 1893)
* Anoplius toyohei Loktionov & Lelej, 2014
* Anoplius varunus Banks, 1947
* Anoplius ventralis (Banks, 1910)
* Anoplius virginiensis (Cresson, 1867)

### Subgenus Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus)

* Anoplius acapulcoensis (Cameron, 1893)
* Anoplius aeruginosus (Tournier, 1890)
* Anoplius alcataria (Banks, 1947)
* Anoplius allorices (Banks, 1947)
* Anoplius americanus (Beauvois, 1811)
* Anoplius apiculatus (Smith, 1855)
* Anoplius arequipensis (Brèthes, 1924)
* Anoplius argelesia (Banks, 1947)
* Anoplius argenteomaculata (Fox, 1897)
* Anoplius atrimene (Banks, 1947)
* Anoplius bilunata (Haliday, 1836)
* Anoplius boliviana (Banks, 1947)
* Anoplius caloderes (Banks, 1945)
* Anoplius chiapanus Evans, 1966
* Anoplius clotho (Smith, 1879)
* Anoplius cuautemoc Evans, 1966
* Anoplius cymocles (Banks, 1947)
* Anoplius cynthia (Banks, 1947)
* Anoplius decepta (Fox, 1897)
* Anoplius echinatus (Fox, 1897)
* Anoplius emortua Banks, 1947
* Anoplius euacantha Banks, 1947
* Anoplius hermanni (Holmberg, 1904)
* Anoplius hispaniolae Evans, 1966
* Anoplius holmbergi (Banks, 1947)
* Anoplius inaurata (Smith, 1879)
* Anoplius inculcatrix (Cameron, 1912)
* Anoplius infuscatus (Vander, Linden, 1827)
* Anoplius marginalis (Banks, 1910)
* Anoplius marginicollis (Taschenberg, 1869)
* Anoplius moestus (Banks, 1912)
* Anoplius nigritus (Dahlbom, 1843)
* Anoplius occidentalis (Dreisbach, 1954)
* Anoplius ornamenta (Fox, 1897)
* Anoplius partita (Fox, 1897)
* Anoplius personata (Fox, 1897)
* Anoplius peruviana (Banks, 1947)
* Anoplius platensis (Brèthes, 1909)
* Anoplius pulchrisoma (Banks, 1947)
* Anoplius relativus (Fox, 1893)
* Anoplius scalaris (Taschenberg, 1869)
* Anoplius semicinctus (Dahlbom, 1843)
* Anoplius semirufus (Cresson, 1867)
* Anoplius separata (Taschenberg, 1869)
* Anoplius sobrinus (Spinola, 1851)
* Anoplius spinimanus (Eschscholtz, 1823)
* Anoplius spinolae (Kohl, 1905)
* Anoplius taschenbergi (Brèthes)
* Anoplius triqueta (Fox, 1897)
* Anoplius turcica (Fabricius, 1775)
* Anoplius veranes (Banks, 1947)
* Anoplius viaticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Anoplius virilis (Banks, 1947)
* Anoplius xerophilus Evans, 1947

### Subgenus Anoplius (Dicranoplius)

* Anoplius albidus (Evans, 1969)
* Anoplius areatus (Taschenberg, 1869)
* Anoplius brevitarsus (Banks, 1947)
* Anoplius cujanus (Holmberg, 1881)
* Anoplius diphonichus (Spinola, 1851)
* Anoplius evansi Pitts & Sadler, 2017
* Anoplius nigritus (Evans, 1969) — preoccupied by Anoplius (Ar.) nigritus Dahlbom, 1843
* Anoplius pampero (Evans, 1969)
* Anoplius satanus (Holmberg, 1881)

### Subgenus Anoplius (Notiochares)

* Anoplius amethystinus (Dahlbom, 1834)
* Anoplius diffinis Banks, 1947
* Anoplius lepidus (Say, 1836)

### Subgenus Anoplius (Onentanophus)

* Anoplius bifasciatus Tullgren, 1904
* Anoplius canifrons (Smith, 1855)
* Anoplius morosus Smith, 1855
* Anoplius nigripes (Haupt, 1950)
* Anoplius nozakae Tsuneki, 1990
* Anoplius rufipes Day, 1974
* Anoplius saegeri Arnold, 1937
* Anoplius yonagunianus Tsuneki, 1990

### Subgenus Anoplius (Pompilinus)

* Anoplius brevihirta (Banks, 1945)
* Anoplius californiae Evans, 1948
* Anoplius clystera (Banks, 1914)
* Anoplius cylindricus (Cresson, 1867)
* Anoplius estellina (Banks, 1914)
* Anoplius fraternus (Banks, 1941)
* Anoplius insolens (Banks, 1912)
* Anoplius krombeini Evans, 1950
* Anoplius leona (Cameron, 1893)
* Anoplius marginatus (Say, 1824)
* Anoplius percitus Evans, 1950
* Anoplius rectangularis (Dreisbach, 1949)
* Anoplius splendens (Dreisbach, 1949)
* Anoplius stenotus (Banks, 1914)
* Anoplius subcylindricus (Banks, 1917)
* Anoplius tenebrosus (Cresson, 1865)
* Anoplius texanus (Dreisbach, 1949)
* Anoplius townesi Evans, 1951

### Species transferred to Lophopompilus

The former subgenus Lophopompilus has been elevated to a separate genus by Loktionov and Lelej.
* Lophopompilus aethiops (Cresson, 1865)
* Lophopompilus atrox (Dahlbom, 1843)
* Lophopompilus bengtssoni (Regan, 1923)
* Lophopompilus carolina (Banks, 1921)
* Lophopompilus cleora (Banks, 1917)
* Lophopompilus grandis (Eversmann, 1846)
* Lophopompilus samariensis (Pallas, 1771) — species studied for its venom Pompilidotoxin