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Definition of Pompilus formosus

Pompilus formosus
Tarantula Ta*ran"tu*la, n.; pl. E. Tarantulas, L. Tarantul[ae]. [NL., fr. It. tarantola, fr. L. Tarentum, now Taranto, in the south of Italy.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of large spiders, popularly supposed to be very venomous, especially the European species (Tarantula apuli[ae]). The tarantulas of Texas and adjacent countries are large species of Mygale. [Written also tarentula.] Tarantula killer, a very large wasp (Pompilus formosus), which captures the Texan tarantula (Mygale Hentzii) and places it in its nest as food for its young, after paralyzing it by a sting.

Meaning of Pompilus formosus from wikipedia

- List Sphex grossa Fabricius, 1798) Salius grossus (Fabricius, 1798) Pompilus formosus Say, 1823 Pepsis formosa (Say, 1823) Pepsis affinis Dahlbom, 1845...
- Hemipepsis fulvipennis Irenangelus punctipleuris Java atropos Pompilus cinereus Pompilus mirandus Pseudagenia aegina Pygmachus krombeini Coelopisthia lankana...
- chrysopygus Wasbauer, Cambra & Anino, 2017 Priochilus diversus Smith Priochilus formosus Banks, 1944 Priochilus fustiferum Evans, 1966 Priochilus gloriosum (Cresson...