Pepsis
| Pepsis | |
|---|---|
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| Pepsis albocincta | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Apocrita |
| Superfamily: | Vespoidea |
| Family: | Pompilidae |
| Subfamily: | Pepsinae |
| Genus: | Pepsis Fabricius, 1804 |
Pepsis is a genus of spider wasps belonging to the family Pompilidae.
Species within this genus are also called tarantula hawks, as they usually hunt tarantulas, similarly to many species in the genus Hemipepsis.
These wasps are present throughout the Americas, Australia, Africa and India to Southeast Asia.[1]
Selected species
Species within this genus include:[2][3][4]
- Pepsis albocincta Smith, 1855
- Pepsis angustimarginata Viereck
- Pepsis aquila Lucas
- Pepsis arizonica Banks
- Pepsis azteca Cameron
- Pepsis cerberus Lucas
- Pepsis chrysothemis Lucas
- Pepsis elegans Lepeletier
- Pepsis grossa Fabricius (formerly Pepsis formosa)[5]
- Pepsis marginata Palisot de Beauvois
- Pepsis mexicana Lucas
- Pepsis mildei Stål
- Pepsis pallidolimbata Lucas
- Pepsis saphirus Palisot de Beauvois
- Pepsis thisbe Lucas
- Pepsis venusta Smith
Bibliography
- Fred Punzo, Brian Garman. 1989. Effects of Encounter Experience on the hunting behavior of the spider wasp, Pepsis formosa (Say) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). In: The Southwestern Naturalist 34(4). December 1989, ISSN 0038-4909, S. 513—518.
- Harris, A. C. 1987. Pompilidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Fauna of New Zealand. DSIR Science Information Publishing Centre. 12:1-154.
References
- ↑ Vardy, C. R. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 1. Introduction and the P. rubra species-group. Zoologische Verhandelingen 2000 pp. 86 pp.
- ↑ Biolib
- ↑ Hymenoptera Online Database
- ↑ NCBI
- ↑ Vardy, C.R. (2002). "The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. The P. grossa- to P. deaurata-groups." http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/46718
External links
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