Pepsis

Pepsis sp.

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Pompiloidea

Familia: Pompilidae
Subfamilia: Pepsinae
Genus: Pepsis

Species: P. achterbergi – P. aciculata – P. adonta – P. albocincta – P. amyntas – P. apicata – P. aquila – P. assimilis – P. asteria – P. atalanta – P. atripennis – P. aurifex – P. auriguttata – P. aurozonata – P. australis – P. basalis – P. basifusca – P. boharti – P. bonplandi – P. brevicornis – P. brunneicornis – P. caliente – P. caridei – P. cassiope – P. catarinensis – P. chacoana – P. chiliensis – P. chiron – P. chrysoptera – P. chrysothemis – P. cofanes – P. completa – P. convexa – P. cooperi – P. crassicornis – P. cyanescens – P. cybele – P. dayi – P. deaurata – P. decipiens – P. decorata – P. defecta – P. dimidiata – P. discolor – P. ecuadorae – P. egregia – P. elevata – P. elongatra – P. equestris – P. esmeralda – P. festiva – P. filiola – P. flavescens – P. foxi – P. friburgensis – P. frivaldszkyi – P. fumipennis – P. gracilis – P. gracillima – P. grossa – P. helvolicornus – P. heros – P. hirtiventris – P. hyalinipennis – P. hymenaea – P. hyperion – P. ianthina – P. ianthoides – P. inbio – P. inclyta – P. infuscata – P. jamaicensis – P. krombeini – P. laetabilis – P. lampas – P. lepida – P. limbata – P. luteicornis – P. lycaon – P. maeandrina – P. marginata – P. marthae – P. martini – P. menechma – P. mexicana – P. mildei – P. minarum – P. montezuma – P. multichroma – P. nana – P. nanoides – P. nigricans – P. nitida – P. onorei – P. optimatis – P. optima – P. pallidolimbata – P. petitii – P. pilosa – P. plutus – P. pretiosa – P. pulawskii – P. pulszkyi – P. purpurea – P. purpureipes – P. riopretensis – P. roigi – P. rubra – P. ruficornis – P. sabina – P. schlinkei – P. seifferti – P. seladonica – P. sericans – P. smaragdina – P. sommri – P. stella – P. sumptuosa – P. taschenbergi – P. terminata – P. thisbe – P. thoreyi – P. tolteca – P. toppini – P. tricuspidata – P. varipennis – P. vinipennis – P. viridisetosa – P. viridis – P. vitripennis – P. willinki – P. xanthocera – P. yucatani
Name

Pepsis Fabricius, 1804

References

Pepsis – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
Vardy, C.R. 2000. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 1. Introduction and the P. rubra species-group. Zool. Verh. Leiden 332 .[1]
Vardy, C.R. 2002. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. The P. grossa- to P. deaurata- groups. Zool. Verh. Leiden 337 .[2]
Vardy, C.R. 2005. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 3. The P. inclyta- to P. auriguttata- groups. Zool. Med. Leiden 79 (5).[3]

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 restricted to the Americas, with the related genus Hemipepsis occurring in both Old and New Worlds.[2]

Species

Species within this genus include:[3][4][5][1]

Pepsis achterbergi Vardy, 2005
Pepsis aciculata Taschenberg, 1869
Pepsis adonta Vardy, 2005
Pepsis albocincta Smith, 1855
Pepsis amyntas Mocsáry, 1885
Pepsis apicata Taschenberg, 1869
Pepsis aquila H. Lucas, 1895
Pepsis assimilis Banks, 1946
Pepsis asteria Mocsáry, 1894
Pepsis atalanta Mocsáry, 1885
Pepsis atripennis Fabricius, 1793, 1804
Pepsis aurifex Smith, 1855
Pepsis auriguttata Burmeister, 1872
Pepsis aurozonata Smith, 1855
Pepsis australis Saussure, 1868
Pepsis basalis Mocsáry, 1885
Pepsis basifusca H. Lucas, 1895
Pepsis boharti Vardy, 2005
Pepsis bonplandi Brèthes, 1914
Pepsis brevicornis Mocsáry, 1894
Pepsis brunneicornis H. Lucas, 1895
Pepsis caliente Vardy, 2005
Pepsis caridei Brèthes, 1908
Pepsis cassiope Mocsáry, 1888
Pepsis catarinensis Vardy, 2005
Pepsis chacoana Brèthes, 1908
Pepsis chiliensis Lepeletier, 1845
Pepsis chiron Mocsáry, 1885
Pepsis chrysoptera Burmeister, 1872
Pepsis chrysothemis H. Lucas, 1895
Pepsis cincta (Fabricius, 1793, 1793)
Pepsis cofanes Banks, 1946
Pepsis completa Smith, 1855
Pepsis convexa H. Lucas, 1895
Pepsis cooperi Vardy, 2000
Pepsis crassicornis Mocsáry, 1885
Pepsis cyanescens Lepeletier, 1845
Pepsis cybele Banks, 1945
Pepsis dayi Vardy, 2005
Pepsis deaurata Mocsáry, 1894
Pepsis decipiens H. Lucas, 1895
Pepsis decorata Perty, 1833
Pepsis defecta Taschenberg, 1869
Pepsis dimidiata Fabricius, 1793, 1804
Pepsis discolor Taschenberg, 1869
Pepsis ecuadorae Vardy, 2002
Pepsis egregia Mocsáry, 1885
Pepsis elevata Fabricius, 1793, 1804
Pepsis elongata Lepeletier, 1845
Pepsis equestris Erischson, 1848
Pepsis esmeralda Vardy, 2005
Pepsis festiva Fabricius, 1793, 1804
Pepsis filiola Brèthes, 1914
Pepsis flavescens H. Lucas, 1895
Pepsis flavipennis (Fabricius, 1793, 1793)
Pepsis foxi H. Lucas, 1897
Pepsis friburgensis Vardy, 2002
Pepsis frivaldszkyi Mocsáry, 1885
Pepsis fumipennis Smith, 1855
Pepsis gracilis Lepeletier, 1845
Pepsis gracillima Taschenberg, 1869
Pepsis grossa (Fabricius, 1793, 1798)
Pepsis helvolicornis H. Lucas, 1895
Pepsis heros (Fabricius, 1793, 1798)
Pepsis hirtiventris Banks, 1946
Pepsis hyalinipennis Mocsáry, 1885
Pepsis hymenaea Mocsáry, 1885
Pepsis hyperion Mocsáry, 1894
Pepsis ianthina Erichson, 1848
Pepsis ianthoides Vardy, 2005
Pepsis inbio Vardy, 2000
Pepsis inclyta Lepeletier, 1845
Pepsis infuscata Spinola, 1841
Pepsis jamaicensis Vardy, 2005
Pepsis krombeini Vardy, 2005
Pepsis laetabilis Brèthes, 1908
Pepsis lampas H. Lucas, 1895
Pepsis lepida Mocsáry, 1894
Pepsis limbata Guerin, 1831
Pepsis luteicornis Fabricius, 1793, 1804
Pepsis lycaon Banks, 1945
Pepsis maeandrina H. Lucas, 1895
Pepsis marginata Palisot de Beauvois, 1809
Pepsis marthae Vardy, 2002
Pepsis martini Vardy, 2005
Pepsis menechma Lepeletier, 1845
Pepsis mexicana H. Lucas, 1895
Pepsis mildei Stål, 1857
Pepsis minarum Brèthes, 1914
Pepsis montezuma Smith, 1855
Pepsis multichroma Vardy, 2005
Pepsis nana Mocsáry, 1885
Pepsis nanoides Vardy, 2005
Pepsis nigricans H. Lucas, 1895
Pepsis nitida Lepeletier, 1845
Pepsis onorei Vardy, 2002
Pepsis optima Smith, 1879
Pepsis optimatis Smith, 1873
Pepsis pallidolimbata H. Lucas, 1895
Pepsis petitii Guerin, 1831
Pepsis pilosa Banks, 1946
Pepsis plutus Erichson, 1848
Pepsis pretiosa Dahlbom, 1843
Pepsis pulawskii Vardy, 2002
Pepsis pulszkyi Mocsáry, 1885
Pepsis purpurea Smith, 1873
Pepsis purpureipes Packard, 1869
Pepsis riopretensis Vardy, 2002
Pepsis roigi Vardy, 2000
Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)
Pepsis ruficornis (Fabricius, 1793, 1775)
Pepsis sabina Mocsáry, 1885
Pepsis schlinkei H. Lucas, 1897
Pepsis seifferti H. Lucas, 1895
Pepsis seladonica Dahlbom, 1843
Pepsis sericans Lepeletier, 1845
Pepsis smaragdina Dahlbom, 1843
Pepsis sommeri Dahlbom, 1845
Pepsis stella Montet, 1921
Pepsis sumptuosa Smith, 1855
Pepsis taschenbergi H. Lucas, 1895
Pepsis terminata Dahlbom, 1843
Pepsis thisbe H. Lucas, 1895
Pepsis thoreyi Dahlbom, 1845
Pepsis tolteca H. Lucas, 1895
Pepsis toppini Turner, 1915
Pepsis tricuspidata Gribodo, 1894
Pepsis varipennis Lepeletier, 1845
Pepsis vinipennis Packard, 1869
Pepsis viridis Lepeletier, 1845
Pepsis viridisetosa Spinola, 1841
Pepsis vitripennis Smith, 1855
Pepsis wahisi Vardy, 2005
Pepsis xanthocera Dahlbom, 1843
Pepsis yucatani Vardy, 2002

References

"Pepsis". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
Vardy, C. R. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 1. Introduction and the P. rubra species-group.[permanent dead link] Zoologische Verhandelingen 2000 pp. 86 pp.
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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.