Pepsis

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Pepsis
Pepsis albocincta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Pompilidae
Subfamily: Pepsinae
Genus: Pepsis
Fabricius, 1804
Type species
Sphex stellata
Fabricius, 1793
Species[1]

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Pepsis heros
Pepsis wasp with prey

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]

References

  1. ^ a b "Pepsis". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ BioLib
  4. ^ Hymenoptera Online Database
  5. ^ NCBI

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.

External links

  • Media related to Pepsis at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Pepsis at Wikispecies