Pepsis (from Ancient Greek ÃÂÃÂÃÂù lit. pepsis meaning 'digestion, cooking') 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.
Species
Species within this genus include:
- Pepsis achterbergi <small>Vardy, 2005</small>
- Pepsis aciculata <small>Taschenberg, 1869</small>
- Pepsis adonta <small>Vardy, 2005</small>
- Pepsis albocincta <small>Smith, 1855</small>
- Pepsis amyntas <small>Mocsáry, 1885</small>
- Pepsis apicata <small>Taschenberg, 1869</small>
- Pepsis aquila <small>H. Lucas, 1895</small>
- Pepsis assimilis <small>Banks, 1946</small>
- Pepsis asteria <small>Mocsáry, 1894</small>
- Pepsis atalanta <small>Mocsáry, 1885</small>
- Pepsis atripennis <small>Fabricius, 1804</small>
- Pepsis aurifex <small>Smith, 1855</small>
- Pepsis auriguttata <small>Burmeister, 1872</small>
- Pepsis aurozonata <small>Smith, 1855</small>
- Pepsis australis <small>Saussure, 1868</small>
- Pepsis basalis <small>Mocsáry, 1885</small>
- Pepsis basifusca <small>H. Lucas, 1895</small>
- Pepsis boharti <small>Vardy, 2005</small>
- Pepsis bonplandi <small>Brèthes, 1914</small>
- Pepsis brevicornis <small>Mocsáry, 1894</small>
- Pepsis brunneicornis <small>H. Lucas, 1895</small>
- Pepsis caliente <small>Vardy, 2005</small>
- Pepsis caridei <small>Brèthes, 1908</small>
- Pepsis cassiope <small>Mocsáry, 1888</small>
- Pepsis catarinensis <small>Vardy, 2005</small>
- Pepsis chacoana <small>Brèthes, 1908</small>
- Pepsis chiliensis <small>Lepeletier, 1845</small>
- Pepsis chiron <small>Mocsáry, 1885</small>
- Pepsis chrysoptera <small>Burmeister, 1872</small>
- Pepsis chrysothemis <small>H. Lucas, 1895</small>
- Pepsis cincta <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small>
- Pepsis cofanes <small>Banks, 1946</small>
- Pepsis completa <small>Smith, 1855</small>
- Pepsis convexa <small>H. Lucas, 1895</small>
- Pepsis cooperi <small>Vardy, 2000</small>
- Pepsis crassicornis <small>Mocsáry, 1885</small>
- Pepsis cyanescens <small>Lepeletier, 1845</small>
- Pepsis cybele <small>Banks, 1945</small>
- Pepsis dayi <small>Vardy, 2005</small>
- Pepsis deaurata <small>Mocsáry, 1894</small>
- Pepsis decipiens <small>H. Lucas, 1895</small>
- Pepsis decorata <small>Perty, 1833</small>
- Pepsis defecta <small>Taschenberg, 1869</small>
- Pepsis dimidiata <small>Fabricius, 1804</small>
- Pepsis discolor <small>Taschenberg, 1869</small>
- Pepsis ecuadorae <small>Vardy, 2002</small>
- Pepsis egregia <small>Mocsáry, 1885</small>
- Pepsis elevata <small>Fabricius, 1804</small>
- Pepsis elongata <small>Lepeletier, 1845</small>
- Pepsis equestris <small>Erischson, 1848</small>
- Pepsis esmeralda <small>Vardy, 2005</small>
- Pepsis festiva <small>Fabricius, 1804</small>
- Pepsis filiola <small>Brèthes, 1914</small>
- Pepsis flavescens <small>H. Lucas, 1895</small>
- Pepsis flavipennis <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small>
- Pepsis foxi <small>H. Lucas, 1897</small>
- Pepsis friburgensis <small>Vardy, 2002</small>
- Pepsis frivaldszkyi <small>Mocsáry, 1885</small>
- Pepsis fumipennis <small>Smith, 1855</small>
- Pepsis gracilis <small>Lepeletier, 1845</small>
- Pepsis gracillima <small>Taschenberg, 1869</small>
- Pepsis grossa <small>(Fabricius, 1798)</small>
- Pepsis helvolicornis <small>H. Lucas, 1895</small>
- Pepsis heros <small>(Fabricius, 1798)</small>
- Pepsis hirtiventris <small>Banks, 1946</small>
- Pepsis hyalinipennis <small>Mocsáry, 1885</small>
- Pepsis hymenaea <small>Mocsáry, 1885</small>
- Pepsis hyperion <small>Mocsáry, 1894</small>
- Pepsis ianthina <small>Erichson, 1848</small>
- Pepsis ianthoides <small>Vardy, 2005</small>
- Pepsis inbio <small>Vardy, 2000</small>
- Pepsis inclyta <small>Lepeletier, 1845</small>
- Pepsis infuscata <small>Spinola, 1841</small>
- Pepsis jamaicensis <small>Vardy, 2005</small>
- Pepsis krombeini <small>Vardy, 2005</small>
- Pepsis laetabilis <small>Brèthes, 1908</small>
- Pepsis lampas <small>H. Lucas, 1895</small>
- Pepsis lepida <small>Mocsáry, 1894</small>
- Pepsis limbata <small>Guerin, 1831</small>
- Pepsis luteicornis <small>Fabricius, 1804</small>
- Pepsis lycaon <small>Banks, 1945</small>
- Pepsis maeandrina <small>H. Lucas, 1895</small>
- Pepsis marginata <small>Palisot de Beauvois, 1809</small>
- Pepsis marthae <small>Vardy, 2002</small>
- Pepsis martini <small>Vardy, 2005</small>
- Pepsis menechma <small>Lepeletier, 1845</small>
- Pepsis mexicana <small>H. Lucas, 1895</small>
- Pepsis mildei <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1857</small>
- Pepsis minarum <small>Brèthes, 1914</small>
- Pepsis montezuma <small>Smith, 1855</small>
- Pepsis multichroma <small>Vardy, 2005</small>
- Pepsis nana <small>Mocsáry, 1885</small>
- Pepsis nanoides <small>Vardy, 2005</small>
- Pepsis nigricans <small>H. Lucas, 1895</small>
- Pepsis nitida <small>Lepeletier, 1845</small>
- Pepsis onorei <small>Vardy, 2002</small>
- Pepsis optima <small>Smith, 1879</small>
- Pepsis optimatis <small>Smith, 1873</small>
- Pepsis pallidolimbata <small>H. Lucas, 1895</small>
- Pepsis petitii <small>Guerin, 1831</small>
- Pepsis pilosa <small>Banks, 1946</small>
- Pepsis plutus <small>Erichson, 1848</small>
- Pepsis pretiosa <small>Dahlbom, 1843</small>
- Pepsis pulawskii <small>Vardy, 2002</small>
- Pepsis pulszkyi <small>Mocsáry, 1885</small>
- Pepsis purpurea <small>Smith, 1873</small>
- Pepsis purpureipes <small>Packard, 1869</small>
- Pepsis riopretensis <small>Vardy, 2002</small>
- Pepsis roigi <small>Vardy, 2000</small>
- Pepsis rubra <small>(Drury, 1773)</small>
- Pepsis ruficornis <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small>
- Pepsis sabina <small>Mocsáry, 1885</small>
- Pepsis schlinkei <small>H. Lucas, 1897</small>
- Pepsis seifferti <small>H. Lucas, 1895</small>
- Pepsis seladonica <small>Dahlbom, 1843</small>
- Pepsis sericans <small>Lepeletier, 1845</small>
- Pepsis smaragdina <small>Dahlbom, 1843</small>
- Pepsis sommeri <small>Dahlbom, 1845</small>
- Pepsis stella <small>Montet, 1921</small>
- Pepsis sumptuosa <small>Smith, 1855</small>
- Pepsis taschenbergi <small>H. Lucas, 1895</small>
- Pepsis terminata <small>Dahlbom, 1843</small>
- Pepsis thisbe <small>H. Lucas, 1895</small>
- Pepsis thoreyi <small>Dahlbom, 1845</small>
- Pepsis tolteca <small>H. Lucas, 1895</small>
- Pepsis toppini <small>Turner, 1915</small>
- Pepsis tricuspidata <small>Gribodo, 1894</small>
- Pepsis varipennis <small>Lepeletier, 1845</small>
- Pepsis vinipennis <small>Packard, 1869</small>
- Pepsis viridis <small>Lepeletier, 1845</small>
- Pepsis viridisetosa <small>Spinola, 1841</small>
- Pepsis vitripennis <small>Smith, 1855</small>
- Pepsis wahisi <small>Vardy, 2005</small>
- Pepsis xanthocera <small>Dahlbom, 1843</small>
- Pepsis yucatani <small>Vardy, 2002</small>
References
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. 513âÂÂ518.
- Harris, A. C. 1987. Pompilidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Fauna of New Zealand. DSIR Science Information Publishing Centre. 12:1-154.
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