Pepsis

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Pepsis
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Pepsis albocincta
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Pepsis

Fabricius, 1804

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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]

Bibliography

  • Vardy C.R. 2000 The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae).
  • 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.

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External links

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