Pepsis Marginata
''Pepsis'' (from Ancient Greek πέψι 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'' 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, 1804 *''Pepsis aurifex'' Smith, 1855 *''Pepsis auriguttata'' Burmeister, 1872 *''Pepsis aurozonata'' Smith, 1855 *''Pepsis australi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pepsis Grossa
''Pepsis grossa'' is a very large species of Pepsinae, pepsine spider wasp from the southern part of North America, south to northern South America. It preys on tarantula spiders, giving rise to the name tarantula hawk for the wasps in the genus ''Pepsis'' and the related ''Hemipepsis''. Only the females hunt, so only they are capable of delivering a sting, which is considered the second most painful of any insect sting; scoring 4.0 on the Schmidt sting pain index compared to the Bullet Ant, bullet ant's 4.0+. It is the state insect of New Mexico. The colour morphs are the xanthic orange-winged form and the melanic black winged form. In northern South America, a third form, known as "lygamorphic", has a dark base to the wings which have dark amber median patches and a pale tip. Taxonomy and description Due in part to confusion over the distinctness of various color forms, until 2002 this species was known by the name ''Pepsis formosa'', including a subspecies ''P. formosa pat ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alexander Mocsáry
Alexander Mocsary, sometimes (27 September 1841, Nagyvárad () - 26 December 1915, Budapest) was a Hungarian entomologist who specialised in Hymenoptera. He was the Curator of the Hungarian Natural History Museum where his collection of mainly Hungarian insects of all Orders is conserved. He described many new taxa In biology, a taxon (back-formation from ''taxonomy''; : taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit. Although neither is required, a taxon is usually known by a particular name and .... Works * Ordo. Hymenoptera. In: Paszlavsky, J.: ''Fauna Regni Hungariae. Regia Societas Scientiarum Naturalium Hungarica'', Budapest: 7–113 (1918) References * Anonym, 1911 ocsary, A.''Rovart. Lapok'' 18 27 * Kutzscher, C. & Taeger, A., 1998 ''Portraits und biographische Daten''. In: Taeger, A. & Blank, S. M. 1998 (Hrsg.) ''Pflanzenwespen Deutschlands (Hymenoptera, Symphyta).'' Kommentierte Bestandsaufnahme. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pepsis Australis
''Pepsis'' (from Ancient Greek πέψι 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'' 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, 1804 *'' Pepsis aurifex'' Smith, 1855 *'' Pepsis auriguttata'' Burmeister, 1872 *'' Pepsis aurozonata'' Smith, 1855 *'' Pepsis ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hermann Burmeister
Karl Hermann Konrad Burmeister (also known as Carlos Germán Conrado Burmeister) (15 January 1807 – 2 May 1892) was a German Argentine zoologist, entomologist, herpetologist, botany, botanist, and coleopterologist. He served as a professor at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, University of Halle, headed the museum there and published the ''Handbuch der Entomologie'' (1832–1855) before moving to Argentina where he worked until his death. Career Burmeister was born in Stralsund, where his father was a customs officer. He studied medicine at University of Greifswald, Greifswald (1825–1827) and Halle (Saale), Halle (1827–1829), and in 1830 went to Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin to qualify himself to be a teacher of natural history. His dissertation was titled ''De insectorum systemate naturali'' and graduated as a doctor of medicine on November 4, 1829 and then received a doctor of philosophy on December 19 in the same year. He then joined for military ser ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pepsis Auriguttata
''Pepsis'' (from Ancient Greek πέψι 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'' 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, 1804 *'' Pepsis aurifex'' Smith, 1855 *'' Pepsis auriguttata'' Burmeister, 1872 *''Pepsis aurozonata'' Smith, 1855 *''Pepsis au ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nathan Banks
Nathan Banks (April 13, 1868 – January 24, 1953) was an American entomologist noted for his work on Neuroptera, Megaloptera, Hymenoptera, and Acarina (mites). He started work on mites in 1880 with the USDA. In 1909 he reported many Costa Rican species with several new species saying "During the past few years the writer has received large series of spiders and daddy-longlegs from Costa Rica for identification". In 1915 he authored the first comprehensive English handbook on mites: ''A Treatise on the Acarina, Or Mites'' (Smithsonian Institution, Proceedings Of The United States National Museum, 1905, 114 pages). Banks left the USDA in 1916 to work at the Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) where he did further work on Hymenoptera, Arachnida and Neuroptera. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1922. In 1924, he spent about two months in Panama, through kindness of Dr. Thomas Barbour and in company with Dr. William Morton Wheeler, W.M. Wheeler. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pepsis Assimilis
''Pepsis'' (from Ancient Greek πέψι 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'' 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, 1804 *''Pepsis aurifex'' Smith, 1855 *''Pepsis auriguttata'' Burmeister, 1872 *''Pepsis aurozonata'' Smith, 1855 *''Pepsis austral ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |