''Pepsis'' (from Ancient Greek πέψι lit. ''pepsis'' meaning 'digestion, cooking') is a genus of spider wasps belonging to the family Spider wasp, 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:NCBI
/ref> *''Pepsis achterbergi'' Vardy, 2005 *''Pepsis aciculata'' Ernst Ludwig Taschenberg, Taschenberg, 1869 *''Pepsis adonta'' Vardy, 2005 *''Pepsis albocincta'' Frederick Smith (entomologist), Smith, 1855 *''Pepsis amyntas'' Alexander Mocsáry, Mocsáry, 1885 *''Pepsis apicata'' Taschenberg, 1869 *''Pepsis aquila'' Hippolyte Lucas, H. Lucas, 1895 *''Pepsis assimilis'' Nathan Banks, Banks, 1946 *''Pepsis asteria'' Mocsáry, 1894 *''Pepsis atalanta'' Mocsáry, 1885 *''Pepsis atripennis'' Johan Christian Fabricius, Fabricius, 1804 *''Pepsis aurifex'' Smith, 1855 *''Pepsis auriguttata'' Hermann Burmeister, Burmeister, 1872 *''Pepsis aurozonata'' Smith, 1855 *''Pepsis australis'' Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure, Saussure, 1868 *''Pepsis basalis'' Mocsáry, 1885 *''Pepsis basifusca'' H. Lucas, 1895 *''Pepsis boharti'' Vardy, 2005 *''Pepsis bonplandi'' Juan Brèthes, Brèthes, 1914 *''Pepsis brevicornis'' Mocsáry, 1894 *''Pepsis brunneicornis'' H. Lucas, 1895 *''Pepsis caliente'' Vardy, 2005 *''Pepsis caridei'' Juan Brèthes, Brèthes, 1908 *''Pepsis cassiope'' Mocsáry, 1888 *''Pepsis catarinensis'' Vardy, 2005 *''Pepsis chacoana'' Juan Brèthes, Brèthes, 1908 *''Pepsis chiliensis'' Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier, comte de Saint-Fargeau, Lepeletier, 1845 *''Pepsis chiron'' Mocsáry, 1885 *''Pepsis chrysoptera'' Burmeister, 1872 *''Pepsis chrysothemis'' H. Lucas, 1895 *''Pepsis cincta'' (Johan Christian Fabricius, Fabricius, 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'' Maximilian Perty, Perty, 1833 *''Pepsis defecta'' Taschenberg, 1869 *''Pepsis dimidiata'' Johan Christian Fabricius, Fabricius, 1804 *''Pepsis discolor'' Taschenberg, 1869 *''Pepsis ecuadorae'' Vardy, 2002 *''Pepsis egregia Mocsáry, 1885 *''Pepsis elevata'' Johan Christian Fabricius, Fabricius, 1804 *''Pepsis elongata'' Lepeletier, 1845 *''Pepsis equestris'' Erischson, 1848 *''Pepsis esmeralda'' Vardy, 2005 *''Pepsis festiva'' Johan Christian Fabricius, Fabricius, 1804 *''Pepsis filiola'' Juan Brèthes, Brèthes, 1914 *''Pepsis flavescens'' H. Lucas, 1895 *''Pepsis flavipennis'' (Fabricius, 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, 1798) *''Pepsis helvolicornis'' H. Lucas, 1895 *''Pepsis heros'' (Fabricius, 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'' Maximilian Spinola, Spinola, 1841 *''Pepsis jamaicensis'' Vardy, 2005 *''Pepsis krombeini'' Vardy, 2005 *''Pepsis laetabilis'' Juan Brèthes, Brèthes, 1908 *''Pepsis lampas'' H. Lucas, 1895 *''Pepsis lepida'' Mocsáry, 1894 *''Pepsis limbata'' Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville, Guerin, 1831 *''Pepsis luteicornis'' Johan Christian Fabricius, Fabricius, 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'' Carl Stål, Stål, 1857 *''Pepsis minarum'' Juan Brèthes, 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'' Anders Gustaf Dahlbom, Dahlbom, 1843 *''Pepsis pulawskii'' Vardy, 2002 *''Pepsis pulszkyi'' Mocsáry, 1885 *''Pepsis purpurea'' Smith, 1873 *''Pepsis purpureipes'' Alpheus Spring Packard, Packard, 1869 *''Pepsis riopretensis'' Vardy, 2002 *''Pepsis roigi'' Vardy, 2000 *''Pepsis rubra'' (Dru Drury, Drury, 1773) *''Pepsis ruficornis'' (Johan Christian Fabricius, Fabricius, 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

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

* * {{Authority control Hymenoptera genera Pepsinae Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius