''Hemipepsis'' is a genus of large pepsine

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found throughout the tropics. They are commonly known as

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s. ''Hemipepsis'' wasps are morphologically similar to the related genera ''

Pepsis ''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 t ...

'' and '' Entypus'', but distinguishable by the pattern of wing venation. In

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18 plant species from three plant families, the

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, and

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subfamily

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are pollinated exclusively by ''Hemipepsis'' wasps.

Species

About 180 species are placed in ''Hemipepsis'', including: *''

Hemipepsis acer ''Hemipepsis'' is a genus of large pepsine spider wasps found throughout the tropics. They are commonly known as tarantula hawks. ''Hemipepsis'' wasps are morphologically similar to the related genera ''Pepsis'' and '' Entypus'', but distingu ...

'' ( Bingham, 1897)

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*'' Hemipepsis aenea'' (

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, 1904)

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Hemipepsis aeruginosa ''Hemipepsis'' is a genus of large pepsine spider wasps found throughout the tropics. They are commonly known as tarantula hawks. ''Hemipepsis'' wasps are morphologically similar to the related genera ''Pepsis'' and '' Entypus'', but distingu ...

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, 1855)

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Assam Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in Northeast India, nor ...

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Hemipepsis aethiops ''Hemipepsis'' is a genus of large pepsine spider wasps found throughout the tropics. They are commonly known as tarantula hawks. ''Hemipepsis'' wasps are morphologically similar to the related genera ''Pepsis'' and '' Entypus'', but distingu ...

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, 1913)

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Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...

*'' Hemipepsis amamiensis'' ( Tsuneki, 1990)

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*'' Hemipepsis analis'' ( Haupt, 1933)

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*'' Hemipepsis anthracina'' (Smith, 1855)

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*''

Hemipepsis approximata ''Hemipepsis'' is a genus of large Pepsinae, pepsine spider wasps found throughout the tropics. They are commonly known as tarantula hawks. ''Hemipepsis'' wasps are Morphology (biology), morphologically similar to the related genera ''Pepsis'' a ...

'' (Haupt, 1941)

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*'' Hemipepsis ascensoi'' (

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, 1907) Zimbabwe,

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*'' Hemipepsis atrox'' (

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, 1782) *'' Hemipepsis audax'' (Smith, 1855) south-east Asia (Sikkim, Tenasserim *'' Hemipepsis aureomicans'' (Haupt, 1953) Indonesia *'' Hemipepsis aurosericea'' ( Guérin-Méneville, 1838)

Java Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea (a part of Pacific Ocean) to the north. With a population of 156.9 million people (including Madura) in mid 2024, proje ...

*'' Hemipepsis australasiae'' (Smith, 1873) Indonesia,

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

, giant spider wasp *'' Hemipepsis bakeri'' (

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, 1934)

Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...

*'' Hemipepsis bellicosus'' (Smith, 1873) India,

Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

*'' Hemipepsis braunsi'' (

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, 1932) Zimbabwe, South Africa *''

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'' (

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, 1834)

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*'' Hemipepsis brunniceps'' ( Taschenberg, 1869)

Mozambique Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country located in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini and South Afr ...

, Zimbabwe, South Africa *'' Hemipepsis buchardi'' ( Wahis, 2000)

Sudan Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopi ...

Somalia Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. The country is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, th ...

Djibouti Djibouti, officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to the east. The country has an area ...

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia. Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about , making it the List of Asian countries ...

Yemen Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in South Arabia, southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, the north, Oman to Oman–Yemen border, the northeast, the south-eastern part ...

*'' Hemipepsis caelebs'' (Arnold, 1932)

Malawi Malawi, officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast, and Mozambique to the east, south, and southwest. Malawi spans over and ...

, Zimbabwe, South Africa *'' Hemipepsis capensis'' (Fabricius, 1781) Uganda, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, South Africa *'' Hemipepsis ceylonicus'' ( Saussure, 1867) India,

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

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*'' Hemipepsis combusta'' (Smith, 1855) Zimbabwe *'' Hemipepsis commixta'' (Arnold, 1932) Uganda *'' Hemipepsis consanguineous'' (Saussure, 1867) Sri Lanka *'' Hemipepsis convexa'' (Bingham, 1890) Sri Lanka, Myanmar *'' Hemipepsis corallipes'' (Wahis, 2000) Yemen *'' Hemipepsis crassinervis'' ( van der Vecht & Wilcke, 1953) Java,

*'' Hemipepsis curvinervis'' (Cameron, 1902)

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, Assam *'' Hemipepsis dahlbomi'' ( Stål, 1857) *'' Hemipepsis deceptor'' (Smith, 1859)

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*'' Hemipepsis dedjas'' (Guérin, 1848)

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, Uganda, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, South Africa *'' Hemipepsis dubitans'' (Banks, 1934) Philippines *'' Hemipepsis elizabethae'' (Bingham, 1893) India, Myanmar, Java *'' Hemipepsis erythropyga'' (Arnold, 1932)

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*'' Hemipepsis exasperate'' (Smith, 1863) Indonesia *'' Hemipepsis excepta'' (Banks, 1934) Philippines *'' Hemipepsis eximia'' (Wahis, 1960) India *'' Hemipepsis fallax'' (Saussure, 1892) Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, South Africa *'' Hemipepsis fenestratus'' (Smith, 1855) Sikkim *'' Hemipepsis ferox'' (Arnold, 1948) Zimbabwe *'' Hemipepsis ferruginea'' (Smith, 1861) New Guinea *'' Hemipepsis fervida'' (Smith, 1861)

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, Taiwan, Zimbabwe, South Africa *'' Hemipepsis fischeri'' (Wahis, 1968) Indonesia *'' Hemipepsis flavopicta'' (Smith, 1891) India *'' Hemipepsis fulvipennis'' (

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, 1793) India, Sri Lanka *''

Hemipepsis fumipennis ''Hemipepsis'' is a genus of large Pepsinae, pepsine spider wasps found throughout the tropics. They are commonly known as tarantula hawks. ''Hemipepsis'' wasps are Morphology (biology), morphologically similar to the related genera ''Pepsis'' a ...

'' (Smith, 1859) Sulawesi *'' Hemipepsis gigas'' (Taschenberg, 1869) Java, Borneo *'' Hemipepsis glabrata'' (Klug, 1834) Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, South Africa *'' Hemipepsis hanedai'' (Tsuneki, 1990) Japan *'' Hemipepsis heros'' (Guérin-Méneville, 1849) Ethiopia, Senegal *''

Hemipepsis heteroneura ''Hemipepsis'' is a genus of large pepsine spider wasps found throughout the tropics. They are commonly known as tarantula hawks. ''Hemipepsis'' wasps are morphologically similar to the related genera ''Pepsis'' and '' Entypus'', but distingu ...

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, 1918) Uganda *'' Hemipepsis hilaris'' (Smith, 1879)

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, Zimbabwe, South Africa *'' Hemipepsis hottentota'' (Taschenberg, 1869) Yemen *'' Hemipepsis ichneumonea'' (Guérin-Méneville, 1831) New Guinea, Australia *'' Hemipepsis indica'' (

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, 1758) India, Myanmar, Indonesia, New Guinea *'' Hemipepsis insignis'' (Smith, 1855) West Africa *'' Hemipepsis intermedia'' (Smith, 1873) Sri Lanka, India *'' Hemipepsis iodoptera'' (Stål, 1857) Uganda, South Africa,

Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...

*'' Hemipepsis jacobsoni'' (van der Vecht & Wilcke, 1953) Java *'' Hemipepsis kangeanensis'' (van der Vecht & Wilcke, 1953) Java *'' Hemipepsis kiogae'' (Arnold, 1932) Yemen *'' Hemipepsis lacaena'' (Smith, 1861)

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*'' Hemipepsis laeta'' (Smith, 1873) Myanmar *'' Hemipepsis latirostris'' (Arnold, 1932) Uganda, Zimbabwe *'' Hemipepsis lucernaris'' (Wahis, 2000) Yemen *'' Hemipepsis luctuosa'' (Arnold, 1948) Zimbabwe *'' Hemipepsis lusca''(Fabricius, 1804) India *'' Hemipepsis luzonica'' (Banks, 1934) Philippines *''

Hemipepsis martini ''Hemipepsis'' is a genus of large pepsine spider wasps found throughout the tropics. They are commonly known as tarantula hawks. ''Hemipepsis'' wasps are morphologically similar to the related genera ''Pepsis'' and '' Entypus'', but distingu ...

'' (Bingham, 1896) Sumatra *'' Hemipepsis mashonae'' (Arnold, 1932) Kenya, Zimbabwe *'' Hemipepsis matangensis'' (Cameron, 1905) Borneo *'' Hemipepsis mauritanica'' (Linnaeus, 1767)

Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...

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Tunisia Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares m ...

Libya Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya border, the east, Sudan to Libya–Sudan border, the southeast, Chad to Chad–L ...

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Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

*'' Hemipepsis mexicana'' (

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, 1867)

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*'' Hemipepsis minora'' (Banks, 1934) Philippines *'' Hemipepsis misera'' (Cameron, 1901)

*'' Hemipepsis mlanjiensis'' (Turner, 1918) Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique *'' Hemipepsis momentosa'' (Smith, 1873) Borneo *'' Hemipepsis negritos'' (Banks, 1934) Philippines *'' Hemipepsis nigricornis'' (van der Vecht & Wilcke, 1953) Java *'' Hemipepsis obscurus'' (

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, 1898)

Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t ...

*'' Hemipepsis obsolete'' (Saussure, 1867) Sri Lanka *'' Hemipepsis obsonator'' (Bingham, 1897) India *'' Hemipepsis ocellata'' (Fabricius, 1782)

Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...

*'' Hemipepsis ochropus'' (Stål, 1857) Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon *'' Hemipepsis odin'' (

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, 1914)

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*'' Hemipepsis opulenta'' (Smith, 1863) Misool *'' Hemipepsis perhirsuta'' (Banks, 1940)

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*'' Hemipepsis perplexa'' (Smith, 1855) India, Myanmar, Taiwan *'' Hemipepsis petri'' (

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, 1906) Assam *'' Hemipepsis pilosipes'' (Arnold, 1948) Zimbabwe *'' Hemipepsis placida'' (Bingham, 1896) Tenasserim *'' Hemipepsis procera'' (Wahis, 1968) Indonesia, Myanmar,

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

*'' Hemipepsis quadridentata'' (van der Vecht & Wilcke, 1953) Java *'' Hemipepsis refulgens'' (Turner, 1918) Uganda *'' Hemipepsis robertiana'' (Cameron, 1903) Borneo *'' Hemipepsis rubida'' (Bingham, 1890) Sri Lanka *'' Hemipepsis rufofemoratus'' (Lucas, 1898)

Zanzibar Zanzibar is a Tanzanian archipelago off the coast of East Africa. It is located in the Indian Ocean, and consists of many small Island, islands and two large ones: Unguja (the main island, referred to informally as Zanzibar) and Pemba Island. ...

*'' Hemipepsis sabulosa'' (Smith, 1855) Egypt,

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, Yemen.

Benin Benin, officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It was formerly known as Dahomey. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north-west, and Niger to the north-east. The majority of its po ...

Eritrea Eritrea, officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa, with its capital and largest city being Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia in the Eritrea–Ethiopia border, south, Sudan in the west, and Dj ...

*'' Hemipepsis sericeipennis'' (Bingham, 1902) Zimbabwe, South Africa *'' Hemipepsis severa'' (Drury, 1782) *'' Hemipepsis simpsoni'' (Arnold, 1932) Ghana *'' Hemipepsis sinuosa'' (Kohl, 1913) Nigeria *'' Hemipepsis sogdiana'' ( Zonstein, 2000) China, Taiwan, Japan, India,

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir Mountains, Pamir mountain ranges. Bishkek is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Kyrgyzstan, largest city. Kyrgyz ...

*'' Hemipepsis speculifer'' ( Lepeletier) Java, Malaya *'' Hemipepsis sublivida'' (Arnold, 1948) Zimbabwe *'' Hemipepsis sulfureicornis'' (Arnold, 1960) Democratic Republic of Congo *'' Hemipepsis sycophanta'' ( Gribodo, 1884) Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, Malaya *'' Hemipepsis tagala'' (Gribodo, 1884) Philippines *'' Hemipepsis taiwanensis'' (Tsuneki, 1989) Taiwan *'' Hemipepsis tamisieri'' (Guérin, 1848) Uganda, Ethiopia,

Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...

, Malawi,

, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Nigeria,

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'' (Cameron, 1901) Sri Lanka *'' Hemipepsis thione'' (Smith, 1861) Ambon Island *'' Hemipepsis toussainti'' (Banks, 1928)

Hispaniola Hispaniola (, also ) is an island between Geography of Cuba, Cuba and Geography of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and the second-largest by List of C ...

*'' Hemipepsis turneri'' (Arnold, 1936) South Africa *'' Hemipepsis unguicularis'' (Kohl, 1913) Democratic Republic of Congo *'' Hemipepsis unifasciata'' ( Radoszkowski, 1881) Angola, Ethiopia *'' Hemipepsis ustulata'' Dahlbom, 1843

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*'' Hemipepsis vanuana'' Banks 1941

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*'' Hemipepsis variabilis'' ((Arnold, 1932) Uganda *'' Hemipepsis vechti'' (Wahis, 1959) *'' Hemipepsis veda'' (Cameron, 1891) India *'' Hemipepsis velutina'' (van der Vecht & Wilcke, 1953) Indonesia *'' Hemipepsis venatoria'' (Bingham, 1896) Myanmar *'' Hemipepsis vespertilio'' ( Gerstaecker, 1857) Uganda, Zimbabwe, South Africa *'' Hemipepsis vestitipennis'' (Turner, 1918) Uganda, Somalia, Yemen *'' Hemipepsis vindex'' (Smith, 1855) Sub-Saharan Africa and Yemen *'' Hemipepsis viridipennis'' (Lucas, 1898) Tanzania *'' Hemipepsis vulcanica'' (van der Vecht & Wilcke, 1953) Java *'' Hemipepsis yayeyamana'' (Tsuneki, 1990) Japan *'' Hemipepsis yemenita'' (Wahis, 2000) Somalia, Yemen

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q3130160 Pepsinae Taxa named by Anders Gustaf Dahlbom