Hemipepsis

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Hemipepsis
Hemipepsis capensis.jpg
Hemipepsis capensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Pompilidae
Subfamily: Pepsinae
Genus: Hemipepsis
Dahlbom, 1844 [1]
Type species
Hemipepsis capensis
(Fabricius, 1781) [2]

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 distinguishable by the pattern of wing venation. [3] In South Africa 18 plant species from three plant families, the Apocynaceae, Orchidaceae, and Asparagaceae subfamily Scilloideae are pollinated exclusively by Hemipepsis wasps. [4]

A Hemipepsis sp. wasp, Kruger National Park, South Africa Spider-hunting Wasp (Hemipepsis sp.) (13914041481).jpg
A Hemipepsis sp. wasp, Kruger National Park, South Africa
A female Hemipepsis sp. wasp dragging a paralyzed tarantula, Sandy Bay, South Africa Hemipepsis with Baboon Spider.jpg
A female Hemipepsis sp. wasp dragging a paralyzed tarantula, Sandy Bay, South Africa

Species

About 180 species are placed in Hemipepsis, including: [5] [6] [7] [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Hemipepsis Dahlbom". GloIziko Museums of South Africa. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  2. ↑ V.S.L. Pate (1946). "The Generic Names of the Spider Wasps (Psammocharidae olim Pompilidae) and Their Type Species (Hymenoptera: Aculeata)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 72 (3): 65–137. JSTOR   25077544.
  3. ↑ "Genus Hemipepsis - Tarantula Hawks". Iowa State University . Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  4. ↑ Shuttleworth, Adam; Johnson, Steven D. (2012). "The Hemipepsis wasp-pollination system in South Africa: a comparative analysis of trait convergence in a highly specialized plant guild". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 168 (3): 278–279. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2012.01216.x .
  5. ↑ "Taxonomy for Hemipepsis (Tarantula Hawks)". insectoid.org. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  6. ↑ van der Vecht, J. (1953). "Indo-Australian Pompilidae II. An annotated list of the oriental species of the genus Hemipepsis (Dahlb)". Treubia. 22 (1): 1–17.
  7. ↑ "Digitized type collection, details, simple view - zmuc00241286". University of Copenhagen . Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  8. ↑ Fernadez, Fernando (2000). "Avispas cazadores de aranas (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) de la Region Neotropical" (PDF). Biota Colombia. 1 (1): 3–25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-21. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
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