Pepsis menechma
Pepsis menechma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Pompilidae |
Genus: | Pepsis |
Species: | P. menechma
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Binomial name | |
Pepsis menechma Lepeletier, 1845
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Synonyms | |
Pepsis elegans Lepeletier, 1845 |
Pepsis menechma, the elegant tarantula hawk, is a species of spider wasp in the family Pompilidae, widely distributed in North America and Central America.[1][2][3][4] It has numerous very different color forms over its range, and has been historically classified as several species.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Pepsis menechma species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
- ^ "Pepsis menechma". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
- ^ "Pepsis menechma Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
- ^ "Pepsis menechma Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
- ^ Vardy, C.R. (2005). "The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae)". Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden.
Further reading
[edit]- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
- Krombein, Karl V.; Hurd Jr., Paul D. Jr.; Smith, David R.; Burks, B.D., eds. (1979). "Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico". Smithsonian Institution Press. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Pepsis menechma at Wikimedia Commons