Pepsis menechma

Pepsis menechma, the elegant tarantula hawk, is a species of spider wasp in the family Pompilidae.[1][2][3][4]

Elegant tarantula hawk, Pepsis menechma

Pepsis menechma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Pompilidae
Genus:	Pepsis
Species:	P. menechma
Binomial name
Pepsis menechma Lepeletier, 1845
Synonyms
Pepsis elegans Lepeletier, 1845 Pepsis dubitata Cresson, 1867 Pepsis prismatica Smith, 1855 Pepsis advena Mocsáry, 1885 Pepsis cinctipennis Mocsáry, 1885 Pepsis guatemalensis Cameron, 1893 Pepsis nestor Mocsáry, 1894 Pepsis nigricornis Mocsáry, 1894 Pepsis auranticornis Lucas, 1895 Pepsis cerberus Lucas, 1895 Pepsis concolor Lucas, 1895 Pepsis euchroma Lucas, 1895 Pepsis fruhstorferi Lucas, 1895 Pepsis mordax Lucas, 1895 Pepsis nigrocincta Lucas, 1895 Pepsis inermis Fox, 1898 Pepsis cultrata Brèthes, 1908 Pepsis janira Brèthes, 1908 Pepsis roberti Brèthes, 1908 Pepsis novitia Banks, 1921

References

1. "Pepsis menechma species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
2. "Pepsis menechma". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
3. "Pepsis menechma Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
4. "Pepsis menechma Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06.

Further reading

• 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.
• Vardy, C.R. (2005). "The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae)". Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden.

External links

• Media related to Pepsis menechma at Wikimedia Commons