The Pepsinae are a subfamily of the spider wasp family, Pompilidae, including the two genera of large tarantula hawks, as well as many genera of smaller species.[1]

Pepsinae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Pompilidae
Subfamily: Pepsinae
Tribes

Taxonomy

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The subfamily Pepsinae comprises 84 genera.[2] These include 16 genera of Ageniellini,[3][4] 7 genera of Deuterageniini,[5] 48 genera of Pepsini,[6][7][8] 11 genera of Priocnemini,[9][10] 1 genus of Psoropempulini,[11] and 1 genus unplaced to tribe.[12]

 
Auplopus carbonarius with prey
 
Orange spider wasp Cryptocheilus bicolor (or Heterodontonyx bicolor)

Incertae sedis

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References

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  1. ^ "Pepsinae - WaspWeb".
  2. ^ Loktionov, Valery M. (2023). "Geographical distribution of the spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of the world". Russian Entomological Journal. 32 (4): 394–402. doi:10.15298/rusentj.32.4.05.
  3. ^ Shimizu, Akira; Wasbauer, Marius; Takami, Yasuoki (2010). "Phylogeny and the evolution of nesting behaviour in the tribe Ageniellini (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Pompilidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 160 (1): 88–117. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00592.x.
  4. ^ Wahis, Raymond; Durand, Frédéric; Villemant, Claire (2009). "Pompiles de l'île d'Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Pompilidae)". Zoosystema. 31 (3): 707–718. doi:10.5252/z2009n3a15.
  5. ^ Lelej, Arkady S.; Loktionov, Valery M. (2012). "Phylogeny and classification of the tribe Deuterageniini (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae: Pepsinae)". Far East Entomologist (254): 1–15. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  6. ^ Xiaoling, J.I.; Chongyang, L.I.; Li, M.A.; Qiang, L.I. (2015). "Taxonomy of Pepsini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) From Yunnan Province". Journal of Yunnan Agricultural University(Natural Science). 30 (2): 203–209. doi:10.16211/j.issn.1004-390X(n).2015.02.007.
  7. ^ Loktionov, Valery M.; Lelej, Arkady S. (2017). "An annotated catalogue of the spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of Russia". Zootaxa. 4280 (1): 1–95. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4280.1.1.
  8. ^ Fernández, Fernando; Rodriguez, Juanita; Waichert, Cecilia; Decker, Brenna; Pitts, James (2022). "Twenty two years later: An updated checklist of Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae)". Zootaxa. 5116 (4): 451–503. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5116.4.1.
  9. ^ Loktionov, Valery M.; Lelej, Arkady S. (2018). "Discovery of the spider wasp genus Sphictostethus Kohl, 1884 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae: Pepsinae) in New Guinea, with description of two new species". Zootaxa. 4429 (2): 295–302. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4429.2.5.
  10. ^ Loktionov, Valery M.; Lelej, Arkady S.; Liu, Jing-Xian (2019). "A new genus of spider wasps (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) from China". Far Eastern Entomologist (376): 1–14. doi:10.25221/fee.376.1.
  11. ^ Evans, Howard E. (1974). "A review of Psoropempula, a new genus of Australian Pompilidae (Hymenoptera)". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 126 (3): 261–278. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1974.tb00854.x.
  12. ^ a b Shimizu, Akira; Wahis, Raymond; Harris, Anthony C.; Pitts, James P. (2016). "An extraordinary new genus and species of spider wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) from Southeast Asia". Journal of Natural History. 50 (25–26): 1549–1559. doi:10.1080/00222933.2016.1155781.
  13. ^ Waichert, Cecilia; Rodriguez, Juanita; Wasbauer, Marius; von Dohlen, Carol & Pitts, James (2015). "Molecular phylogeny and systematics of spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae): Redefining subfamily boundaries and the origin of the family". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 175 (2): 271–287. doi:10.1111/zoj.12272.
  14. ^ Wahis, Raymond (2008). "Contribution à la connaissance des Pompilides d'Australie (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) 2. Sur quelques spécimens récoltés par G. Else (Natural History Museum, London) avec descriptions de deux espèces nouvelles des genres Auplopus et Ctenostegus". Faunistic Entomology – Entomologie faunistique. 61 (1–2): 23–31. Retrieved 2024-02-17.