Pepsis
| Pepsis | |
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| Pepsis albocincta | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Apocrita |
| Superfamily: | Vespoidea |
| Family: | Pompilidae |
| Subfamily: | Pepsinae |
| Genus: |
Pepsis Fabricius, 1804 |
Pepsis is a genus of spider wasps belonging to the family Pompilidae.
Species within this genus are also called tarantula hawks, as they usually hunt tarantulas, similarly to many species in the genus Hemipepsis.
These wasps are present throughout the Americas, Australia, Africa and India to Southeast Asia.
Species within this genus include:
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