Hemipepsis

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Hemipepsis
File:Hemipepsis capensis.jpg
Hemipepsis capensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Pompilidae
Subfamily: Pepsinae
Genus: Hemipepsis
Dahlbom, 1843[1]
Type species
Hemipepsis capensis
(Fabricius, 1781)[2]

Hemipepsis is a genus of large pepsine spider wasps found primarily 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]

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

Species

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

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