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Pepsis purpuripes Packard, 1869

Pepsis purpuripes Packard, 1869:61, ♀. Vardy, 2005Vardy, C.R. 2005. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 3. The P. inclyta- to P. auriguttata-groups. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 79 (5):1-305.:277, Lectotype ♀, examined (Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts). - As Pepsis purpureipes: - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution), 260 (listed); Banks, 1946Banks, N. 1946. Studies of South American Psammocharidae. Part 1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 96:311-525.:363 (key female), 368 (listed); Hurd, 1952Hurd, P.D. Jr. 1952. Revision of the Nearctic species of the pompilid genus Pepsis (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae). The American Museum of Natural History, Bulletin 98 (article 4):261-334. (distribution); Vardy, 2005Vardy, C.R. 2005. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 3. The P. inclyta- to P. auriguttata-groups. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 79 (5):1-305. (distribution), 277 (listed), 278 (description female, description male), 279 (distribution), 28 (key male), 79 (key female), 81 (key female); Rasmussen & Asenjo, 2009Rasmussen, C. & A. Asenjo 2009. A checklist to the wasps of Peru (Hymenoptera, Aculeata). ZooKeys 15:1-78. (distribution); Fernández et al., 2017Fernández, F., V. Castro, J. Rodríguez, C. Waichert & J.P. Pitts 2017. Avispas cazadoras de arañas de Colombia (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Proceditor Ltda., Bogotá, D. C., Colombia. (distribution); Kurczewski et al., 2020Kurczewski, F.E., R.C. West, C. Waichert, K.C. Kissane, D. Ubick & J.P. Pitts 2020. New and unusual host records for North American and South American spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Zootaxa 4891 (1):1-112. (distribution), 23 (prey); Fernández et al., 2022Fernández, F., J. Rodriguez, C. Waichert, B. Decker & J. Pitts 2022. Twenty two years later: An updated checklist of Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Zootaxa 5116 (4):451-503. (distribution).
Pepsis chlorana Mocsáry, 1885:262, ♀. ♀, São Paulo in Brasilia et Vallis Cauca in Columbia (Mus. Hung.), Lectotype ♀, examined (Természettudományi Múzeum, Budapest), designated by Vardy, 2005Vardy, C.R. 2005. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 3. The P. inclyta- to P. auriguttata-groups. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 79 (5):1-305.:277. Synonymized with Pepsis purpureipes Packard, 1869 by Vardy, 2005Vardy, C.R. 2005. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 3. The P. inclyta- to P. auriguttata-groups. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 79 (5):1-305.:277. - Mocsáry, 1885Mocsáry, A. 1885. Species novae vel minus cognitae generis Pepsis, Fabr. Termeszetrajzi Füzetek 9:236-271. (distribution); Lucas, 1895Lucas, R. 1895. Die Pompiliden-Gattung Pepsis. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 39 (4):449-840. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution), 249 (listed); Hurd, 1952Hurd, P.D. Jr. 1952. Revision of the Nearctic species of the pompilid genus Pepsis (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae). The American Museum of Natural History, Bulletin 98 (article 4):261-334. (distribution).
Pepsis antennalis Cameron, 1893:217, ♀. Holotype ♀, Panama (leg. Boucard), Lectotype ♀, examined (British Museum (Natural History) [now The Natural History Museum, London]), designated by Vardy, 2005Vardy, C.R. 2005. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 3. The P. inclyta- to P. auriguttata-groups. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 79 (5):1-305.:277. Synonymized with Pepsis purpureipes Packard, 1869 by Vardy, 2005Vardy, C.R. 2005. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 3. The P. inclyta- to P. auriguttata-groups. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 79 (5):1-305.:277. - Cameron, 1888-1900Cameron, P. 1888-1900. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. R. H. Porter and Dulau & Co., London. 413pp, 14 pl.:217 (listed); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution), 247 (listed); Hurd, 1952Hurd, P.D. Jr. 1952. Revision of the Nearctic species of the pompilid genus Pepsis (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae). The American Museum of Natural History, Bulletin 98 (article 4):261-334. (distribution).
Pepsis sulcifrons Cameron, 1903:226, ♀. ♀, Nanegal, 3-4000 feet, Lectotype ♀, examined (British Museum (Natural History) [now The Natural History Museum, London]), designated by Vardy, 2005Vardy, C.R. 2005. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 3. The P. inclyta- to P. auriguttata-groups. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 79 (5):1-305.:277. Synonymized with Pepsis purpureipes Packard, 1869 by Vardy, 2005Vardy, C.R. 2005. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 3. The P. inclyta- to P. auriguttata-groups. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 79 (5):1-305.:277. - Banks, 1946Banks, N. 1946. Studies of South American Psammocharidae. Part 1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 96:311-525. (distribution), 363 (key female), 371 (listed); Hurd, 1952Hurd, P.D. Jr. 1952. Revision of the Nearctic species of the pompilid genus Pepsis (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae). The American Museum of Natural History, Bulletin 98 (article 4):261-334. (distribution).
Pepsis carinata Brèthes, 1914:311, ♂. Holotype ♂, Balzapampa (Equateur) (Mus. São Paulo, leg. R. Haensch); Vardy, 2005Vardy, C.R. 2005. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 3. The P. inclyta- to P. auriguttata-groups. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 79 (5):1-305.:277, Holotype ♂, examined (Museu de Zoologia de la Universidade de São Paulo); Andrade et al., 2018Andrade, T. de O., K.S. Ramos, H.C. Onody, A.D. dos Santos & C.R.F. Brandão 2018. Type specimens of Pompiloidea, Thynnoidea and Vespoidea (Hymenoptera) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 58:1-21.:5, Holotype ♂ (Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, MZSP 56494). Synonymized with Pepsis purpureipes Packard, 1869 by Vardy, 2005Vardy, C.R. 2005. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 3. The P. inclyta- to P. auriguttata-groups. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 79 (5):1-305.:277. - Hurd, 1952Hurd, P.D. Jr. 1952. Revision of the Nearctic species of the pompilid genus Pepsis (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae). The American Museum of Natural History, Bulletin 98 (article 4):261-334. (distribution); Andrade et al., 2018Andrade, T. de O., K.S. Ramos, H.C. Onody, A.D. dos Santos & C.R.F. Brandão 2018. Type specimens of Pompiloidea, Thynnoidea and Vespoidea (Hymenoptera) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 58:1-21.:5 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis purpureipes Packard, 1869).
Pepsis equatoriana Brèthes, 1914:315, ♂. Holotype ♀, Santa Inéz (Équateur), male or female? (Mus. São Paulo, leg. R. Haensch); Vardy, 2005Vardy, C.R. 2005. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 3. The P. inclyta- to P. auriguttata-groups. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 79 (5):1-305.:277, lost, Ecuador: “Santa Inez”. Synonymized with Pepsis purpureipes Packard, 1869 by Vardy, 2005Vardy, C.R. 2005. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 3. The P. inclyta- to P. auriguttata-groups. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 79 (5):1-305.:277. - Banks, 1946Banks, N. 1946. Studies of South American Psammocharidae. Part 1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 96:311-525. (distribution), 381 (key male), 391 (listed); Hurd, 1952Hurd, P.D. Jr. 1952. Revision of the Nearctic species of the pompilid genus Pepsis (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae). The American Museum of Natural History, Bulletin 98 (article 4):261-334. (distribution).
Hemipepsis angusta Banks, 1941 ♂. 1 ♂, Solomon Islands: Guadalcanar Islands, Jan. 1921 (leg. Kusche); 1 ♂, Tulagi, Florida, Solomon Islands (leg. Mann).
Pepsis angusta Banks, 1946:390, ♂. Type ♂, Colombia (probably Bogota) (Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., leg. Felix Ovallo); Vardy, 2005Vardy, C.R. 2005. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 3. The P. inclyta- to P. auriguttata-groups. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 79 (5):1-305.:277, Holotype ♂, examined (American Museum of Natural History, New York). Synonymized with Pepsis purpureipes Packard, 1869 by Vardy, 2005Vardy, C.R. 2005. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 3. The P. inclyta- to P. auriguttata-groups. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 79 (5):1-305.:277. - Banks, 1946Banks, N. 1946. Studies of South American Psammocharidae. Part 1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 96:311-525.:381 (key male); Hurd, 1952Hurd, P.D. Jr. 1952. Revision of the Nearctic species of the pompilid genus Pepsis (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae). The American Museum of Natural History, Bulletin 98 (article 4):261-334. (distribution).

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Area distribution map

map of Pepsis purpuripes Packard, 1869

Distribution

ARGArgentina
 (Brèthes, 1914 [as Pepsis equatoriana Brèthes, 1914])
BRABrazil
 (Mocsáry, 1885 [as Pepsis chlorana Mocsáry, 1885]; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis chlorana Mocsáry, 1885]; Dalla Torre, 1897; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis chlorana Mocsáry, 1885]; Hurd, 1952; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis chlorana Mocsáry, 1885])
COLColombia
 (Mocsáry, 1885 [as Pepsis chlorana Mocsáry, 1885]; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis chlorana Mocsáry, 1885]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis chlorana Mocsáry, 1885]; Banks, 1946 [as Pepsis angusta Banks, 1946]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis angusta Banks, 1946]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis chlorana Mocsáry, 1885]; Vardy, 2005; Fernández et al., 2017; Kurczewski et al., 2020; Fernández et al., 2022)
ECUEcuador
 (Cameron, 1903 [as Pepsis sulcifrons Cameron, 1903]; Brèthes, 1914 [as Pepsis carinata Brèthes, 1914]; Banks, 1946 [as Pepsis sulcifrons Cameron, 1903]; Banks, 1946 [as Pepsis equatoriana Brèthes, 1914]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis sulcifrons Cameron, 1903]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis carinata Brèthes, 1914]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis equatoriana Brèthes, 1914]; Vardy, 2005 [as Pepsis equatoriana Brèthes, 1914]; Andrade et al., 2018 [as Pepsis carinata Brèthes, 1914]; Kurczewski et al., 2020; Fernández et al., 2022)
PANPanama
 (Cameron, 1893 [as Pepsis antennalis Cameron, 1893]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis antennalis Cameron, 1893]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis antennalis Cameron, 1893]; Vardy, 2005; Fernández et al., 2017; Fernández et al., 2022)
PERPeru
 (Vardy, 2005; Rasmussen & Asenjo, 2009; Fernández et al., 2017; Fernández et al., 2022)
SLBSolomon Islands
 (Banks, 1941 [as Hemipepsis angusta Banks, 1941])
VENVenezuela
 (Vardy, 2005; Fernández et al., 2017; Fernández et al., 2022)

Literature

  • Andrade, T. de O., K.S. Ramos, H.C. Onody, A.D. dos Santos & C.R.F. Brandão 2018. Type specimens of Pompiloidea, Thynnoidea and Vespoidea (Hymenoptera) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 58:1-21.
  • Banks, N. 1941. Psammocharidae from the Solomon Islands, Prince of Wales Island, and New Caledonia. . Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Occasional Papers 16:231-245.
  • Banks, N. 1946. Studies of South American Psammocharidae. Part 1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 96:311-525.
  • Brèthes, J. 1914. Contribution â l'étude des Pepsis. Museo nacional de historia natural de Buenos Aires 26:235-360.
  • Cameron, P. 1888-1900. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. R. H. Porter and Dulau & Co., London. 413pp, 14 pl.
  • Cameron, P. 1893. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. :177-257.
  • Cameron, P. 1903. Descriptions of new species of Hymenoptera taken by Mr. Edward Whymper on the higher Andes of the Equator. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 29:225-238.
  • Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.
  • Fernández, F., J. Rodriguez, C. Waichert, B. Decker & J. Pitts 2022. Twenty two years later: An updated checklist of Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Zootaxa 5116 (4):451-503.
  • Fernández, F., V. Castro, J. Rodríguez, C. Waichert & J.P. Pitts 2017. Avispas cazadoras de arañas de Colombia (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Proceditor Ltda., Bogotá, D. C., Colombia.
  • Hurd, P.D. Jr. 1952. Revision of the Nearctic species of the pompilid genus Pepsis (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae). The American Museum of Natural History, Bulletin 98 (article 4):261-334.
  • Kurczewski, F.E., R.C. West, C. Waichert, K.C. Kissane, D. Ubick & J.P. Pitts 2020. New and unusual host records for North American and South American spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Zootaxa 4891 (1):1-112.
  • Lucas, R. 1895. Die Pompiliden-Gattung Pepsis. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 39 (4):449-840.
  • Mocsáry, A. 1885. Species novae vel minus cognitae generis Pepsis, Fabr. Termeszetrajzi Füzetek 9:236-271.
  • Packard, A.S. Jr. 1869. List of hymenopterous and lepidopterous insects collected by the Smithsonian expedition to South America, under Prof. James Orton. Annual Report of the Peabody Academy of Science 1:56-69.
  • Rasmussen, C. & A. Asenjo 2009. A checklist to the wasps of Peru (Hymenoptera, Aculeata). ZooKeys 15:1-78.
  • Vardy, C.R. 2005. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 3. The P. inclyta- to P. auriguttata-groups. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 79 (5):1-305.