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Pepsis grossa (Fabricius, 1798)

Sphex grossa Fabricius, 1798:245, sex not indicated.India, Lectotype ♂, examined (University Zoological Museum, Copenhagen (Kiel collection)), designated by Vardy, 2002Vardy, C.R. 2002. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. The P. grossa- to P. deaurata-groups. Zool. Verh. 337:1-134.:58. - Fabricius, 1804Fabricius, J.C. 1804. Systema Piezatorum secundum Ordines, Genera, Species adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus. Apud Carolum Reichard, Brunsvigae. xiv + 440 + 30 pp.:214 (listed); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.:254 (listed); Vardy, 2002Vardy, C.R. 2002. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. The P. grossa- to P. deaurata-groups. Zool. Verh. 337:1-134.:58 (listed). - As Pepsis grossa: - Fabricius, 1804Fabricius, J.C. 1804. Systema Piezatorum secundum Ordines, Genera, Species adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus. Apud Carolum Reichard, Brunsvigae. xiv + 440 + 30 pp.:214 (listed); Lepeletier, 1845Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, A.L.M. 1845. Histoire naturelle des Insects. Suites à Buffon. Hyménoptères, III. Roret, Paris. 1-646.:487 (listed); Dahlbom, 1845Dahlbom, A.G. 1845. Hymenoptera Europaea Praecipue Borealia-per familias, genera, species et varietates disposita atque descripta. Sphex Linn. Fasciculus III.: Crabronidarum continuatio et finis, Supplementum I. 353-528. (distribution), 464 (listed); Radoszkowski, 1888Radoszkowski, O. 1888. Révision des armures copulatrices des mâles de la famille Pompilidae. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 2:462-493.:489 (description male, listed); Cameron, 1891Cameron, P. 1891. Hymenoptera Orientalis; or contributions to a knowledge of the Hymenoptera of the Oriental Zoological Region. Part III. Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society ser. 4:431-481.:444 (listed); 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), 254 (listed); Kriechbaumer, 1900Kriechbaumer, J. 1900. Von Ihrer Königl. Hoheit der Prinzessin Therese von Bayern auf einer Reise in Südamerika gesammelte Insecten. 1. Hymenoptera (Fortsetzung). Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 45:97-107. (distribution); Lucas, 1919Lucas, R. 1919. Pompiliden-Studien. I. Arch. Naturgesch., A. 83 (5):1-180+3 pls. (distribution); Banks, 1944Banks, N. 1944. The Psammocharidae (Hymenoptera) taken at Kartabo and other localities in British Guiana. Zoologica 29:97-112. (distribution), 100 (key, listed); Banks, 1944Banks, N. 1944. Psammocharidae (spider-wasps): Notes and descriptions. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 94 (4):165-187.:182 (discussion); 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), 334 (key, listed), 404 (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); Sarmiento, 2001Sarmiento M., C.E. 2001. Insectos. Boletin del Proyecto Diversidad de Insectos de Colombia 4:1-15. (distribution); Vardy, 2002Vardy, C.R. 2002. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. The P. grossa- to P. deaurata-groups. Zool. Verh. 337:1-134. (distribution), 32 (key male), 53 (key female), 58 (listed), 59 (description male), 60 (description female), 61 (distribution); Starr & Hook, 2003Starr, C.K. & Hook, A.W. 2003. The aculeate Hymenoptera of Trinidad, West Indies. Occasional Papers o the Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies 12:1-31. (distribution); Rasmussen & Asenjo, 2009Rasmussen, C. & A. Asenjo 2009. A checklist to the wasps of Peru (Hymenoptera, Aculeata). ZooKeys 15:1-78. (distribution); Medina, 2016Medina Rosa, J.R. 2016. Avispas de Puerto Rico - Hymenoptera: Symphyta, Apocrita (Aculeata). Ediciones Digitales, 1-23. (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), 12 (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). - As Salius grossus: - Cameron, 1891Cameron, P. 1891. Hymenoptera Orientalis; or contributions to a knowledge of the Hymenoptera of the Oriental Zoological Region. Part III. Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society ser. 4:431-481. (distribution), 444 (listed); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.:254 (listed).
Pompilus formosus Say, 1823:76, Vardy, 2002Vardy, C.R. 2002. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. The P. grossa- to P. deaurata-groups. Zool. Verh. 337:1-134.:58, Neotype ♂, Designated by Hurd, 1948:135 (California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco). Synonymized with Pepsis grossa (Fabricius, 1798) by Vardy, 2002Vardy, C.R. 2002. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. The P. grossa- to P. deaurata-groups. Zool. Verh. 337:1-134.:58. - Cresson, 1867Cresson, E.T. 1867. Notes on the Pompilidæ of North America, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 1 (1867/1868):85-150.:144 (listed); Mocsáry, 1885Mocsáry, A. 1885. Species novae vel minus cognitae generis Pepsis, Fabr. Termeszetrajzi Füzetek 9:236-271.:245 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)); Cresson, 1887Cresson, E.T. 1887. Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hymenoptera of America, North of Mexico. Transactions of the American Entomological Society Supplementary Volume:1-350.:271 (listed); Cameron, 1888-1900Cameron, P. 1888-1900. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. R. H. Porter and Dulau & Co., London. 413pp, 14 pl.:219 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)); Cameron, 1893Cameron, P. 1893. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. :177-257.:219 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)); Lucas, 1895Lucas, R. 1895. Die Pompiliden-Gattung Pepsis. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 39 (4):449-840.:729 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.:253 (listed), 261 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)); Townes, 1957Townes, H. 1957. Nearctic wasps of the subfamilies Pepsinae and Ceropalinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 209:1-286.:28 (listed); Vardy, 2002Vardy, C.R. 2002. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. The P. grossa- to P. deaurata-groups. Zool. Verh. 337:1-134.:58 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis grossa (Fabricius, 1798)). - As Pepsis formosa: - Cresson, 1867Cresson, E.T. 1867. Notes on the Pompilidæ of North America, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 1 (1867/1868):85-150. (distribution), 144 (listed); Cresson, 1872Cresson, E.T. 1872. Hymenoptera Texana. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4:153-292. (distribution); Cresson, 1887Cresson, E.T. 1887. Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hymenoptera of America, North of Mexico. Transactions of the American Entomological Society Supplementary Volume:1-350.:274 (listed); Cameron, 1893Cameron, P. 1893. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. :177-257.:219 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)); 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), 253 (listed), 261 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)); Fox, 1898Fox, W.J. 1898. The species of Pepsis, inhabiting America north of Mexico. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 4 (2):140-148. (distribution); Cockerell, 1898Cockerell, T.D.A. 1898. Contributions to the entomology of New Mexico. Proc. Davenport Acad. nat. Sci. 7:139-148. (distribution); Banks, 1919Banks, N. 1919. The Psammocharidae of western North America. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 63:229-248. (distribution), 248 (key, listed); Lucas, 1919Lucas, R. 1919. Pompiliden-Studien. I. Arch. Naturgesch., A. 83 (5):1-180+3 pls. (distribution); Banks, 1921Banks, N. 1921. New Nearctic fossorial Hymenoptera. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 16:16-26.:23 (key); Wolcott, 1948Wolcott, G.N. 1948. The insects of Puerto Rico. The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico 32 (4):749-975. (distribution); 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), 268 (prey), 283 (description female, description male); Medina Gaud & Martorell, 1974Medina Gaud, S. & L.F. Martorell 1974. The insects of Caja de Muertos Island, Puerto Rico. Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico 58:244-272. (distribution). - As Pepsis formosa formosa: - 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), 278 (key male), 281 (key female), 286 (description female, description male); Townes, 1957Townes, H. 1957. Nearctic wasps of the subfamilies Pepsinae and Ceropalinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 209:1-286.:28 (listed); Krombein, 1958Krombein, K.V. 1958. Family Pompilidae. In: Krombein, K.V. (Ed.). Hymenoptera of America North of Mexico - Synoptic Catalog. Washington: U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph No. 2. First Supplement, 305 pp. 170-186. (distribution), 170 (change of status); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209. (distribution); Evans, 1997Evans, H.E. 1997. Spider wasps of Colorado (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae): An annotated checklist. The Great Basin Naturalist 57 (3):189-197. (distribution); Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021Vanoye-Eligio, M., M. del C. Gómez-Camal, B. del R. Martín-Canché, M. Rosas-Mejía, J.V. HortaVega & V. Vanoye-Eligio 2021. Current knowledge of the family Pompilidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) in Mexico: diversity and geographical distribution. Zootaxa 5071 (4):505-536. (distribution).
Pepsis affinis Dahlbom, 1845:464 (key), ♀. Holotype ♀, Surinam, Lectotype ♀, examined (Museum of Zoology and Entomology, Lund), designated by Vardy, 2002Vardy, C.R. 2002. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. The P. grossa- to P. deaurata-groups. Zool. Verh. 337:1-134.:58. Synonymized with Pepsis grossa (Fabricius, 1798) by Vardy, 2002Vardy, C.R. 2002. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. The P. grossa- to P. deaurata-groups. Zool. Verh. 337:1-134.:58. - 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), 246 (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). - As Salius affinis: - Morawitz, 1891Morawitz, F. 1891. Über Astrachan'sche Fossoria. Trudy Russkago entomologicheskago Obshchestva. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae 25 (13):175-233. (distribution), 202 (listed).
Pepsis grossa Smith, 1855 - Lucas, 1895Lucas, R. 1895. Die Pompiliden-Gattung Pepsis. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 39 (4):449-840.:543 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis pretiosa Dahlbom, 1843); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.:259 (listed); Haupt, 1952Haupt, H. 1952. Alte und neue Pepsis-Arten (Hymenoptera-Sphecoidea) Pompilidae, olim Psammocharidae auct. Nova Acta Leopoldina 15 (109):311-414. (distribution); Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021Vanoye-Eligio, M., M. del C. Gómez-Camal, B. del R. Martín-Canché, M. Rosas-Mejía, J.V. HortaVega & V. Vanoye-Eligio 2021. Current knowledge of the family Pompilidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) in Mexico: diversity and geographical distribution. Zootaxa 5071 (4):505-536. (distribution).
Pepsis obliquerugosa Lucas, 1895:576, ♀. ♀, Cuba (Mus. Berol.); ♀, St. Thomas (Mus. caes. Vindob., leg. Winthem), Lectotype ♀, examined (Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), designated by Vardy, 2002Vardy, C.R. 2002. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. The P. grossa- to P. deaurata-groups. Zool. Verh. 337:1-134.:58. Synonymized with Pepsis grossa (Fabricius, 1798) by Vardy, 2002Vardy, C.R. 2002. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. The P. grossa- to P. deaurata-groups. Zool. Verh. 337:1-134.:58. - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution), 258 (listed); Fox, 1898Fox, W.J. 1898. The species of Pepsis, inhabiting America north of Mexico. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 4 (2):140-148. (distribution); Lucas, 1919Lucas, R. 1919. Pompiliden-Studien. I. Arch. Naturgesch., A. 83 (5):1-180+3 pls. (distribution); Banks, 1921Banks, N. 1921. New Nearctic fossorial Hymenoptera. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 16:16-26.:22 (key); Banks, 1928Banks, N. 1928. Notes on Cuban and other West Indian Psammocharidae. Studies on Cuban Insects. Studies Biol. Lab. in Cuba (Atkins Foundation) 1:3-10. (distribution), 4 (key female, listed); Banks, 1944Banks, N. 1944. Psammocharidae (spider-wasps): Notes and descriptions. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 94 (4):165-187. (distribution), 181 (discussion); 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); Haupt, 1952Haupt, H. 1952. Alte und neue Pepsis-Arten (Hymenoptera-Sphecoidea) Pompilidae, olim Psammocharidae auct. Nova Acta Leopoldina 15 (109):311-414. (distribution); Alayo, 1969Alayo, P.D. 1969. Estudios sobre los Himenópteros de Cuba. IV Subfamilias Pepsinae Y Ceropalinae (Familia Pompilidae). Poeyana 61:1-45.:9 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis terminata Dahlbom, 1843); Alayo, 1973Alayo, P.D. 1973. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218.:165 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis terminata Dahlbom, 1843).
Pepsis nephele Lucas, 1895:739, ♀. ♀, Texas (Mus. Hung.), Lectotype ♀, examined (Természettudományi Múzeum, Budapest), designated by Vardy, 2002Vardy, C.R. 2002. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. The P. grossa- to P. deaurata-groups. Zool. Verh. 337:1-134.:58. Synonymized with Pepsis grossa (Fabricius, 1798) by Vardy, 2002Vardy, C.R. 2002. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. The P. grossa- to P. deaurata-groups. Zool. Verh. 337:1-134.:58. - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution), 257 (listed); Fox, 1898Fox, W.J. 1898. The species of Pepsis, inhabiting America north of Mexico. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 4 (2):140-148. (distribution); Banks, 1921Banks, N. 1921. New Nearctic fossorial Hymenoptera. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 16:16-26.:23 (key); 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.:321 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis formosa (Say, 1823)); Townes, 1957Townes, H. 1957. Nearctic wasps of the subfamilies Pepsinae and Ceropalinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 209:1-286.:28 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis formosa formosa (Say, 1823)); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1526 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis formosa formosa (Say, 1823)). - As Pepsis formosa nephele: - Cockerell, 1898Cockerell, T.D.A. 1898. Contributions to the entomology of New Mexico. Proc. Davenport Acad. nat. Sci. 7:139-148.:146 (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 pseudoformosa Cockerell, 1898:146, ♂ - 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.:322 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis formosa (Say, 1823)); Townes, 1957Townes, H. 1957. Nearctic wasps of the subfamilies Pepsinae and Ceropalinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 209:1-286.:29 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis formosa formosa (Say, 1823)); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1526 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis formosa formosa (Say, 1823)); Vardy, 2002Vardy, C.R. 2002. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. The P. grossa- to P. deaurata-groups. Zool. Verh. 337:1-134.:58 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis grossa (Fabricius, 1798)).
Pepsis formosa Theresiae Kriechbaumer, 1900:102, ♂. Holotype ♂, Puerto Berrio am mittleren Rio Magdalena (Columbien), den 1ten Juli, Lectotype ♂, examined (Zoologische Staatssammlung, Munich), designated by Vardy, 2002Vardy, C.R. 2002. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. The P. grossa- to P. deaurata-groups. Zool. Verh. 337:1-134.:58. Synonymized with Pepsis grossa (Fabricius, 1798) by Vardy, 2002Vardy, C.R. 2002. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. The P. grossa- to P. deaurata-groups. Zool. Verh. 337:1-134.:58. - Lucas, 1919Lucas, R. 1919. Pompiliden-Studien. I. Arch. Naturgesch., A. 83 (5):1-180+3 pls. (distribution). - As Pepsis theresiae: - 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), 334 (description female, key, listed), 335 (description male), 404 (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).
Pepsis colombica Brèthes, 1926:9, Lectotype ♂, examined (Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Buenos Aires), designated by Vardy, 2002Vardy, C.R. 2002. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. The P. grossa- to P. deaurata-groups. Zool. Verh. 337:1-134.:58. Synonymized with Pepsis grossa (Fabricius, 1798) by Vardy, 2002Vardy, C.R. 2002. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. The P. grossa- to P. deaurata-groups. Zool. Verh. 337:1-134.:58.
Pepsis pattoni Banks, 1944:181, ♂♀. Allotype ♂, southern Arizona; Holotype ♀, Palmerlee, July (M.C.Z., No. 25805, leg. Biedermann). Synonymized with Pepsis grossa (Fabricius, 1798) by Vardy, 2002Vardy, C.R. 2002. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. The P. grossa- to P. deaurata-groups. Zool. Verh. 337:1-134.:58. - Banks, 1944Banks, N. 1944. Psammocharidae (spider-wasps): Notes and descriptions. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 94 (4):165-187. (distribution); 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.:287 (listed); Townes, 1957Townes, H. 1957. Nearctic wasps of the subfamilies Pepsinae and Ceropalinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 209:1-286.:29 (listed). - As Pepsis formosa pattoni: - 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), 278 (key male), 281 (key female); Townes, 1957Townes, H. 1957. Nearctic wasps of the subfamilies Pepsinae and Ceropalinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 209:1-286.:29 (listed); Krombein, 1958Krombein, K.V. 1958. Family Pompilidae. In: Krombein, K.V. (Ed.). Hymenoptera of America North of Mexico - Synoptic Catalog. Washington: U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph No. 2. First Supplement, 305 pp. 170-186. (distribution), 170 (change of status); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209. (distribution); Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021Vanoye-Eligio, M., M. del C. Gómez-Camal, B. del R. Martín-Canché, M. Rosas-Mejía, J.V. HortaVega & V. Vanoye-Eligio 2021. Current knowledge of the family Pompilidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) in Mexico: diversity and geographical distribution. Zootaxa 5071 (4):505-536. (distribution).
Pepsis pellita Haupt, 1952:400 (key), ♂. Holotype ♂, Ecuador (Guayaquil) (Haupt), Lectotype ♂, examined (Martin-Luther Universität, Halle), designated by Vardy, 2002Vardy, C.R. 2002. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. The P. grossa- to P. deaurata-groups. Zool. Verh. 337:1-134.:58. Synonymized with Pepsis grossa (Fabricius, 1798) by Vardy, 2002Vardy, C.R. 2002. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. The P. grossa- to P. deaurata-groups. Zool. Verh. 337:1-134.:58.

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Area distribution map

map of Pepsis grossa (Fabricius, 1798)

Distribution

BRABrazil
 (Lucas, 1895; Dalla Torre, 1897; Lucas, 1919; Haupt, 1952 [as Pepsis obliquerugosa Lucas, 1895]; Hurd, 1952)
COLColombia
 (Lucas, 1895; Dalla Torre, 1897; Kriechbaumer, 1900; Kriechbaumer, 1900 [as Pepsis formosa theresiae Kriechbaumer, 1900]; Lucas, 1919; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis formosa theresiae Kriechbaumer, 1900]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis formosa (Say, 1823)]; Banks, 1946; Hurd, 1952; Haupt, 1952 [as Pepsis grossa Smith, 1855]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis theresiae Kriechbaumer, 1900]; Sarmiento, 2001; Vardy, 2002; Fernández et al., 2017)
CRICosta Rica
 (Vardy, 2002)
CUBCuba
 (Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis obliquerugosa Lucas, 1895]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis obliquerugosa Lucas, 1895]; Fox, 1898 [as Pepsis obliquerugosa Lucas, 1895]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis obliquerugosa Lucas, 1895]; Banks, 1928 [as Pepsis obliquerugosa Lucas, 1895]; Banks, 1944 [as Pepsis obliquerugosa Lucas, 1895]; Haupt, 1952 [as Pepsis obliquerugosa Lucas, 1895]; Vardy, 2002)
ECUEcuador
 (Banks, 1946 [as Pepsis theresiae Kriechbaumer, 1900]; Haupt, 1952 [as Pepsis pellita Haupt, 1952]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis theresiae Kriechbaumer, 1900]; Vardy, 2002; Fernández et al., 2017)
GTMGuatemala
 (Vardy, 2002)
GUFFrench Guiana
 (Vardy, 2002)
GUYGuyana
 (Banks, 1944; Hurd, 1952; Vardy, 2002)
HNDHonduras
 (Vardy, 2002)
INDIndia
 (Dahlbom, 1845; Cameron, 1891)
KAZKazakhstan
 (Morawitz, 1891 [as Salius affinis (Dahlbom, 1845)])
MEXMexico
 (Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis formosa (Say, 1823)]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis formosa (Say, 1823)]; Fox, 1898 [as Pepsis obliquerugosa Lucas, 1895]; Fox, 1898 [as Pepsis formosa (Say, 1823)]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis formosa (Say, 1823)]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis formosa pattoni Banks, 1944]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis formosa nephele Lucas, 1895]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis formosa (Say, 1823)]; Krombein, 1958 [as Pepsis formosa formosa (Say, 1823)]; Krombein et al., 1979 [as Pepsis formosa pattoni Banks, 1944]; Krombein et al., 1979 [as Pepsis formosa formosa (Say, 1823)]; Vardy, 2002; Fernández et al., 2022)
MEX-BaCMexico - Baja California
 (Krombein, 1958 [as Pepsis formosa pattoni Banks, 1944]; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021 [as Pepsis formosa pattoni Banks, 1944])
MEX-CdZMexico - Coahuila
 (Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021 [as Pepsis formosa formosa (Say, 1823)])
MEX-ChiMexico - Chihuahua
 (Kurczewski et al., 2020; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021 [as Pepsis grossa Smith, 1855]; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021 [as Pepsis formosa formosa (Say, 1823)])
MEX-ColMexico - Colima
 (Kurczewski et al., 2020; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021 [as Pepsis grossa Smith, 1855])
MEX-SonMexico - Sonora
 (Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021 [as Pepsis formosa pattoni Banks, 1944])
PANPanama
 (Vardy, 2002)
PERPeru
 (Vardy, 2002; Rasmussen & Asenjo, 2009; Fernández et al., 2022)
PRIPuerto Rico
 (Wolcott, 1948 [as Pepsis formosa (Say, 1823)]; Medina Gaud & Martorell, 1974 [as Pepsis formosa (Say, 1823)]; Vardy, 2002; Medina, 2016)
SURSuriname
 (Dahlbom, 1845 [as Pepsis affinis Dahlbom, 1845]; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis affinis Dahlbom, 1845]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis affinis Dahlbom, 1845]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis affinis Dahlbom, 1845]; Vardy, 2002)
TTOTrinidad and Tobago
 (Banks, 1946 [as Pepsis theresiae Kriechbaumer, 1900]; Banks, 1946; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis theresiae Kriechbaumer, 1900]; Hurd, 1952; Starr & Hook, 2003; Fernández et al., 2022)
USAUnited States
 (Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis formosa (Say, 1823)]; Vardy, 2002; Fernández et al., 2017)
USA-ARUnited States - Arkansas
 (Kurczewski et al., 2020)
USA-AZUnited States - Arizona
 (Fox, 1898 [as Pepsis obliquerugosa Lucas, 1895]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis formosa nephele Lucas, 1895]; Krombein et al., 1979 [as Pepsis formosa pattoni Banks, 1944]; Krombein et al., 1979 [as Pepsis formosa formosa (Say, 1823)]; Kurczewski et al., 2020)
USA-CAUnited States - California
 (Cresson, 1867 [as Pepsis formosa (Say, 1823)]; Banks, 1919 [as Pepsis formosa (Say, 1823)]; Banks, 1944 [as Pepsis pattoni Banks, 1944]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis formosa (Say, 1823)]; Krombein et al., 1979 [as Pepsis formosa pattoni Banks, 1944])
USA-COUnited States - Colorado
 (Evans, 1997 [as Pepsis formosa formosa (Say, 1823)])
USA-KSUnited States - Kansas
 (Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis formosa (Say, 1823)]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis formosa nephele Lucas, 1895]; Krombein et al., 1979 [as Pepsis formosa formosa (Say, 1823)])
USA-MOUnited States - Missouri
 (Krombein et al., 1979 [as Pepsis formosa formosa (Say, 1823)])
USA-NMUnited States - New Mexico
 (Cockerell, 1898 [as Pepsis formosa (Say, 1823)]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis formosa nephele Lucas, 1895]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis formosa formosa (Say, 1823)]; Krombein et al., 1979 [as Pepsis formosa pattoni Banks, 1944])
USA-NVUnited States - Nevada
 (Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis formosa (Say, 1823)]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis formosa nephele Lucas, 1895]; Krombein et al., 1979 [as Pepsis formosa formosa (Say, 1823)])
USA-OKUnited States - Oklahoma
 (Kurczewski et al., 2020)
USA-TXUnited States - Texas
 (Cresson, 1872 [as Pepsis formosa (Say, 1823)]; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis formosa (Say, 1823)]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis formosa (Say, 1823)]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis nephele Lucas, 1895]; Fox, 1898 [as Pepsis formosa (Say, 1823)]; Fox, 1898 [as Pepsis nephele Lucas, 1895]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis formosa (Say, 1823)]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis formosa formosa (Say, 1823)]; Krombein et al., 1979 [as Pepsis formosa formosa (Say, 1823)]; Kurczewski et al., 2020)
VIRVirgin Islands (U.S.)
 (Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis obliquerugosa Lucas, 1895]; Fox, 1898 [as Pepsis obliquerugosa Lucas, 1895]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis obliquerugosa Lucas, 1895])
WIIWest Indies
 (Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis obliquerugosa Lucas, 1895]; Fernández et al., 2022)

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