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Pepsis menechma Lepeletier, 1845

Pepsis elegans Lepeletier, 1845:489, ♂, Pensylvanie (Musée de M. Serville); 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.:131, lost, Pennsylvania. Synonymized with Pepsis menechma Lepeletier, 1845 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.:131. - Smith, 1855Smith, F. 1855. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III, Mutillidae and Pompilidae. :203 pp, 5 pl.:201 (listed); Costa, 1866Costa, A. 1866. Anno III. - 1863. Annuario del Museo Zoologico della R. Università di Napoli :90 pp + 4 Tavole. (distribution); 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, 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.:273 (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), 247 (listed), 252 (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); 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), 279 (key male), 281 (key female), 297 (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.:30 (listed); 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); Gillaspy, 1990Gillaspy, J.E. 1990. Pepsis novitia Banks in Texas. Sphecos 19:21.:21 (determination); Leavengood, Jr. J.M. et al., 2011Leavengood, Jr. J.M., Waichert, C. & Rodriguez, J. 2011. A distributional checklist of the spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of Florida. Insecta Mundi 0161 (March 2011):1-8.:4 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis menechma Lepeletier, 1845); Leavengood et al., 2011Leavengood, J.M., C.Waichert & J. Rodriguez 2011. A distributional checklist of the spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of Florida. Insecta Mundi 0161:1-8.:4 (listed). - As Pepsis elegans elegans: - Townes, 1957Townes, H. 1957. Nearctic wasps of the subfamilies Pepsinae and Ceropalinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 209:1-286.:30 (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.:170 (change of status).
Pepsis Menechma Lepeletier, 1845:481, Lectotype ♂, examined (Museo ed Istituto di Zoologia Sistematica dell’ Università, Turin), 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.:131. - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.:257 (listed); 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), 131 (listed), 132 (description female, description male), 136 (distribution), 32 (key male), 72 (key female), 75 (key female); Rasmussen & Asenjo, 2009Rasmussen, C. & A. Asenjo 2009. A checklist to the wasps of Peru (Hymenoptera, Aculeata). ZooKeys 15:1-78. (distribution), 31 (listed); Leavengood, Jr. J.M. et al., 2011Leavengood, Jr. J.M., Waichert, C. & Rodriguez, J. 2011. A distributional checklist of the spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of Florida. Insecta Mundi 0161 (March 2011):1-8. (distribution); Leavengood et al., 2011Leavengood, J.M., C.Waichert & J. Rodriguez 2011. A distributional checklist of the spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of Florida. Insecta Mundi 0161:1-8. (distribution), 4 (listed); Corro & Cambra, 2011Corro, P.E. & R.A. Cambra 2011. Diversidad de avispas (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) cazadoras de arañas del Parque Nacional Darién, República de Panamá. Tecnociencia 13 (1):77-90. (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); Corro-Chang et al., 2017Corro-Chang, P., R.A. Cambra & A.Santos 2017. Listado sinóptico de Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) presentes en el Parque Nacional Coiba, República de Panamá. Tecnociencia 19 (1):19-31. (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), 17 (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 prismatica Smith, 1855:200, ♂. Holotype ♂, Mexico, 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.:131. Synonymized with Pepsis menechma Lepeletier, 1845 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.:131. - Smith, 1855Smith, F. 1855. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III, Mutillidae and Pompilidae. :203 pp, 5 pl. (distribution); 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), 148 (listed); Cresson, 1869Cresson, E.T. 1869. Notes on Mexican Pompilidae with descriptions of new species. The Boston Society of Natural History, Proceedings 12:366-380. (distribution), 380 (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.:220 (listed); Cameron, 1893Cameron, P. 1893. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. :177-257. (distribution), 220 (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), 260 (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 dubitata Cresson, 1867:144, ♂♀. 4 ♂♂, 1♀, Georgia (Am. Ent. Soc.), Lectotype ♀, examined (Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia), 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.:131. Synonymized with Pepsis elegans Lepeletier, 1845 by 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.:143. Synonymized with Pepsis menechma Lepeletier, 1845 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.:131. - 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.:273 (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), 247 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis auranticornis Lucas, 1895), 251 (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.:297 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis elegans Lepeletier, 1845), 319 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis elegans Lepeletier, 1845); Townes, 1957Townes, H. 1957. Nearctic wasps of the subfamilies Pepsinae and Ceropalinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 209:1-286.:30 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis elegans elegans Lepeletier, 1845); 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 elegans Lepeletier, 1845). - As Pepsis duplicata: [lapsus] - 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.:131 (lapsus [Gillaspy, 1990: 21 [lapsus for dubitata Cresson]]). - As Pepsis duplicata: [lapsus] - 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.:131 (lapsus [Gillaspy, 1990: 21 [lapsus for dubitata Cresson]]).
Pepsis advena Mocsáry, 1885:256, ♀. ♀, America meridionalis (Andréi), Lectotype ♀, examined (Musée d’Histoire Naturelle, Neuchatel, Switzerland), 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.:131. Synonymized with Pepsis menechma Lepeletier, 1845 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.:131. - Fox, 1897Fox, W.J. 1897. Contributions to a knowledge of the Hymenoptera of Brazil, No. 2. - Pompilidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 49:229-283. (distribution), 282 (listed); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.:246 (listed).
Pepsis cinctipennis Mocsáry, 1885:265, ♀. ♀, Escuantla in Guatemala (Mus. Hung. & Andréi), 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.:131. Synonymized with Pepsis menechma Lepeletier, 1845 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.:131. - 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); Buysson & Marshall, 1892du Buysson, R. & T.A. Marshall 1892. Voyage de M. E. Simon au Venezuela (Décembre 1887 - Avril 1888). Annales de la Société Entomoloqique de France 61:53-76, pls. 3-4. (distribution); Cameron, 1893Cameron, P. 1893. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. :177-257. (distribution), 217 (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), 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 guatemalensis Cameron, 1893:216, ♀. Holotype ♀, Guatemala, San Gerónimo (leg. Champion), 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.:131. Synonymized with Pepsis menechma Lepeletier, 1845 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.:131. - Cameron, 1888-1900Cameron, P. 1888-1900. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. R. H. Porter and Dulau & Co., London. 413pp, 14 pl.:216 (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); Turner, 1915Turner, R.E. 1915. Family Psammocharidae. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8: v. 16:332-335.:332 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis cinctipennis Mocsáry, 1885); 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 Nestor Mocsáry, 1894:7, ♂. ♂, America meridionalis (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.:131. Synonymized with Pepsis menechma Lepeletier, 1845 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.:131. - 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), 258 (listed); Lucas, 1919Lucas, R. 1919. Pompiliden-Studien. I. Arch. Naturgesch., A. 83 (5):1-180+3 pls. (distribution); 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), 379 (key male), 396 (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 nigricornis Mocsáry, 1894:8, ♀. ♀, Peru, Tarapoto et Cumbara (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.:131. Synonymized with Pepsis menechma Lepeletier, 1845 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.:131. - 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), 258 (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. (distribution), 396 (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); Rasmussen & Asenjo, 2009Rasmussen, C. & A. Asenjo 2009. A checklist to the wasps of Peru (Hymenoptera, Aculeata). ZooKeys 15:1-78.:31 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis menechma Lepeletier, 1845).
Pepsis cerberus Lucas, 1895:790, ♂. ♂, Mexiko (Mus. Berol., leg. Deppe); ♂, Mexiko (Mus. caes. Vindob., leg. Bilimek); ♂, Texas (Mus. Hung.), Lectotype ♂, examined (Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), 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.:131. Synonymized with Pepsis menechma Lepeletier, 1845 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.:131. - 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); 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); Strand, 1911Strand, E. 1911. Hymenoptera aus Peru und Equador. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 1 (2. Supplementheft):141-157.:145 (description); 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); 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), 279 (key male), 281 (key female), 294 (description male), 295 (description female); Townes, 1957Townes, H. 1957. Nearctic wasps of the subfamilies Pepsinae and Ceropalinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 209:1-286.:30 (listed); 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); Gillaspy, 1990Gillaspy, J.E. 1990. Pepsis novitia Banks in Texas. Sphecos 19:21.:21 (determination); Hook et al., 1990Hook, A.W., H.E. Evans & J.E. Gillaspy 1990. Pompilid wasps of Brackridge Field Laboratory and of the Greater Austin Area. Sphecos 20:17-18. (distribution); Leavengood, Jr. J.M. et al., 2011Leavengood, Jr. J.M., Waichert, C. & Rodriguez, J. 2011. A distributional checklist of the spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of Florida. Insecta Mundi 0161 (March 2011):1-8.:4 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis menechma Lepeletier, 1845); Leavengood et al., 2011Leavengood, J.M., C.Waichert & J. Rodriguez 2011. A distributional checklist of the spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of Florida. Insecta Mundi 0161:1-8.:4 (listed). - As Pepsis cerverus: - 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). - As Pepsis elegans cerberus: - Townes, 1957Townes, H. 1957. Nearctic wasps of the subfamilies Pepsinae and Ceropalinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 209:1-286.:30 (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).
Pepsis auranticornis Lucas, 1895:605, ♂♀.Brasilien (Mus. caes. Vindob., leg. Fichtel);Mexiko (Mus. Berol., leg. Deppe), Lectotype ♂, examined (Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), 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.:131. Synonymized with Pepsis menechma Lepeletier, 1845 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.:131. - 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); Rohwer, 1915Rohwer, S.A. 1915. Vespoid and sphecoid Hymenoptera collected in Guatemala by W. P. Cockerell. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47:513-523. (distribution), 514 (listed); Lucas, 1919Lucas, R. 1919. Pompiliden-Studien. I. Arch. Naturgesch., A. 83 (5):1-180+3 pls. (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); Gillaspy, 1990Gillaspy, J.E. 1990. Pepsis novitia Banks in Texas. Sphecos 19:21.:21 (determination).
Pepsis euchroma Lucas, 1895:792, ♀. ♀, Mexiko (Mus. Berol., leg. Deppe), Lectotype ♀, examined (Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), 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.:131. Synonymized with Pepsis menechma Lepeletier, 1845 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.:131. - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution), 252 (listed); Lucas, 1919Lucas, R. 1919. Pompiliden-Studien. I. Arch. Naturgesch., A. 83 (5):1-180+3 pls. (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).
Pepsis fruhstorferi Lucas, 1895:673, ♂. ♂, Honduras: San Pedro Sula (Mus. Berol., leg. Fruhstorfer), Lectotype ♂, examined (Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), 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.:131. Synonymized with Pepsis menechma Lepeletier, 1845 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.:131. - 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); 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 mordax Lucas, 1895:800, ♀. ♀, Mexiko (Mus. Berol.), Lectotype ♀, examined (Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), 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.:131. Synonymized with Pepsis menechma Lepeletier, 1845 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.:131. - 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); Lucas, 1919Lucas, R. 1919. Pompiliden-Studien. I. Arch. Naturgesch., A. 83 (5):1-180+3 pls. (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).
Pepsis concolor Lucas, 1895:693, ♂. ♂, Mexiko (Mus. Berol., leg. Deppe); 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.:131, lost, Mexico. Synonymized with Pepsis menechma Lepeletier, 1845 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.:131. - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution), 250 (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 nigrocincta Lucas, 1895:799, ♀. ♀, Mexiko: Durango, Gebirgsgegend (Mus. Berol., leg. Damm), Lectotype ♀, examined (Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), 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.:131. Synonymized with Pepsis menechma Lepeletier, 1845 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.:131. - 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); Lucas, 1919Lucas, R. 1919. Pompiliden-Studien. I. Arch. Naturgesch., A. 83 (5):1-180+3 pls. (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).
Pepsis inermis Fox, 1898:146, ♀. 3 ♀♀, Texas, Lectotype ♀, examined (Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia), 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.:131. Synonymized with Pepsis menechma Lepeletier, 1845 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.:131. - 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.:294 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis cerberus Lucas, 1895), 320 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis cerberus Lucas, 1895); Townes, 1957Townes, H. 1957. Nearctic wasps of the subfamilies Pepsinae and Ceropalinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 209:1-286.:30 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis elegans cerberus Lucas, 1895); 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 cerberus Lucas, 1895).
Pepsis Roberti Brèthes, 1908:237, ♂. ♂, Rep. Argentina, Lectotype ♂, examined (Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Buenos Aires), 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.:131. Synonymized with Pepsis menechma Lepeletier, 1845 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.:131. - Brèthes, 1914Brèthes, J. 1914. Contribution â l'étude des Pepsis. Museo nacional de historia natural de Buenos Aires 26:235-360. (distribution); Lucas, 1919Lucas, R. 1919. Pompiliden-Studien. I. Arch. Naturgesch., A. 83 (5):1-180+3 pls. (distribution); 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), 398 (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 Janira Brèthes, 1908:237, ♀. ♀, Rep. Argentina, Lectotype ♀, examined (Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Buenos Aires), 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.:131. Synonymized with Pepsis menechma Lepeletier, 1845 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.:131. - Brèthes, 1914Brèthes, J. 1914. Contribution â l'étude des Pepsis. Museo nacional de historia natural de Buenos Aires 26:235-360. (distribution); Lucas, 1919Lucas, R. 1919. Pompiliden-Studien. I. Arch. Naturgesch., A. 83 (5):1-180+3 pls. (distribution); 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), 395 (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 cultrata Brèthes, 1908:242, ♀. ♀, Brasil; 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.:131, Holotype ♀, examined (Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Buenos Aires). Synonymized with Pepsis menechma Lepeletier, 1845 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.:131. - Brèthes, 1914Brèthes, J. 1914. Contribution â l'étude des Pepsis. Museo nacional de historia natural de Buenos Aires 26:235-360. (distribution); Lucas, 1919Lucas, R. 1919. Pompiliden-Studien. I. Arch. Naturgesch., A. 83 (5):1-180+3 pls. (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).
Pepsis novitia Banks, 1921:21, ♂, Fedor, Lee County, Texas, 29th May (leg. Birkman), Lectotype ♂, examined (Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts), 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.:131. Synonymized with Pepsis menechma Lepeletier, 1845 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.:131. - Banks, 1921Banks, N. 1921. New Nearctic fossorial Hymenoptera. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 16:16-26.:22 (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 cerberus Lucas, 1895, listed as synonym of Pepsis elegans Lepeletier, 1845); 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 cerberus Lucas, 1895); Gillaspy, 1990Gillaspy, J.E. 1990. Pepsis novitia Banks in Texas. Sphecos 19:21.:21 (determination).

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map of Pepsis menechma Lepeletier, 1845

Distribution

ARGArgentina
 (Brèthes, 1908 [as Pepsis roberti Brèthes, 1908]; Brèthes, 1908 [as Pepsis janira Brèthes, 1908]; Brèthes, 1914 [as Pepsis roberti Brèthes, 1908]; Brèthes, 1914 [as Pepsis janira Brèthes, 1908]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis roberti Brèthes, 1908]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis janira Brèthes, 1908]; Banks, 1946 [as Pepsis roberti Brèthes, 1908]; Banks, 1946 [as Pepsis janira Brèthes, 1908]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis roberti Brèthes, 1908]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis janira Brèthes, 1908]; Vardy, 2005; Fernández et al., 2017; Fernández et al., 2022)
BOLBolivia
 (Banks, 1946 [as Pepsis nigricornis Mocsáry, 1894]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis nigricornis Mocsáry, 1894]; Vardy, 2005)
BRABrazil
 (Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis auranticornis Lucas, 1895]; Fox, 1897 [as Pepsis advena Mocsáry, 1885]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis auranticornis Lucas, 1895]; Brèthes, 1908 [as Pepsis cultrata Brèthes, 1908]; Brèthes, 1914 [as Pepsis cultrata Brèthes, 1908]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis cultrata Brèthes, 1908]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis auranticornis Lucas, 1895]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis cultrata Brèthes, 1908]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis auranticornis Lucas, 1895]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis cerberus Lucas, 1895]; Vardy, 2005)
COLColombia
 (Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis nestor Mocsáry, 1894]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis nestor Mocsáry, 1894]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis nestor Mocsáry, 1894]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis nestor Mocsáry, 1894]; Vardy, 2005; Fernández et al., 2017)
CRICosta Rica
 (Vardy, 2005)
ECUEcuador
 (Vardy, 2005)
GTMGuatemala
 (Mocsáry, 1885 [as Pepsis cinctipennis Mocsáry, 1885]; Cameron, 1893 [as Pepsis cinctipennis Mocsáry, 1885]; Cameron, 1893 [as Pepsis guatemalensis Cameron, 1893]; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis guatemalensis Cameron, 1893]; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis cinctipennis Mocsáry, 1885]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis guatemalensis Cameron, 1893]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis cinctipennis Mocsáry, 1885]; Rohwer, 1915 [as Pepsis auranticornis Lucas, 1895]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis cinctipennis Mocsáry, 1885]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis auranticornis Lucas, 1895]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis guatemalensis Cameron, 1893]; Vardy, 2005)
GUFFrench Guiana
 (Vardy, 2005)
GUYGuyana
 (Vardy, 2005)
HNDHonduras
 (Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis fruhstorferi Lucas, 1895]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis fruhstorferi Lucas, 1895]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis fruhstorferi Lucas, 1895])
MEXMexico
 (Smith, 1855 [as Pepsis prismatica Smith, 1855]; Cresson, 1867 [as Pepsis prismatica Smith, 1855]; Cresson, 1869 [as Pepsis prismatica Smith, 1855]; Cameron, 1893 [as Pepsis prismatica Smith, 1855]; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis concolor Lucas, 1895]; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis nigrocincta Lucas, 1895]; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis prismatica Smith, 1855]; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis cerberus Lucas, 1895]; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis euchroma Lucas, 1895]; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis mordax Lucas, 1895]; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis cinctipennis Mocsáry, 1885]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis auranticornis Lucas, 1895]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis cerberus Lucas, 1895]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis concolor Lucas, 1895]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis euchroma Lucas, 1895]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis nigrocincta Lucas, 1895]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis mordax Lucas, 1895]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis prismatica Smith, 1855]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis cinctipennis Mocsáry, 1885]; Fox, 1898 [as Pepsis cerberus Lucas, 1895]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis cerberus Lucas, 1895]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis euchroma Lucas, 1895]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis mordax Lucas, 1895]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis auranticornis Lucas, 1895]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis euchroma Lucas, 1895]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis concolor Lucas, 1895]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis nigrocincta Lucas, 1895]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis mordax Lucas, 1895]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis prismatica Smith, 1855]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis cinctipennis Mocsáry, 1885]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis auranticornis Lucas, 1895]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis cerberus Lucas, 1895]; Krombein, 1958 [as Pepsis elegans cerberus Lucas, 1895]; Krombein et al., 1979 [as Pepsis cerberus Lucas, 1895]; Vardy, 2005; Vardy, 2005 [as Pepsis concolor Lucas, 1895]; Fernández et al., 2022)
MEX-BaCMexico - Baja California
 (Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021 [as Pepsis cerverus Lucas, 1895])
MEX-ChiMexico - Chihuahua
 (Kurczewski et al., 2020; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021 [as Pepsis cerverus Lucas, 1895])
MEX-DurMexico - Durango
 (Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis nigrocincta Lucas, 1895])
MEX-MéxMexico - México
 (Kurczewski et al., 2020)
NICNicaragua
 (Vardy, 2005)
PANPanama
 (Vardy, 2005; Corro & Cambra, 2011; Corro-Chang et al., 2017)
PERPeru
 (Mocsáry, 1894 [as Pepsis nigricornis Mocsáry, 1894]; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis nigricornis Mocsáry, 1894]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis nigricornis Mocsáry, 1894]; Banks, 1946 [as Pepsis nigricornis Mocsáry, 1894]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis nigricornis Mocsáry, 1894]; Vardy, 2005; Rasmussen & Asenjo, 2009)
PRYParaguay
 (Vardy, 2005)
SURSuriname
 (Vardy, 2005)
USAUnited States
 (Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis elegans Lepeletier, 1845]; Vardy, 2005; Vardy, 2005 [as Pepsis elegans Lepeletier, 1845])
USA-ALUnited States - Alabama
 (Lepeletier, 1845 [as Pepsis elegans Lepeletier, 1845])
USA-AZUnited States - Arizona
 (Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis cerberus Lucas, 1895]; Krombein et al., 1979 [as Pepsis cerberus Lucas, 1895])
USA-FLUnited States - Florida
 (Fox, 1898 [as Pepsis elegans Lepeletier, 1845]; Krombein et al., 1979 [as Pepsis elegans Lepeletier, 1845]; Leavengood, Jr. J.M. et al., 2011; Leavengood et al., 2011)
USA-GAUnited States - Georgia
 (Cresson, 1867 [as Pepsis elegans Lepeletier, 1845]; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis dubitata Cresson, 1867]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis dubitata Cresson, 1867]; Fox, 1898 [as Pepsis elegans Lepeletier, 1845])
USA-KSUnited States - Kansas
 (Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis cerberus Lucas, 1895]; Krombein et al., 1979 [as Pepsis cerberus Lucas, 1895]; Krombein et al., 1979 [as Pepsis elegans Lepeletier, 1845])
USA-LAUnited States - Louisiana
 (Costa, 1866 [as Pepsis elegans Lepeletier, 1845])
USA-MOUnited States - Missouri
 (Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis elegans Lepeletier, 1845])
USA-NMUnited States - New Mexico
 (Kurczewski et al., 2020)
USA-PAUnited States - Pennsylvania
 (Cresson, 1867 [as Pepsis elegans Lepeletier, 1845]; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis elegans Lepeletier, 1845]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis elegans Lepeletier, 1845]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis elegans Lepeletier, 1845]; Krombein et al., 1979 [as Pepsis elegans Lepeletier, 1845])
USA-TXUnited States - Texas
 (Cresson, 1872 [as Pepsis dubitata Cresson, 1867]; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis dubitata Cresson, 1867]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis cerberus Lucas, 1895]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis dubitata Cresson, 1867]; Fox, 1898 [as Pepsis cerberus Lucas, 1895]; Fox, 1898 [as Pepsis elegans Lepeletier, 1845]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis cerberus Lucas, 1895]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis elegans Lepeletier, 1845]; Krombein et al., 1979 [as Pepsis cerberus Lucas, 1895]; Krombein et al., 1979 [as Pepsis elegans Lepeletier, 1845]; Hook et al., 1990 [as Pepsis cerberus Lucas, 1895]; Kurczewski et al., 2020)
VENVenezuela
 (Buysson & Marshall, 1892 [as Pepsis cinctipennis Mocsáry, 1885]; Banks, 1946 [as Pepsis nestor Mocsáry, 1894]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis nestor Mocsáry, 1894]; Vardy, 2005)

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