Species

Error message

  • Deprecated function: Optional parameter $page declared before required parameter $type is implicitly treated as a required parameter in require() (line 5 of /mnt/web118/c2/77/51582777/htdocs/drupal/modules/hymis_core/hymis_core.module).
  • Deprecated function: Optional parameter $interval declared before required parameter $type is implicitly treated as a required parameter in require() (line 5 of /mnt/web118/c2/77/51582777/htdocs/drupal/modules/hymis_core/hymis_core.module).
  • Deprecated function: Optional parameter $char declared before required parameter $base_url is implicitly treated as a required parameter in require() (line 10 of /mnt/web118/c2/77/51582777/htdocs/drupal/modules/hymis_index/hymis_index.module).
  • Deprecated function: Optional parameter $page declared before required parameter $base_url is implicitly treated as a required parameter in require() (line 10 of /mnt/web118/c2/77/51582777/htdocs/drupal/modules/hymis_index/hymis_index.module).

Pepsis mildei Stål, 1857

Pepsis mildei Stål, 1857:64, Lectotype ♂, examined (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm), 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.:229. - 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); 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, 1919Banks, N. 1919. The Psammocharidae of western North America. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 63:229-248. (distribution), 248 (key, listed); 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), 268 (prey), 279 (key male), 281 (key female), 289 (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.:29 (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); 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); Evans, 1997Evans, H.E. 1997. Spider wasps of Colorado (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae): An annotated checklist. The Great Basin Naturalist 57 (3):189-197. (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), 229 (description female, description male, listed), 230 (distribution), 34 (key male), 37 (key male), 76 (key female), 81 (key female); 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), 20 (prey); 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); 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); Kurczewski et al., 2024Kurczewski, F.E., R.C. West & C. Waichert 2024. New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 1034:1-32. (distribution, hosts [Sericopelma sp. (Theraphosidae), Hemirrhagus sp. (undescribed species) (Theraphosidae), Longilyra sp. (undescribed species) (Theraphosidae), Tliltocatl epicureanus (Chamberlin)]). - As Pepsis midleyi: - 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); 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). - As Pepsis midleyi: - 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); 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).
Pepsis Charon Mocsáry, 1885:255, ♀. ♀, Chiriqui et Panama (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.:229. Synonymized with Pepsis mildei Stål, 1857 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.:229. - 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), 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); 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 (listed); Banks, 1925Banks, N. 1925. Psammocharidae from Panama. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 67 (9):329-338. (distribution), 337 (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 hesperiae Patton, 1894:46, 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.:229, lost, California. Synonymized with Pepsis mildei Stål, 1857 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.:145. - Fox, 1894Fox, W.J. 1894. Second report on some Hymenoptera from Lower California, Mexico. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences ser.2 v. 3 (1893-1894):92-121. (distribution), 100 (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.:289 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis mildei Stål, 1857), 320 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis mildei Stål, 1857); 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 mildei Stål, 1857); 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.:229 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis mildei Stål, 1857).
Pepsis cyanoptera Lucas, 1895:590, ♂♀. ♂, ♀, Mexiko (Mus. Ilung. et 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.:229. Synonymized with Pepsis mildei Stål, 1857 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.:229. - 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); 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), 397 (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 Boguei Fox, 1898:146, ♂♀. 4 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Texas; Colorado; Oklahoma Territory (leg. E.E. Bogue), 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.:229. - 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.:289 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis mildei Stål, 1857); 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 mildei Stål, 1857); 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.:229 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis mildei Stål, 1857).
Pepsis dryas Lucas, 1919:60, ♂.Chiriqui, Panama, Lectotype ♂, examined (MNCN), 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.:229. Synonymized with Pepsis mildei Stål, 1857 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.:229. - 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).

Common names

  •  Milde's tarantula-hawk wasp

Sponsorship

The species Pepsis mildei Stål, 1857 has by now no sponsor. You can take the sponsorship for Pepsis mildei Stål, 1857 and here at this place your name and your foto would be placed.

With the sponsorship you support the further development, data update and improvment of data quality for all HymIS-projects.

If you have questions, just send us an email. If you want to take a sponsorship for a species, please send us an email (sponsorship@hymis.net) with your name and a picture with not more than 1 MB and of course the name of the species you want to adopt.

Have a look at one example page or read more...

Area distribution map

map of Pepsis mildei Stål, 1857

Distribution

BLZBelize
 (Vardy, 2005; Kurczewski et al., 2020)
BRABrazil
 (Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis charon Mocsáry, 1885])
COLColombia
 (Banks, 1946 [as Pepsis cyanoptera Lucas, 1895]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis cyanoptera Lucas, 1895]; Vardy, 2005 needs confirmation; Fernández et al., 2017)
CRICosta Rica
 (Vardy, 2005; Kurczewski et al., 2020; Kurczewski et al., 2024)
ECUEcuador
 (Vardy, 2005 needs confirmation; Fernández et al., 2017; Fernández et al., 2022)
GTMGuatemala
 (Cameron, 1893 [as Pepsis charon Mocsáry, 1885]; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis charon Mocsáry, 1885]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis charon Mocsáry, 1885]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis charon Mocsáry, 1885]; Vardy, 2005; Kurczewski et al., 2020)
HNDHonduras
 (Vardy, 2005; Kurczewski et al., 2020; Kurczewski et al., 2024)
MEXMexico
 (Cameron, 1893 [as Pepsis charon Mocsáry, 1885]; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis charon Mocsáry, 1885]; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis cyanoptera Lucas, 1895]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis cyanoptera Lucas, 1895]; Fox, 1898 [as Pepsis charon Mocsáry, 1885]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis cyanoptera Lucas, 1895]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis charon Mocsáry, 1885]; Hurd, 1952; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis cyanoptera Lucas, 1895]; Krombein, 1958; Krombein et al., 1979; Vardy, 2005; Fernández et al., 2022)
MEX-BaCMexico - Baja California
 (Fox, 1894 [as Pepsis hesperiae Patton, 1894]; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021)
MEX-CamMexico - Campeche
 (Kurczewski et al., 2020; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021)
MEX-CdZMexico - Coahuila
 (Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021)
MEX-ChsMexico - Chiapas
 (Kurczewski et al., 2020; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021)
MEX-HidMexico - Hidalgo
 (Kurczewski et al., 2024)
MEX-MéxMexico - México
 (Kurczewski et al., 2020; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021)
MEX-QdAMexico - Querétaro
 (Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021)
MEX-QuRMexico - Quintana Roo
 (Kurczewski et al., 2020)
MEX-YucMexico - Yucatán
 (Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis charon Mocsáry, 1885]; Kurczewski et al., 2024)
NICNicaragua
 (Cameron, 1893 [as Pepsis charon Mocsáry, 1885]; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis charon Mocsáry, 1885]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis charon Mocsáry, 1885]; Vardy, 2005)
PANPanama
 (Mocsáry, 1885 [as Pepsis charon Mocsáry, 1885]; Cameron, 1893 [as Pepsis charon Mocsáry, 1885]; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis charon Mocsáry, 1885]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis charon Mocsáry, 1885]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis dryas Lucas, 1919]; Banks, 1925 [as Pepsis charon Mocsáry, 1885]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis charon Mocsáry, 1885]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis dryas Lucas, 1919]; Haupt, 1952 [as Pepsis dryas Lucas, 1919]; Vardy, 2005; Corro-Chang et al., 2017)
USAUnited States
 (Hurd, 1952; Vardy, 2005; Vardy, 2005 [as Pepsis hesperiae Patton, 1894]; Fernández et al., 2017)
USA-CAUnited States - California
 (Lucas, 1895; Dalla Torre, 1897; Fox, 1898; Banks, 1919; Krombein et al., 1979; Kurczewski et al., 2020)
USA-COUnited States - Colorado
 (Fox, 1898 [as Pepsis boguei Fox, 1898]; Evans, 1997)
USA-KSUnited States - Kansas
 (Hurd, 1952; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-OKUnited States - Oklahoma
 (Fox, 1898 [as Pepsis boguei Fox, 1898])
USA-TXUnited States - Texas
 (Fox, 1898 [as Pepsis charon Mocsáry, 1885]; Fox, 1898 [as Pepsis boguei Fox, 1898]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis charon Mocsáry, 1885]; Krombein et al., 1979; Hook et al., 1990)

Literature

  • Banks, N. 1919. The Psammocharidae of western North America. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 63:229-248.
  • Banks, N. 1921. New Nearctic fossorial Hymenoptera. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 16:16-26.
  • Banks, N. 1925. Psammocharidae from Panama. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 67 (9):329-338.
  • Banks, N. 1946. Studies of South American Psammocharidae. Part 1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 96:311-525.
  • 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.
  • Corro-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.
  • Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.
  • Evans, H.E. 1997. Spider wasps of Colorado (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae): An annotated checklist. The Great Basin Naturalist 57 (3):189-197.
  • 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.
  • Fox, W.J. 1894. Second report on some Hymenoptera from Lower California, Mexico. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences ser.2 v. 3 (1893-1894):92-121.
  • Fox, W.J. 1898. The species of Pepsis, inhabiting America north of Mexico. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 4 (2):140-148.
  • Haupt, H. 1952. Alte und neue Pepsis-Arten (Hymenoptera-Sphecoidea) Pompilidae, olim Psammocharidae auct. Nova Acta Leopoldina 15 (109):311-414.
  • Hook, 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.
  • 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.
  • Krombein, 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.
  • Krombein, 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.
  • Kurczewski, F.E., R.C. West & C. Waichert 2024. New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 1034:1-32.
  • 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.
  • Lucas, R. 1919. Pompiliden-Studien. I. Arch. Naturgesch., A. 83 (5):1-180+3 pls.
  • Mocsáry, A. 1885. Species novae vel minus cognitae generis Pepsis, Fabr. Termeszetrajzi Füzetek 9:236-271.
  • Townes, H. 1957. Nearctic wasps of the subfamilies Pepsinae and Ceropalinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 209:1-286.
  • Vanoye-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.
  • 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.