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Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)

Sphex rubra Drury, 1773:75 (plate XXXIX, fig. VI), ♀. ♀, Antigua. - Fabricius, 1775Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae sistens Insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Korte, Flensburgi et Lipsiae. 28+832 pp.:352 ( listed as synonym of Sphex coerulea Linnaeus, 1767); 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.:147 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758)); Cresson, 1869Cresson, E.T. 1869. Notes on Mexican Pompilidae with descriptions of new species. The Boston Society of Natural History, Proceedings 12:366-380.:380 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758)); Cameron, 1893Cameron, P. 1893. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. :177-257.:219 (listed); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.:260 (listed); Alayo, 1969Alayo, P.D. 1969. Estudios sobre los Himenópteros de Cuba. IV Subfamilias Pepsinae Y Ceropalinae (Familia Pompilidae). Poeyana 61:1-45.:8 (listed); Vardy, 2000Vardy, C.R. 2000. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 1. Introduction and the P. rubra species-group. Zool. Verh. Leiden 332:1-86.:63 (listed); Waichert et al., 2012Waichert, C., Rodriguez, J. & J.P. Pitts 2012. Spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of the Dominican Republic. Zootaxa 3353:1-47.:18 (listed). - As Pepsis rubra: - Mocsáry, 1885Mocsáry, A. 1885. Species novae vel minus cognitae generis Pepsis, Fabr. Termeszetrajzi Füzetek 9:236-271. (distribution); Cameron, 1888-1900Cameron, P. 1888-1900. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. R. H. Porter and Dulau & Co., London. 413pp, 14 pl.:218 (listed); Cameron, 1893Cameron, P. 1893. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. :177-257. (distribution), 219 (listed); Fox, 1893Fox, W.J. 1893. Report on some mexican Hymenoptera, principally from lower California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences ser.2 (4):1-25. (distribution), 9 (listed); 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); 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.:260 (listed), 261 (listed); 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), 5 (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), 400 (listed), 401 (key male); 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); Alayo, 1969Alayo, P.D. 1969. Estudios sobre los Himenópteros de Cuba. IV Subfamilias Pepsinae Y Ceropalinae (Familia Pompilidae). Poeyana 61:1-45. (distribution), 4 (key male), 5 (key female), 8 (listed), 9 (description female, description male); Alayo, 1973Alayo, P.D. 1973. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218. (distribution); Zayas, 1982Zayas, F. de 1982. Sección Oligoneoptera - Orden Hymenoptera - Orden Strepsiptera. Editorial Científico-Técnica, Ciudad de la Habana. 1-111. (distribution); Simonthomas, 1984Simonthomas, R.T. 1984. Notes on the Hymenoptera Aculeata from St. Martin, Saba, and St. Eustatius. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean islands 67:92-97. (distribution); Snelling, 1992Snelling, R.R. 1992. Guana and Mona Islands. Sphecos 23:12-14. (distribution); Snelling, 1993Snelling, R.R. 1993. Guana Island - 1992. Sphecos 24:17-19. (distribution); Vardy, 2000Vardy, C.R. 2000. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 1. Introduction and the P. rubra species-group. Zool. Verh. Leiden 332:1-86. (distribution), 34 (key male), 57 (key female), 63 (listed), 64 (description female, description male), 65 (biology, distribution); Fernández et al., 2001Fernández T., J.L., G. Garcés G., E. Portuondo F., P. Valdés T. & I. Expósito E. 2001. Insectos asociados con flores de malezas del Jardín Botánico de Santiago de Cuba, con énfasis en Hymenoptera. Revista de Biología Tropical (International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation) 49 (3-4):1013-1026. (distribution); Fernandez et al., 2001Fernandez T., J.L., G. Garcés G., E. Portuondo F., P. Valdes T., and I. Exposito E. 2001. Insectos asociados con flores de malezas del Jardín Botánico de Santiago de Cuba, con énfasis en Hymenoptera. Revista de Biología Tropical (International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation) 49 (3-4):1013-1026. (distribution); Portuondo Ferrer & Fernández Triana, 2004Portuondo Ferrer, E. & J.L. Fernández Triana 2004. Biodiversidad del orden Hymenoptera en los macizos montañosos de Cuba oriental. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 35:121-136. (distribution); Snelling & Torres, 2004Snelling, R.R. & J.A. Torres 2004. The Spider Wasps of Puerto Rico and the British Virgin Islands (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 77 (4):356-376. (distribution), 367 (discussion); Snelling, 2005Snelling, R.R. 2005. Wasps, ants, and bees: Aculeate Hymenoptera. In: Lazell, J. (Ed.). Island: Fact and Theory in Nature. 283-296. (distribution); Perez-Gelabert, 2008Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2008. Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): A checklist and bibliography. Zootaxa 1831:1-530. (distribution); Waichert et al., 2012Waichert, C., Rodriguez, J. & J.P. Pitts 2012. Spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of the Dominican Republic. Zootaxa 3353:1-47. (distribution), 18 (listed), 6 (key); Medina, 2016Medina Rosa, J.R. 2016. Avispas de Puerto Rico - Hymenoptera: Symphyta, Apocrita (Aculeata). Ediciones Digitales, 1-23. (distribution); Perez-Gelabert, 2020Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2020. Checklist, bibliography and quantitative data of the arthropods of Hispaniola. Zootaxa 4749:1-668. (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); 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 [Phormictopus sp. (Theraphosidae)]).
Sphex rubripennis Christ, 1791:264, sex not indicated.Antigua. - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.:261 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)); Vardy, 2000Vardy, C.R. 2000. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 1. Introduction and the P. rubra species-group. Zool. Verh. Leiden 332:1-86.:63 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)); Snelling & Torres, 2004Snelling, R.R. & J.A. Torres 2004. The Spider Wasps of Puerto Rico and the British Virgin Islands (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 77 (4):356-376.:367 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)). - As Pepsis rubripennis: - 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 rubra (Drury, 1773)).
Sphex sanguigutta Christ, 1791:293, ♂ Synonymized with Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773) by 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.:5. - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.:262 (listed); Lucas, 1919Lucas, R. 1919. Pompiliden-Studien. I. Arch. Naturgesch., A. 83 (5):1-180+3 pls.:107 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)); Alayo, 1969Alayo, P.D. 1969. Estudios sobre los Himenópteros de Cuba. IV Subfamilias Pepsinae Y Ceropalinae (Familia Pompilidae). Poeyana 61:1-45.:8 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)); Alayo, 1973Alayo, P.D. 1973. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218.:164 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)); Vardy, 2000Vardy, C.R. 2000. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 1. Introduction and the P. rubra species-group. Zool. Verh. Leiden 332:1-86.:63 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)); Snelling & Torres, 2004Snelling, R.R. & J.A. Torres 2004. The Spider Wasps of Puerto Rico and the British Virgin Islands (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 77 (4):356-376.:367 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)). - As Pepsis sanguigutta: - Mocsáry, 1885Mocsáry, A. 1885. Species novae vel minus cognitae generis Pepsis, Fabr. Termeszetrajzi Füzetek 9:236-271. (distribution); Lucas, 1895Lucas, R. 1895. Die Pompiliden-Gattung Pepsis. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 39 (4):449-840. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution), 262 (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 (listed); Viereck, 1925Viereck, H.L. 1925. The wasp-like insects or Hymenoptera, exclusive of ants, collected by the Barbados-Antigua expedition from the University of Iowa in 1918. Studies in Natural History. University of Iowa 11:1-11. (distribution); 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.:3 (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); Haupt, 1952Haupt, H. 1952. Alte und neue Pepsis-Arten (Hymenoptera-Sphecoidea) Pompilidae, olim Psammocharidae auct. Nova Acta Leopoldina 15 (109):311-414.:383 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)).
Sphex sanguinea Christ, 1791:291, ♀ - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.:272 ( listed as synonym of Pompilus analis (Fabricius, 1781)); Matsumura & Uchida, 1926Matsumura, S. & Uchida, T. 1926. Die Hymenopteren-Fauna von den Riukiu-Inseln. Insecta Matsumurana 1:32-52.:47 ( listed as synonym of Pompilus analis (Fabricius, 1781)); Haupt, 1929Haupt, H. 1929. Weiterer Ausbau meines Systems der Psammocharidae. Mitt. zool. Mus. Berlin 15:109-197.:157 ( listed as synonym of Balanoderes analis (Fabricius, 1781)).
Sphex stellata Fabricius, 1793:219, sex not indicated.America meridionali, Lectotype ♂, no locality, examined (University Zoological Museum, Copenhagen (Kiel collection)), designated by Vardy, 2000Vardy, C.R. 2000. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 1. Introduction and the P. rubra species-group. Zool. Verh. Leiden 332:1-86.:64. Synonymized with Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773) by Vardy, 2000Vardy, C.R. 2000. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 1. Introduction and the P. rubra species-group. Zool. Verh. Leiden 332:1-86.:64. - 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); Mocsáry, 1885Mocsáry, A. 1885. Species novae vel minus cognitae generis Pepsis, Fabr. Termeszetrajzi Füzetek 9:236-271.:242 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis sanguigutta (Christ, 1791)); Lucas, 1895Lucas, R. 1895. Die Pompiliden-Gattung Pepsis. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 39 (4):449-840.:727 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis sanguigutta (Christ, 1791)); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.:262 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis sanguigutta (Christ, 1791)); 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 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis sanguigutta (Christ, 1791)); Snelling & Torres, 2004Snelling, R.R. & J.A. Torres 2004. The Spider Wasps of Puerto Rico and the British Virgin Islands (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 77 (4):356-376.:367 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)); Waichert et al., 2012Waichert, C., Rodriguez, J. & J.P. Pitts 2012. Spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of the Dominican Republic. Zootaxa 3353:1-47.:18 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)). - As Pepsis stellata: - 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); Latreille, 1809Latreille, P.A. 1809. Genera Crustaceorum et Insectorum secundum ordinem natrualem in familias disposita, iconibus exemplisque plurimis explicata, IV. Parisiis et Argentorat., König.:62 (listed); Lepeletier, 1845Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, A.L.M. 1845. Histoire naturelle des Insects. Suites à Buffon. Hyménoptères, III. Roret, Paris. 1-646.:479 (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.:465 (listed); Smith, 1855Smith, F. 1855. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III, Mutillidae and Pompilidae. :203 pp, 5 pl.:190 (listed); Taschenberg, 1869Taschenberg, E.L. 1869. Die Pompiliden des Museums der Universität Halle. Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 34:25-75.:31 (listed); Kirby, 1884Kirby, W.F. 1884. On the Hymenoptera collected during the recent expedition of H.M.S. 'Challenger.'. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 4: v. 13:402-413. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.:262 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis sanguigutta (Christ, 1791)); 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.:323 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis sanguigutta (Christ, 1791)); Vardy, 2000Vardy, C.R. 2000. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 1. Introduction and the P. rubra species-group. Zool. Verh. Leiden 332:1-86.:64 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)). - As Pompilus stellata: - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.:262 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis sanguigutta (Christ, 1791)).
Sphex speciosa Fabricius, 1793:217, sex not indicated (Mus. Dom. Banks), Lectotype ♀, no locality, examined (University Zoological Museum, Copenhagen (Kiel collection)), designated by Vardy, 2000Vardy, C.R. 2000. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 1. Introduction and the P. rubra species-group. Zool. Verh. Leiden 332:1-86.:64. - Fabricius, 1804Fabricius, J.C. 1804. Systema Piezatorum secundum Ordines, Genera, Species adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus. Apud Carolum Reichard, Brunsvigae. xiv + 440 + 30 pp.:216 (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)); 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)); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.:261 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)); Vardy, 2000Vardy, C.R. 2000. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 1. Introduction and the P. rubra species-group. Zool. Verh. Leiden 332:1-86.:64 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)); Snelling & Torres, 2004Snelling, R.R. & J.A. Torres 2004. The Spider Wasps of Puerto Rico and the British Virgin Islands (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 77 (4):356-376.:367 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)); Waichert et al., 2012Waichert, C., Rodriguez, J. & J.P. Pitts 2012. Spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of the Dominican Republic. Zootaxa 3353:1-47.:18 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)). - As Pepsis speciosa: - Fabricius, 1804Fabricius, J.C. 1804. Systema Piezatorum secundum Ordines, Genera, Species adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus. Apud Carolum Reichard, Brunsvigae. xiv + 440 + 30 pp.:216 (listed); Guérin-Méneville, 1856Guérin-Méneville, M.F.E. 1856. Historia Fisica, Politica y Natural de la Isla de Cuba. Secunda Parte. Historia Natural. Tomo VII. Crustaceos, Aragnides é Insectos. Arthus Bertrand, Paris. 1-371. (distribution); Guérin-Méneville, 1857Guérin-Méneville, M.F.E. 1857. Animaux Articulés. Arthus Bertrand, Paris. 1-868. (distribution); Dewitz, 1881Dewitz, H. 1881. Hymenopteren von Portorico. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 25:197-208. (distribution), 203 (listed); Gundlach, 1887Gundlach, J. 1887. Apuntes para la fauna Puerto-Riqueña. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 16 (1):115-199.:164 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis caerulea (Linnaeus, 1763)); 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.:261 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)); Ashmead, 1900Ashmead, W.H. 1900. Report upon the aculeate Hymenoptera of the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London pt. II:207-367. (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.:323 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)); Alayo, 1969Alayo, P.D. 1969. Estudios sobre los Himenópteros de Cuba. IV Subfamilias Pepsinae Y Ceropalinae (Familia Pompilidae). Poeyana 61:1-45.:8 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)); Vardy, 2000Vardy, C.R. 2000. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 1. Introduction and the P. rubra species-group. Zool. Verh. Leiden 332:1-86.:64 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)). - As Pepsis speciosus: - Lucas, 1919Lucas, R. 1919. Pompiliden-Studien. I. Arch. Naturgesch., A. 83 (5):1-180+3 pls. (distribution), 107 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)). - As Pompilus speciosa: - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.:261 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)).
Pepsis quadrata Lepeletier, 1845:478, ♂. ♂, Saint-Domingue (Musée de M. Serville); Vardy, 2000Vardy, C.R. 2000. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 1. Introduction and the P. rubra species-group. Zool. Verh. Leiden 332:1-86., lost, Saint Domingue. - 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), 198 (listed); 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), 147 (listed); Gundlach, 1886Gundlach, J. 1886. Contribucion a la Entomologia Cubana. :1-394. (distribution), 124 (description male, 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); Lucas, 1919Lucas, R. 1919. Pompiliden-Studien. I. Arch. Naturgesch., A. 83 (5):1-180+3 pls.:107 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)); 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.:383 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)); Alayo, 1969Alayo, P.D. 1969. Estudios sobre los Himenópteros de Cuba. IV Subfamilias Pepsinae Y Ceropalinae (Familia Pompilidae). Poeyana 61:1-45.:8 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)); Vardy, 2000Vardy, C.R. 2000. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 1. Introduction and the P. rubra species-group. Zool. Verh. Leiden 332:1-86.:64 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)); Snelling & Torres, 2004Snelling, R.R. & J.A. Torres 2004. The Spider Wasps of Puerto Rico and the British Virgin Islands (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 77 (4):356-376.:367 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)); Perez-Gelabert, 2008Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2008. Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): A checklist and bibliography. Zootaxa 1831:1-530.:238 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)); Waichert et al., 2012Waichert, C., Rodriguez, J. & J.P. Pitts 2012. Spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of the Dominican Republic. Zootaxa 3353:1-47.:18 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)); Perez-Gelabert, 2020Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2020. Checklist, bibliography and quantitative data of the arthropods of Hispaniola. Zootaxa 4749:1-668.:307 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)).

FotoID: 8746
Species: Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773) ♀
Attribution: USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA / Public domain
Location: Cuba

FotoID: 8745
Species: Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773) ♀
Attribution: USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA / Public domain
Location: Cuba

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Area distribution map

map of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)

Distribution

ANTNetherlands Antilles
 (Simonthomas, 1984)
ATGAntigua and Barbuda
 (Drury, 1773; Christ, 1791 [as Sphex rubripennis Christ, 1791]; Mocsáry, 1885; Cameron, 1893; Viereck, 1925 [as Pepsis sanguigutta (Christ, 1791)])
BHSBahamas
 (Vardy, 2000; Snelling & Torres, 2004; Kurczewski et al., 2020)
BRABrazil
 (Mocsáry, 1885; Wolcott, 1948)
CUBCuba
 (Guérin-Méneville, 1856 [as Pepsis speciosa (Fabricius, 1793)]; Guérin-Méneville, 1857 [as Pepsis speciosa (Fabricius, 1793)]; Gundlach, 1886 [as Pepsis quadrata Lepeletier, 1845]; Banks, 1928; Alayo, 1969; Alayo, 1973; Zayas, 1982; Vardy, 2000; Fernández et al., 2001; Portuondo Ferrer & Fernández Triana, 2004; Snelling & Torres, 2004)
CUB-SaCCuba - Santiago de Cuba
 (Fernandez et al., 2001)
DOMDominican Republic
 (Lepeletier, 1845 [as Pepsis quadrata Lepeletier, 1845]; Smith, 1855 [as Pepsis quadrata Lepeletier, 1845]; Mocsáry, 1885 [as Pepsis sanguigutta (Christ, 1791)]; Mocsáry, 1885; Cameron, 1893; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis quadrata Lepeletier, 1845]; Lucas, 1895; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis quadrata Lepeletier, 1845]; Waichert et al., 2012; Kurczewski et al., 2024)
FRA-SaBFrance - Saint Barthélemy
 (Mocsáry, 1885 [as Pepsis sanguigutta (Christ, 1791)])
GTMGuatemala
 (Cameron, 1893)
GUYGuyana
 (Mocsáry, 1885)
HISHispaniola
 (Perez-Gelabert, 2008; Perez-Gelabert, 2020)
HTIHaiti
 (Vardy, 2000 needs confirmation; Snelling & Torres, 2004; Kurczewski et al., 2020)
JAMJamaica
 (Mocsáry, 1885 [as Pepsis sanguigutta (Christ, 1791)]; Lucas, 1895; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis sanguigutta (Christ, 1791)]; Banks, 1928; Vardy, 2000; Snelling & Torres, 2004)
KNASaint Kitts and Nevis
 (Banks, 1928; Simonthomas, 1984)
MEXMexico
 (Mocsáry, 1885; Cameron, 1893; Fox, 1893; Wolcott, 1948)
MEX-BaCMexico - Baja California
 (Fox, 1894)
MSRMontserrat
 (Simonthomas, 1984)
PRIPuerto Rico
 (Dewitz, 1881 [as Pepsis speciosa (Fabricius, 1793)]; Lucas, 1895; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis sanguigutta (Christ, 1791)]; Ashmead, 1900 [as Pepsis speciosa (Fabricius, 1793)]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis speciosus (Fabricius, 1793)]; Banks, 1928; Wolcott, 1948; Snelling & Torres, 2004; Medina, 2016)
SURSuriname
 (Cameron, 1893)
TTOTrinidad and Tobago
 (Banks, 1946; Hurd, 1952; Vardy, 2000 needs confirmation)
USA-AZUnited States - Arizona
 (Wolcott, 1948)
USA-CAUnited States - California
 (Mocsáry, 1885; Cameron, 1893; Wolcott, 1948)
USA-NMUnited States - New Mexico
 (Wolcott, 1948)
USA-TXUnited States - Texas
 (Mocsáry, 1885; Cameron, 1893; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis sanguigutta (Christ, 1791)]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis sanguigutta (Christ, 1791)]; Fox, 1898 [as Pepsis sanguigutta (Christ, 1791)]; Wolcott, 1948)
VGBVirgin Islands (British)
 (Snelling, 1992; Snelling, 1993; Snelling & Torres, 2004; Snelling, 2005)
VIRVirgin Islands (U.S.)
 (Cresson, 1867 [as Pepsis quadrata Lepeletier, 1845]; Kirby, 1884 [as Pepsis stellata (Fabricius, 1793)]; Lucas, 1895; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis sanguigutta (Christ, 1791)]; Kurczewski et al., 2020)
WIIWest Indies
 (Fox, 1898 [as Pepsis sanguigutta (Christ, 1791)]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis speciosus (Fabricius, 1793)]; Hurd, 1952; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis quadrata Lepeletier, 1845]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis sanguigutta (Christ, 1791)]; Fernández et al., 2022)

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