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Pepsis vitripennis Smith, 1855

Pepsis obscura Lepeletier, 1845:490, ♂♀. ♀, ♂, Brésil (Musée de France); 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.:115, lost, Brazil. Synonymized with Pepsis vitripennis Smith, 1855 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.:115. - Smith, 1862Smith, F. 1862. Descriptions of new speciews of aculeate Hymenoptera, collected at Panama by R. W. Stretch, Esq, with a list of described species, and the various localities where they have previously occured. Transaction of the Entomological Society of London ser. 3 (1):29-44. (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), 149 (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.:222 (listed); Cameron, 1893Cameron, P. 1893. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. :177-257. (distribution), 222 (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), 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.:321 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis palliata Hurd, 1950). - As Salius obscurus: - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution), 234 (listed).
Pepsis vitripennis Smith, 1855:197, Holotype ♀, Columbia (leg. W. W. Saunders, Esq.), 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.:115. - 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); Mocsáry, 1894Mocsáry, A. 1894. Species novae vel minus cognitae generis Pepsis Fabr. Természetrajzi Füzetek 17:1-14 .:9 (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), 265 (listed); Fox, 1899Fox, W.J. 1899. Contributions to a knowledge of the Hymenoptera of Brazil, No. 6: A Collection from Rio Grande do Sul and Sao Paulo. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 51 (1):195-200. (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), 377 (key male), 382 (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); Haupt, 1952Haupt, H. 1952. Alte und neue Pepsis-Arten (Hymenoptera-Sphecoidea) Pompilidae, olim Psammocharidae auct. Nova Acta Leopoldina 15 (109):311-414. (distribution); Cambra et al., 2004Cambra, R.A., D.A. Quintera & R.J. Miranda 2004. Presas, comportamiento de anidación y nuevos registros de distribución en Pompílidos Neotropicales (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Tecnociencia 6 (1):95-109. (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), 115 (description female, description male, listed), 117 (biology, distribution), 29 (key male), 73 (key female); Rasmussen & Asenjo, 2009Rasmussen, C. & A. Asenjo 2009. A checklist to the wasps of Peru (Hymenoptera, Aculeata). ZooKeys 15:1-78. (distribution), 30 (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); 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 amabilis Mocsáry, 1885:253, ♀. ♀, Fonteboa ad Amazonas Brasiliae (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.:115. Synonymized with Pepsis vitripennis Smith, 1855 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.:115. - Cameron, 1888-1900Cameron, P. 1888-1900. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. R. H. Porter and Dulau & Co., London. 413pp, 14 pl.:221 (listed); Cameron, 1893Cameron, P. 1893. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. :177-257. (distribution), 221 (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), 246 (listed); Fox, 1899Fox, W.J. 1899. Contributions to a knowledge of the Hymenoptera of Brazil, No. 6: A Collection from Rio Grande do Sul and Sao Paulo. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 51 (1):195-200. (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), 380 (key male), 382 (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.:30 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis vitripennis Smith, 1855).
Pepsis centralis Cameron, 1893:221,Guatemala, El Reposo 800 feet (leg. Champion);Panama, David (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.:115. Synonymized with Pepsis vitripennis Smith, 1855 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.:115. - Cameron, 1888-1900Cameron, P. 1888-1900. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. R. H. Porter and Dulau & Co., London. 413pp, 14 pl.:221 (listed); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution), 248 (listed); Turner, 1915Turner, R.E. 1915. Family Psammocharidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8th ser. (16):332-335. (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 margarete Lucas, 1895:631, ♂♀.Panama, Puerto Cabello (Mus. Berol., leg. Appun);Venezuela (Mus. caes. Vindob.);Brasilien (Mus. Berol., leg. Sello);Columbien (Mus. Lubeck), Lectotype ♀, examined (Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna), 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.:115. Synonymized with Pepsis vitripennis Smith, 1855 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.:115. - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution), 256 (listed); Lucas, 1919Lucas, R. 1919. Pompiliden-Studien. I. Arch. Naturgesch., A. 83 (5):1-180+3 pls. (distribution); Banks, 1944Banks, N. 1944. The Psammocharidae (Hymenoptera) taken at Kartabo and other localities in British Guiana. Zoologica 29:97-112. (distribution), 100 (listed), 99 (key); 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), 380 (key male), 383 (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); Haupt, 1952Haupt, H. 1952. Alte und neue Pepsis-Arten (Hymenoptera-Sphecoidea) Pompilidae, olim Psammocharidae auct. Nova Acta Leopoldina 15 (109):311-414. (distribution). - As Pepsis margarite: - Turner, 1915Turner, R.E. 1915. Family Psammocharidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8th ser. (16):332-335.:332 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis centralis Cameron, 1893).
Pepsis venezuelae Kaye, 1913 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.:115, ♀ lost, Venezuela: Caracas, coastal mountains at 3,500 ft.. Synonymized with Pepsis vitripennis Smith, 1855 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.:115. - 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).
Monodontonyx helenae Haupt, 1929:204, ♀. 1 ♀, Kivu: Kissenyi, 25-IX-25. - Pate, 1946Pate, V.S.L. 1946. The generic names of the spider wasps (Psammocharidae olim Pompiloidae) and their type species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 72:65-137.:95 ( listed as synonym of Cyphononyx gowdeyi (Turner, 1918)).
Pepsis aeneipennis Banks, 1946:372, ♂♀. 1 ♀, Rio Huallaga, Peru, 25 to 28 July (Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., leg. Bassler); Paratype ♀, Bogota, Colombia (M. C. Z., no. 27125, leg. F. Ovalle); 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.:115, Holotype ♀, examined (American Museum of Natural History, New York). Synonymized with Pepsis vitripennis Smith, 1855 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.:115. - 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.:30 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis vitripennis Smith, 1855). - As Pepsis aenipennis: - Banks, 1946Banks, N. 1946. Studies of South American Psammocharidae. Part 1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 96:311-525.:363 (key female), 403 (key male). - As Pepsis aenipennis: - Banks, 1946Banks, N. 1946. Studies of South American Psammocharidae. Part 1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 96:311-525.:363 (key female), 403 (key male).
Pepsis palliata Hurd, 1950:133, no desc. Replacement name for Pepsis obscura Lepeletier, 1845 by Hurd, 1950Hurd, P.D. Jr. 1950. Nomenclatorial notes on the genus Pepsis (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 26 (3):132-133.:133 (nec Pepsis obscura Lepeletier, 1845:490 xmxf). - Hurd, 1952Hurd, P.D. Jr. 1952. Revision of the Nearctic species of the pompilid genus Pepsis (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae). The American Museum of Natural History, Bulletin 98 (article 4):261-334. (distribution); Vardy, 2005Vardy, C.R. 2005. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 3. The P. inclyta- to P. auriguttata-groups. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 79 (5):1-305.:115 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis vitripennis Smith, 1855).
Pepsis helenae Haupt, 1952:349 (key), ♀. Holotype ♀, Nord-Peru (Mishuyacu im Marañon-Gebiet) (Haupt); 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.:115, Holotype ♀, examined (Martin-Luther Universität, Halle). Synonymized with Pepsis vitripennis Smith, 1855 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.:115.
Pepsis coeruleoviridis Haupt, 1952:350 (key), ♀. Holotype ♀, Brasilien (Haupt); 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.:115, Holotype ♀, examined (Martin-Luther Universität, Halle). Synonymized with Pepsis vitripennis Smith, 1855 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.:115.

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Area distribution map

map of Pepsis vitripennis Smith, 1855

Distribution

BLZBelize
 (Cameron, 1893 [as Pepsis amabilis Mocsáry, 1885]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis amabilis Mocsáry, 1885]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis amabilis Mocsáry, 1885])
BOLBolivia
 (Vardy, 2005; Fernández et al., 2017; Fernández et al., 2022)
BRABrazil
 (Lepeletier, 1845 [as Pepsis obscura Lepeletier, 1845]; Mocsáry, 1885 [as Pepsis amabilis Mocsáry, 1885]; Cameron, 1893 [as Pepsis obscura Lepeletier, 1845]; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis obscura Lepeletier, 1845]; Lucas, 1895; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis amabilis Mocsáry, 1885]; Dalla Torre, 1897; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis obscura Lepeletier, 1845]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Salius obscurus (Lepeletier, 1845)]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis margarete Lucas, 1895]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis amabilis Mocsáry, 1885]; Fox, 1899; Fox, 1899 [as Pepsis amabilis Mocsáry, 1885]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis obscura Lepeletier, 1845]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis margarete Lucas, 1895]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis amabilis Mocsáry, 1885]; Banks, 1944 [as Pepsis margarete Lucas, 1895]; Hurd, 1952; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis palliata Hurd, 1950]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis amabilis Mocsáry, 1885]; Haupt, 1952 [as Pepsis coeruleoviridis Haupt, 1952]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis margarete Lucas, 1895]; Vardy, 2005; Vardy, 2005 [as Pepsis obscura Lepeletier, 1845])
COLColombia
 (Smith, 1855; Lucas, 1895; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis amabilis Mocsáry, 1885]; Dalla Torre, 1897; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis amabilis Mocsáry, 1885]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis amabilis Mocsáry, 1885]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis margarete Lucas, 1895]; Banks, 1944 [as Pepsis margarete Lucas, 1895]; Banks, 1946; Banks, 1946 [as Pepsis margarete Lucas, 1895]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis aeneipennis Banks, 1946]; Hurd, 1952; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis amabilis Mocsáry, 1885]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis margarete Lucas, 1895]; Haupt, 1952 [as Pepsis margarete Lucas, 1895]; Vardy, 2005; Fernández et al., 2017; Fernández et al., 2022)
CRICosta Rica
 (Lucas, 1895; Hurd, 1952; Vardy, 2005)
ECUEcuador
 (Banks, 1946 [as Pepsis amabilis Mocsáry, 1885]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis amabilis Mocsáry, 1885]; Vardy, 2005)
GTMGuatemala
 (Cameron, 1893 [as Pepsis amabilis Mocsáry, 1885]; Cameron, 1893 [as Pepsis centralis Cameron, 1893]; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis amabilis Mocsáry, 1885]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis centralis Cameron, 1893]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis centralis Cameron, 1893]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis amabilis Mocsáry, 1885])
GUYGuyana
 (Banks, 1944 [as Pepsis margarete Lucas, 1895]; Banks, 1946 [as Pepsis margarete Lucas, 1895]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis margarete Lucas, 1895]; Vardy, 2005)
HNDHonduras
 (Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis amabilis Mocsáry, 1885]; Vardy, 2005; Fernández et al., 2017)
MEXMexico
 (Cameron, 1893 [as Pepsis amabilis Mocsáry, 1885]; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis amabilis Mocsáry, 1885]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis amabilis Mocsáry, 1885]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis amabilis Mocsáry, 1885]; Vardy, 2005 needs confirmation; Fernández et al., 2017)
NICNicaragua
 (Vardy, 2005)
PANPanama
 (Smith, 1862 [as Pepsis obscura Lepeletier, 1845]; Cresson, 1867 [as Pepsis obscura Lepeletier, 1845]; Cameron, 1893 [as Pepsis amabilis Mocsáry, 1885]; Cameron, 1893 [as Pepsis obscura Lepeletier, 1845]; Lucas, 1895; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis amabilis Mocsáry, 1885]; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis margarete Lucas, 1895]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis margarete Lucas, 1895]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis centralis Cameron, 1893]; Turner, 1915 [as Pepsis centralis Cameron, 1893]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis margarete Lucas, 1895]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis amabilis Mocsáry, 1885]; Banks, 1944 [as Pepsis margarete Lucas, 1895]; Hurd, 1952; Haupt, 1952; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis margarete Lucas, 1895]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis amabilis Mocsáry, 1885]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis centralis Cameron, 1893]; Cambra et al., 2004; Vardy, 2005; Corro & Cambra, 2011; Corro-Chang et al., 2017)
PERPeru
 (Banks, 1946 [as Pepsis amabilis Mocsáry, 1885]; Banks, 1946 [as Pepsis aeneipennis Banks, 1946]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis aeneipennis Banks, 1946]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis amabilis Mocsáry, 1885]; Haupt, 1952 [as Pepsis helenae Haupt, 1952]; Vardy, 2005; Rasmussen & Asenjo, 2009; Fernández et al., 2017; Fernández et al., 2022)
RWARwanda
 (Haupt, 1929 [as Monodontonyx helenae Haupt, 1929])
TTOTrinidad and Tobago
 (Banks, 1946 [as Pepsis margarete Lucas, 1895]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis margarete Lucas, 1895])
VENVenezuela
 (Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis amabilis Mocsáry, 1885]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis margarete Lucas, 1895]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis margarete Lucas, 1895]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis venezuelae Kaye, 1913]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis amabilis Mocsáry, 1885]; Banks, 1944 [as Pepsis margarete Lucas, 1895]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis margarete Lucas, 1895]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis venezuelae Kaye, 1913]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis amabilis Mocsáry, 1885]; Vardy, 2005)

Literature

  • Banks, N. 1944. The Psammocharidae (Hymenoptera) taken at Kartabo and other localities in British Guiana. Zoologica 29:97-112.
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