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Pepsis montezuma Smith, 1855

Pepsis Montezuma Smith, 1855:199,Columbia (leg. W. W. Saunders, Esq.);Mexico (leg. W. W. Saunders, Esq.), 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.:181. - 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), 146 (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), 379 (listed); Gundlach, 1886Gundlach, J. 1886. Contribucion a la Entomologia Cubana. :1-394. (distribution), 124 (description female, description male, 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.:217 (listed); 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), 257 (listed); Strand, 1911Strand, E. 1911. Hymenoptera aus Peru und Equador. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 1 (2. Supplementheft):141-157. (distribution), 145 (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); Haupt, 1952Haupt, H. 1952. Alte und neue Pepsis-Arten (Hymenoptera-Sphecoidea) Pompilidae, olim Psammocharidae auct. Nova Acta Leopoldina 15 (109):311-414. (distribution); Wahis, 1995Wahis, R. 1995. Nouvelles mentions de Pompilides du Nicaragua (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Revista Nicaraguense de Entomologia 33:1-6. (distribution), 3 (listed); Wahis & Rojas, 2003Wahis, R. & F. Rojas 2003. Los Pompilidos de Chile (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Rev. Chilena Ent. 29:89-103. (distribution), 91 (distribution, listed, taxonomy); 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), 181 (listed), 182 (description female, description male), 184 (biology, distribution), 32 (key male), 76 (key female), 78 (key female), 79 (key female), 80 (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); Restrepo-Giraldo et al., 2012Restrepo-Giraldo, C., J. Rodriguez & J.P. Pitts 2012. Temporal activity patterns of the spider wasp Pepsis montezuma Smith (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) in a disturbed lower montane rainforest (Manizales, Colombia). Psyche 2012:1-4. (distribution), 2 (biology, prey); Fernández et al., 2017Fernández, F., V. Castro, J. Rodríguez, C. Waichert & J.P. Pitts 2017. Avispas cazadoras de arañas de Colombia (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Proceditor Ltda., Bogotá, D. C., Colombia. (distribution); Kurczewski et al., 2020Kurczewski, F.E., R.C. West, C. Waichert, K.C. Kissane, D. Ubick & J.P. Pitts 2020. New and unusual host records for North American and South American spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Zootaxa 4891 (1):1-112. (distribution), 19 (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); 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 [Linothele sp. (Dipluridae)]).
Pepsis Quitonensis Packard, 1869:61, ♀, 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.:181. Synonymized with Pepsis montezuma 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.:181. - 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); 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), 324 (key female, key male), 325 (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 montezuma Smith, 1855). - As Pepsis quitoensis: - As Pepsis quitoensis:
Pepsis Sibylla Mocsáry, 1885:258, ♀. ♀, Quito (Ed. André), 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.:181. Synonymized with Pepsis montezuma 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.:181. - 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); Banks, 1946Banks, N. 1946. Studies of South American Psammocharidae. Part 1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 96:311-525.:325 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis quitonensis Packard, 1869); 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 quitonensis Packard, 1869); 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 montezuma Smith, 1855).
Pepsis Circe Mocsáry, 1885:263, ♂♀.Merida in Venezuela (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.:181. Synonymized with Pepsis montezuma 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.:181. - 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); 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, 1946Banks, N. 1946. Studies of South American Psammocharidae. Part 1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 96:311-525. (distribution), 329 (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).
Pepsis occidentalis Cameron, 1893:218,Mexico, Xucumanatlan in Guerrero 7000 feet (leg. H.H. Smith);Guatemala, Purula and Senahu in Vera Paz, Cerro Zunil 4000 to 5000 feet (leg. Champion);Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 4000 to 6000 feet (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.:181. - 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); 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); 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 montezuma Smith, 1855); 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); 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.:181 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis montezuma Smith, 1855).
Pepsis guatemalensis Lucas, 1894 - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.:258 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis nessus fusca Lucas, 1895).
Pepsis fulva Lucas, 1895:698, ♀. ♀, Süd-Amerika, ohne nähere Angabe (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.:181. Synonymized with Pepsis montezuma 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.:181. - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.:253 (listed).
Pepsis peruanus Lucas, 1895:595, ♀. ♀, Peru: Lima, April 1840 (Mus. caes. Vindob., leg. Winterfeld), 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.:181. Synonymized with Pepsis montezuma 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.:181. - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.:259 (listed); 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 montezuma Smith, 1855). - As Pepsis peruana: - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution), 259 (listed); Brèthes, 1909Brèthes, J. 1909. El género Pepsis en Chile. Revist Chilena de Historia Natural (Organo del Museo de Valparaiso) 13 (3):201-210. (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), 324 (key female), 329 (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); Wahis & Rojas, 2003Wahis, R. & F. Rojas 2003. Los Pompilidos de Chile (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Rev. Chilena Ent. 29:89-103. (distribution), 91 (distribution, listed, taxonomy); 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 nessus Lucas, 1895:787, ♂♀.Columbien: Bogotá (Mus. Berol., leg. Lindig);Columbien: Boca del Monte, Savan. de Bogotá, Terra fria (Mus. Berol., leg. O. Thieme);Brasilien: Muzo (Mus. Berol., leg. Rhode);Süd-Amerika unbestimmt (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.:181. Synonymized with Pepsis montezuma 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.:181. - 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); 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, 1946Banks, N. 1946. Studies of South American Psammocharidae. Part 1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 96:311-525. (distribution), 324 (key female), 327 (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).
Pepsis nessus fusca Lucas, 1895:788,nähere Angabe des Fundorts fehlt; 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.:181, Holotype ♀ lost, South America. Synonymized with Pepsis montezuma 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.:181. - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.:258 (listed). - As Pepsis fusca: - 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.:319 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis atricoma Hurd, 1950).
Pepsis andicola Cameron, 1903:226, ♀. ♀, Pichincha, 11-12,000 feet; ♀, Guallabamba to Guachala, 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.:182. Synonymized with Pepsis montezuma 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.:182. - Banks, 1946Banks, N. 1946. Studies of South American Psammocharidae. Part 1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 96:311-525.:325 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis quitonensis Packard, 1869); 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.:317 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis quitonensis Packard, 1869).
Pepsis chilloensis Cameron, 1903:227, ♀. ♀, Chillo, 9000 feet, 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.:182. Synonymized with Pepsis montezuma 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.:182. - Banks, 1946Banks, N. 1946. Studies of South American Psammocharidae. Part 1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 96:311-525.:325 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis quitonensis Packard, 1869); 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.:318 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis quitonensis Packard, 1869).
Pepsis patagonica Brèthes, 1908:241, ♂. ♂, 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.:182. Synonymized with Pepsis montezuma 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.:182. - 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), 326 (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 fasciculata Brèthes, 1908:243, ♂. ♂, 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.:182. Synonymized with Pepsis montezuma 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.:182. - 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), 324 (key female), 326 (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 montezuma Smith, 1855).
Pepsis pacifica Brèthes, 1914:326, ♀. Holotype ♀, Yungas de La Paz, Bolivie, 1000 m. alt (Mus. São Paulo, n° 2726); 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.:182, Holotype ♀, examined (Museu de Zoologia de la Universidade de São Paulo); Andrade et al., 2018Andrade, T. de O., K.S. Ramos, H.C. Onody, A.D. dos Santos & C.R.F. Brandão 2018. Type specimens of Pompiloidea, Thynnoidea and Vespoidea (Hymenoptera) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 58:1-21.:7, Holotype ♀ (Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, MZSP 56493). Synonymized with Pepsis montezuma 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.:182. - 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); Andrade et al., 2018Andrade, T. de O., K.S. Ramos, H.C. Onody, A.D. dos Santos & C.R.F. Brandão 2018. Type specimens of Pompiloidea, Thynnoidea and Vespoidea (Hymenoptera) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 58:1-21.:7 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis montezuma Smith, 1855).
Pepsis huascar Banks, 1946:327, ♂. Paratype ♂, Yucay, Peru, December (M. C. Z., no. 26691, leg. Sankulp); Type ♂, Yucay, Peru, December (Cornell Univ., leg. Sankulp), Lectotype ♂, examined (Cornell University, Ithaca, New York State), 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.:182. Synonymized with Pepsis montezuma 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.:182. - Banks, 1946Banks, N. 1946. Studies of South American Psammocharidae. Part 1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 96:311-525.:324 (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); 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 montezuma Smith, 1855).
Pepsis atricoma Hurd, 1950:132, no descr. Replacement name for Pepsis fusca Lucas, 1895 by Hurd, 1950Hurd, P.D. Jr. 1950. Nomenclatorial notes on the genus Pepsis (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 26 (3):132-133.:132 (nec Pepsis fusca (Christ), 1791:256). - 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.:182 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis montezuma Smith, 1855).

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Area distribution map

map of Pepsis montezuma Smith, 1855

Distribution

ARGArgentina
 (Brèthes, 1908 [as Pepsis patagonica Brèthes, 1908]; Brèthes, 1908 [as Pepsis fasciculata Brèthes, 1908]; Brèthes, 1914 [as Pepsis patagonica Brèthes, 1908]; Brèthes, 1914 [as Pepsis fasciculata Brèthes, 1908]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis fasciculata Brèthes, 1908]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis patagonica Brèthes, 1908]; Banks, 1946 [as Pepsis patagonica Brèthes, 1908]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis circe Mocsáry, 1885]; Haupt, 1952 [as Pepsis circe Mocsáry, 1885]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis patagonica Brèthes, 1908]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis fasciculata Brèthes, 1908]; Vardy, 2005; Fernández et al., 2017)
BOLBolivia
 (Brèthes, 1914 [as Pepsis pacifica Brèthes, 1914]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis pacifica Brèthes, 1914]; Andrade et al., 2018 [as Pepsis pacifica Brèthes, 1914])
BRABrazil
 (Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis nessus Lucas, 1895]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis nessus Lucas, 1895]; Banks, 1946 [as Pepsis fasciculata Brèthes, 1908]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis fasciculata Brèthes, 1908]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis nessus Lucas, 1895]; Haupt, 1952 [as Pepsis nessus Lucas, 1895])
CHLChile
 (Brèthes, 1909 [as Pepsis peruana Lucas, 1895]; Wahis & Rojas, 2003 [as Pepsis peruana Lucas, 1895]; Wahis & Rojas, 2003 doubt about present; Vardy, 2005; Fernández et al., 2017; Fernández et al., 2022 [as Pepsis peruana Lucas, 1895])
COLColombia
 (Smith, 1855; Cameron, 1893; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis nessus Lucas, 1895]; Lucas, 1895; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis circe Mocsáry, 1885]; Dalla Torre, 1897; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis circe Mocsáry, 1885]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis nessus Lucas, 1895]; Lucas, 1919; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis circe Mocsáry, 1885]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis nessus Lucas, 1895]; Banks, 1946 [as Pepsis nessus Lucas, 1895]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis quitonensis Packard, 1869]; Hurd, 1952; Haupt, 1952; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis circe Mocsáry, 1885]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis nessus Lucas, 1895]; Vardy, 2005; Restrepo-Giraldo et al., 2012; Fernández et al., 2017; Kurczewski et al., 2024)
CRICosta Rica
 (Cameron, 1893; Lucas, 1895; Lucas, 1919; Hurd, 1952; Wahis & Rojas, 2003; Vardy, 2005)
CUBCuba
 (Gundlach, 1886)
ECUEcuador
 (Mocsáry, 1885 [as Pepsis sibylla Mocsáry, 1885]; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis sibylla Mocsáry, 1885]; Cameron, 1903 [as Pepsis andicola Cameron, 1903]; Cameron, 1903 [as Pepsis chilloensis Cameron, 1903]; Strand, 1911; Lucas, 1919; Banks, 1946 [as Pepsis quitonensis Packard, 1869]; Banks, 1946 [as Pepsis nessus Lucas, 1895]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis quitonensis Packard, 1869]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis nessus Lucas, 1895]; Hurd, 1952; Wahis & Rojas, 2003; Vardy, 2005)
GTMGuatemala
 (Cameron, 1893; Lucas, 1895; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis occidentalis Cameron, 1893]; Lucas, 1919; Hurd, 1952; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis occidentalis Cameron, 1893]; Wahis & Rojas, 2003; Vardy, 2005)
HNDHonduras
 (Vardy, 2005)
MEXMexico
 (Smith, 1855; Cresson, 1867; Cresson, 1869; Cameron, 1893; Lucas, 1895; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis occidentalis Cameron, 1893]; Haupt, 1952 [as Pepsis occidentalis Cameron, 1893]; Hurd, 1952; Haupt, 1952; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis occidentalis Cameron, 1893]; Wahis & Rojas, 2003; Vardy, 2005; Fernández et al., 2017; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021)
MEX-GueMexico - Guerrero
 (Cameron, 1893 [as Pepsis occidentalis Cameron, 1893])
MEX-VdIMexico - Veracruz
 (Lucas, 1919)
NICNicaragua
 (Cameron, 1893; Lucas, 1895; Lucas, 1919; Hurd, 1952; Wahis, 1995; Wahis & Rojas, 2003)
PANPanama
 (Cameron, 1893; Lucas, 1895; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis occidentalis Cameron, 1893]; Lucas, 1919; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis occidentalis Cameron, 1893]; Hurd, 1952; Vardy, 2005)
PERPeru
 (Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis peruanus Lucas, 1895]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis peruana Lucas, 1895]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis quitonensis Packard, 1869]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis sibylla Mocsáry, 1885]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis peruana Lucas, 1895]; Banks, 1946 [as Pepsis fasciculata Brèthes, 1908]; Banks, 1946 [as Pepsis peruana Lucas, 1895]; Banks, 1946 [as Pepsis huascar Banks, 1946]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis fasciculata Brèthes, 1908]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis huascar Banks, 1946]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis peruana Lucas, 1895]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis quitonensis Packard, 1869]; Wahis & Rojas, 2003 [as Pepsis peruana Lucas, 1895]; Vardy, 2005; Rasmussen & Asenjo, 2009; Kurczewski et al., 2020)
PRYParaguay
 (Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis fasciculata Brèthes, 1908])
VENVenezuela
 (Mocsáry, 1885 [as Pepsis circe Mocsáry, 1885]; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis circe Mocsáry, 1885]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis circe Mocsáry, 1885]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis circe Mocsáry, 1885]; Banks, 1946 [as Pepsis circe Mocsáry, 1885]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis circe Mocsáry, 1885]; Vardy, 2005)

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