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Pepsis xanthocera Dahlbom, 1843

Pepsis fusiformis Mus. Berol. - Lucas, 1895Lucas, R. 1895. Die Pompiliden-Gattung Pepsis. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 39 (4):449-840.:620 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis fulgidipennis Mocsáry, 1885).
Pepsis xanthocera Dahlbom, 1843:120, ♀, Bahiae (leg. D. Sommer), Lectotype ♀, examined (Museum of Zoology and Entomology, Lund), 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.:98. - 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.:464 (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.:195 (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); Lucas, 1895Lucas, R. 1895. Die Pompiliden-Gattung Pepsis. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 39 (4):449-840. (distribution); Fox, 1897Fox, W.J. 1897. Contributions to a knowledge of the Hymenoptera of Brazil, No. 2. - Pompilidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 49:229-283. (distribution), 282 (listed); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution), 265 (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); 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), 323 (key female), 330 (listed), 337 (key female); 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); Braet et al., 2000Braet, Y., J.A. Cerda & J. Fretey 2000. Note sur quelques insectes récoltés au piège Malaise en Guyane française. Notes faunique de Gembloux 38:3-20. (distribution); Starr & Hook, 2003Starr, C.K. & Hook, A.W. 2003. The aculeate Hymenoptera of Trinidad, West Indies. Occasional Papers o the Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies 12:1-31. (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), 100 (biology), 101 (distribution), 20 (key male), 27 (key male), 73 (key female), 98 (listed), 99 (description female, description male); Rasmussen & Asenjo, 2009Rasmussen, C. & A. Asenjo 2009. A checklist to the wasps of Peru (Hymenoptera, Aculeata). ZooKeys 15:1-78. (distribution), 30 (listed); 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); 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 [Avicularia avicularia (Linnaeus) (Theraphosidae)]). - As Pepsis xanthocerus: - Banks, 1944Banks, N. 1944. The Psammocharidae (Hymenoptera) taken at Kartabo and other localities in British Guiana. Zoologica 29:97-112. (distribution), 101 (listed), 99 (key).
Pepsis nigrescens Smith, 1855:196, ♂. Holotype ♂, Demerara, 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.:98. Synonymized with Pepsis xanthocera Dahlbom, 1843 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.:98. - 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); Bodkin, 1918Bodkin, G.E. 1918. Notes on some British Guiana Hymenoptera (exclusive of the Formicidae). The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1917:297-321, pls. XXI-XXIII. (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), 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).
Pepsis fulgidipennis Mocsáry, 1885:251, ♂. ♂, Massauary ad Amazonas Brasilia (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.:98. Synonymized with Pepsis xanthocera Dahlbom, 1843 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.:98. - Lucas, 1895Lucas, R. 1895. Die Pompiliden-Gattung Pepsis. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 39 (4):449-840. (distribution); Fox, 1897Fox, W.J. 1897. Contributions to a knowledge of the Hymenoptera of Brazil, No. 2. - Pompilidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 49:229-283. (distribution), 282 (listed); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution), 253 (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); 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 xanthocera Dahlbom, 1843).
Pepsis Hecuba Mocsáry, 1885:252, ♀. ♀, Pebas ad Amazonas Brasiliae (Mus. Hung.); 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.:98, lost ♀, Brazilian Amazonas, Pebas [now in Peru]. - Lucas, 1895Lucas, R. 1895. Die Pompiliden-Gattung Pepsis. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 39 (4):449-840.:587 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis xanthocera Dahlbom, 1843); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.:265 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis xanthocera Dahlbom, 1843); 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.:320 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis xanthocera Dahlbom, 1843); 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.:98 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis xanthocera Dahlbom, 1843); 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 xanthocera Dahlbom, 1843).
Pepsis fusiformis Lucas, 1895:620 Nomen nudum. - 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 fulgidipennis Mocsáry, 1885); 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.:98 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis xanthocera Dahlbom, 1843).Pepsis fusiformis Lucas, 1895:620 Nomen nudum. - 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 fulgidipennis Mocsáry, 1885); 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.:98 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis xanthocera Dahlbom, 1843).
Pepsis Juno Brèthes, 1908:236, ♂. ♂, Paraguay; 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.:99, Holotype ♂, examined (Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin). Synonymized with Pepsis xanthocera Dahlbom, 1843 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.:98. - Brèthes, 1914Brèthes, J. 1914. Contribution â l'étude des Pepsis. Museo nacional de historia natural de Buenos Aires 26:235-360. (distribution); Lucas, 1919Lucas, R. 1919. Pompiliden-Studien. I. Arch. Naturgesch., A. 83 (5):1-180+3 pls. (distribution); Hurd, 1952Hurd, P.D. Jr. 1952. Revision of the Nearctic species of the pompilid genus Pepsis (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae). The American Museum of Natural History, Bulletin 98 (article 4):261-334. (distribution).
Pepsis ismare Banks, 1946:331, ♀. Paratype ♀, Naranjapata, 1850 ft., December (Mr. Williams, leg. F. X. Williams); Type ♀, above Bucay, December (M. C. Z., no. 27139, leg. F. X. Williams); 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.:99, Holotype ♀, examined (Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts). Synonymized with Pepsis xanthocera Dahlbom, 1843 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.:98. - 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 female); 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 nigroprasina Haupt, 1952:351, ♂. 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.:99, Holotype ♂, examined (Martin-Luther Universität, Halle). Synonymized with Pepsis xanthocera Dahlbom, 1843 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.:98.

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Distribution

ARGArgentina
 (Vardy, 2005; Fernández et al., 2017; Fernández et al., 2022)
BOLBolivia
 (Hurd, 1952; Vardy, 2005; Fernández et al., 2017)
BRABrazil
 (Dahlbom, 1843; Mocsáry, 1885 [as Pepsis fulgidipennis Mocsáry, 1885]; Mocsáry, 1885 [as Pepsis hecuba Mocsáry, 1885]; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis fulgidipennis Mocsáry, 1885]; Lucas, 1895; Fox, 1897 [as Pepsis fulgidipennis Mocsáry, 1885]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis fulgidipennis Mocsáry, 1885]; Fox, 1897; Dalla Torre, 1897; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis fulgidipennis Mocsáry, 1885]; Lucas, 1919; Banks, 1944; Banks, 1944 [as Pepsis fulgidipennis Mocsáry, 1885]; Banks, 1946 [as Pepsis fulgidipennis Mocsáry, 1885]; Banks, 1946; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis fulgidipennis Mocsáry, 1885]; Hurd, 1952; Haupt, 1952; Vardy, 2005)
COLColombia
 (Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis fulgidipennis Mocsáry, 1885]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis fulgidipennis Mocsáry, 1885]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis fulgidipennis Mocsáry, 1885]; Banks, 1944 [as Pepsis fulgidipennis Mocsáry, 1885]; Banks, 1946 [as Pepsis fulgidipennis Mocsáry, 1885]; Banks, 1946; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis fulgidipennis Mocsáry, 1885]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis nigrescens Smith, 1855]; Hurd, 1952; Vardy, 2005; Fernández et al., 2017)
CPVCape Verde
 (Kirby, 1884)
ECUEcuador
 (Banks, 1946; Banks, 1946 [as Pepsis ismare Banks, 1946]; Hurd, 1952; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis ismare Banks, 1946]; Vardy, 2005; Kurczewski et al., 2024)
GTMGuatemala
 (Vardy, 2005)
GUFFrench Guiana
 (Braet et al., 2000)
GUYGuyana
 (Smith, 1855 [as Pepsis nigrescens Smith, 1855]; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis nigrescens Smith, 1855]; Bodkin, 1918 [as Pepsis nigrescens Smith, 1855]; Banks, 1944; Banks, 1944 [as Pepsis fulgidipennis Mocsáry, 1885]; Hurd, 1952; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis fulgidipennis Mocsáry, 1885]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis nigrescens Smith, 1855]; Vardy, 2005)
MEXMexico
 (Vardy, 2005; Fernández et al., 2017; Fernández et al., 2022)
PANPanama
 (Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis nigrescens Smith, 1855]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis nigrescens Smith, 1855]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis nigrescens Smith, 1855]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis nigrescens Smith, 1855]; Vardy, 2005)
PERPeru
 (Lucas, 1919; Banks, 1946; Banks, 1946 [as Pepsis fulgidipennis Mocsáry, 1885]; Haupt, 1952 [as Pepsis nigroprasina Haupt, 1952]; Hurd, 1952; Haupt, 1952; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis fulgidipennis Mocsáry, 1885]; Vardy, 2005 [as Pepsis hecuba Mocsáry, 1885]; Vardy, 2005; Rasmussen & Asenjo, 2009)
PRYParaguay
 (Brèthes, 1908 [as Pepsis juno Brèthes, 1908]; Brèthes, 1914 [as Pepsis juno Brèthes, 1908]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis juno Brèthes, 1908]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis juno Brèthes, 1908]; Vardy, 2005)
SURSuriname
 (Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis fulgidipennis Mocsáry, 1885]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis fulgidipennis Mocsáry, 1885]; Lucas, 1919; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis fulgidipennis Mocsáry, 1885]; Banks, 1944 [as Pepsis fulgidipennis Mocsáry, 1885]; Hurd, 1952; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis fulgidipennis Mocsáry, 1885]; Vardy, 2005; Kurczewski et al., 2024)
TTOTrinidad and Tobago
 (Banks, 1946 [as Pepsis nigrescens Smith, 1855]; Banks, 1946; Banks, 1946 [as Pepsis fulgidipennis Mocsáry, 1885]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis fulgidipennis Mocsáry, 1885]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis nigrescens Smith, 1855]; Hurd, 1952; Starr & Hook, 2003)
VENVenezuela
 (Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis fulgidipennis Mocsáry, 1885]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis fulgidipennis Mocsáry, 1885]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis fulgidipennis Mocsáry, 1885]; Banks, 1944 [as Pepsis fulgidipennis Mocsáry, 1885]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis fulgidipennis Mocsáry, 1885]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis nigrescens Smith, 1855]; Vardy, 2005)

Literature

  • Banks, N. 1944. The Psammocharidae (Hymenoptera) taken at Kartabo and other localities in British Guiana. Zoologica 29:97-112.
  • Banks, N. 1946. Studies of South American Psammocharidae. Part 1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 96:311-525.
  • Bodkin, G.E. 1918. Notes on some British Guiana Hymenoptera (exclusive of the Formicidae). The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1917:297-321, pls. XXI-XXIII.
  • Braet, Y., J.A. Cerda & J. Fretey 2000. Note sur quelques insectes récoltés au piège Malaise en Guyane française. Notes faunique de Gembloux 38:3-20.
  • Brèthes, J. 1908. Contribución preliminar para el conocimiento de los Pepsis. An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 10 (3):233-243.
  • Brèthes, J. 1914. Contribution â l'étude des Pepsis. Museo nacional de historia natural de Buenos Aires 26:235-360.
  • Dahlbom, A.G. 1843. Hymenoptera Europaea Praecipue Borealia-per familias, genera, species et varietates disposita atque descripta. Sphex Linn. Fasciculus 1.: Sphecidae Ampulicidae, Pompilidae, Larridae, Nyssonidae. 1-172.
  • Dahlbom, 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.
  • Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.
  • 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. 1897. Contributions to a knowledge of the Hymenoptera of Brazil, No. 2. - Pompilidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 49:229-283.
  • Haupt, H. 1952. Alte und neue Pepsis-Arten (Hymenoptera-Sphecoidea) Pompilidae, olim Psammocharidae auct. Nova Acta Leopoldina 15 (109):311-414.
  • 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.
  • Kirby, 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Rasmussen, C. & A. Asenjo 2009. A checklist to the wasps of Peru (Hymenoptera, Aculeata). ZooKeys 15:1-78.
  • Smith, F. 1855. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III, Mutillidae and Pompilidae. :203 pp, 5 pl.
  • Starr, C.K. & Hook, A.W. 2003. The aculeate Hymenoptera of Trinidad, West Indies. Occasional Papers o the Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies 12:1-31.
  • 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.