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Pepsis equestris Klug in Schomburgk, 1848

Pepsis equestris Klug in Schomburgk, 1848:588, no.Britisch-Guiana, Lectotype ♂, examined (Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt Universität zu Berlin), 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.:66. - Mocsáry, 1894Mocsáry, A. 1894. Species novae vel minus cognitae generis Pepsis Fabr. Természetrajzi Füzetek 17:1-14 .:7 (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), 252 (listed); Kriechbaumer, 1900Kriechbaumer, J. 1900. Von Ihrer Königl. Hoheit der Prinzessin Therese von Bayern auf einer Reise in Südamerika gesammelte Insecten. 1. Hymenoptera (Fortsetzung). Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 45:97-107. (distribution); 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 (key), 101 (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), 377 (key male), 381 (listed), 401 (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); 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), 33 (key male), 56 (key female), 66 (description female, description male, listed), 67 (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); 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), 10 (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).
Pepsis leucobasis Smith, 1855:193, ♂♀.Brazil;British Guiana, Lectotype ♂, examined (British Museum (Natural History) [now: Natural History Museum, London]), 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.:66. - 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); Lucas, 1895Lucas, R. 1895. Die Pompiliden-Gattung Pepsis. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 39 (4):449-840.:520 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis equestris Klug in Schomburgk, 1848); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.:252 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis equestris Klug in Schomburgk, 1848); 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 equestris Klug in Schomburgk, 1848); 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.:66 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis equestris Klug in Schomburgk, 1848).

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Area distribution map

map of Pepsis equestris Klug in Schomburgk, 1848

Distribution

BRABrazil
 (Smith, 1855 [as Pepsis leucobasis Smith, 1855]; Lucas, 1895; Dalla Torre, 1897; Lucas, 1919; Banks, 1944; Hurd, 1952; Vardy, 2000)
COLColombia
 (Lucas, 1895; Dalla Torre, 1897; Lucas, 1919; Banks, 1944; Banks, 1946; Hurd, 1952; Vardy, 2000; Fernández et al., 2017)
CRICosta Rica
 (Vardy, 2000 needs confirmation)
ECUEcuador
 (Hurd, 1952)
GUYGuyana
 (Schomburgk, 1848; Smith, 1855 [as Pepsis leucobasis Smith, 1855]; Lucas, 1895; Dalla Torre, 1897; Lucas, 1919; Banks, 1944; Hurd, 1952; Vardy, 2000)
MEXMexico
 (Lucas, 1895; Dalla Torre, 1897; Lucas, 1919; Hurd, 1952)
TTOTrinidad and Tobago
 (Banks, 1944; Banks, 1946; Hurd, 1952; Starr & Hook, 2003; Fernández et al., 2022)
VENVenezuela
 (Lucas, 1895; Dalla Torre, 1897; Kriechbaumer, 1900; Lucas, 1919; Hurd, 1952; Vardy, 2000; Kurczewski et al., 2020)

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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Kriechbaumer, J. 1900. Von Ihrer Königl. Hoheit der Prinzessin Therese von Bayern auf einer Reise in Südamerika gesammelte Insecten. 1. Hymenoptera (Fortsetzung). Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 45:97-107.
  • Kurczewski, F.E., R.C. West, C. Waichert, K.C. Kissane, D. Ubick & J.P. Pitts 2020. New and unusual host records for North American and South American spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Zootaxa 4891 (1):1-112.
  • Lucas, R. 1895. Die Pompiliden-Gattung Pepsis. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 39 (4):449-840.
  • Lucas, R. 1919. Pompiliden-Studien. I. Arch. Naturgesch., A. 83 (5):1-180+3 pls.
  • Mocsáry, A. 1894. Species novae vel minus cognitae generis Pepsis Fabr. Természetrajzi Füzetek 17:1-14 .
  • Schomburgk, R. 1848. Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 1840-1844. Dritter Theil. Verlagsbuchhandlung von J. J. Webre, Leipzig.
  • 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. 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.