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Pepsis elongata Lepeletier, 1845

Pepsis elongata Lepeletier, 1845:482, ♀. ♀, Surinam (Musée de M. Serville), Lectotype ♀, examined (Museo ed Istituto di Zoologia Sistematica dell’ Università, Turin), 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.:150. - 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), 199 (listed); 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), 283 (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), 252 (listed); 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), 362 (key female), 366 (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), 327 (key); 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), 150 (description female, description male, listed), 151 (distribution), 25 (key male), 71 (key female); Rasmussen & Asenjo, 2009Rasmussen, C. & A. Asenjo 2009. A checklist to the wasps of Peru (Hymenoptera, Aculeata). ZooKeys 15:1-78. (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); 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 purpurascens Smith, 1855:194, ♀. Holotype ♀, Brazil (Santarem) (leg. H. W. Bates), 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.:150. Synonymized with Pepsis elongata Lepeletier, 1845 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.:150. - 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); Turner, 1915Turner, R.E. 1915. Family Psammocharidae. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8: v. 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 fuscipennis Smith, 1873:50, ♀. ♀, Ega; Para (leg. H. W. Bates), 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.:150. Synonymized with Pepsis elongata Lepeletier, 1845 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.:150. - 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), 254 (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 purpurascens 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.:319 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis accipitrinus Hurd, 1950).
Pepsis longula Banks, 1946:367, ♀. Paratype ♀, St. Laurent, Guyane (Cornell Univ.); Type ♀, 'Cayenne' (M. C. Z., no. 26078), 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.:150. Synonymized with Pepsis elongata Lepeletier, 1845 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.:150. - 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); 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 accipitrinus Hurd, 1950:132, sex not indicated Replacement name for Pepsis fuscipennis Smith, 1873 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 fuscipennis Fabricius, 1805 (1804):210). - 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.:150 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis elongata Lepeletier, 1845).

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Area distribution map

map of Pepsis elongata Lepeletier, 1845

Distribution

BOLBolivia
 (Vardy, 2005; Fernández et al., 2022)
BRABrazil
 (Smith, 1855 [as Pepsis purpurascens Smith, 1855]; Smith, 1873 [as Pepsis fuscipennis Smith, 1873]; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis purpurascens Smith, 1855]; Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis fuscipennis Smith, 1873]; Lucas, 1895; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis purpurascens Smith, 1855]; Fox, 1897; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis fuscipennis Smith, 1873]; Dalla Torre, 1897; Turner, 1915 [as Pepsis purpurascens Smith, 1855]; Lucas, 1919; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis purpurascens Smith, 1855]; Hurd, 1952; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis accipitrinus Hurd, 1950]; Haupt, 1952; Vardy, 2005; Fernández et al., 2017; Fernández et al., 2022)
COLColombia
 (Vardy, 2005; Fernández et al., 2017; Fernández et al., 2022)
GUFFrench Guiana
 (Banks, 1946 [as Pepsis longula Banks, 1946]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis longula Banks, 1946]; Vardy, 2005)
GUYGuyana
 (Banks, 1946; Hurd, 1952; Vardy, 2005)
PANPanama
 (Vardy, 2005 needs confirmation; Fernández et al., 2017; Fernández et al., 2022)
PERPeru
 (Vardy, 2005; Rasmussen & Asenjo, 2009; Fernández et al., 2022)
SURSuriname
 (Lepeletier, 1845; Smith, 1855; Lucas, 1919; Hurd, 1952; Vardy, 2005)
VENVenezuela
 (Vardy, 2005; Fernández et al., 2022)

Literature

  • 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.
  • 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. 1950. Nomenclatorial notes on the genus Pepsis (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 26 (3):132-133.
  • 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.
  • Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, A.L.M. 1845. Histoire naturelle des Insects. Suites à Buffon. Hyménoptères, III. Roret, Paris. 1-646.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Smith, F. 1873. VI. Descriptions of new species of fossorial Hymenoptera in the collection of the British Museum. [Continued from vol. xi. p. 451]. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 4: v. 12:49-59.
  • Turner, R.E. 1915. Family Psammocharidae. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8: v. 16:332-335.
  • 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.