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Pepsis completa Smith, 1855

Pepsis completa Smith, 1855:190, ♀. Holotype ♀, Brazil, 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.:186. - 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), 281 (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), 250 (listed); Brèthes, 1908Brèthes, J. 1908. Contribución preliminar para el conocimiento de los Pepsis. An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 10 (3):233-243. (distribution); 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, 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), 378 (key male), 385 (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); 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), 186 (description female, description male, listed), 187 (distribution), 20 (key male), 22 (key female), 32 (key male); 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), 18 (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); Kurczewski et al., 2022Kurczewski, F.E., R.C. West, C. Waichert & J.P. Pitts 2022. Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 0928:1-32. (distribution, hosts); 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 [Dipluridae]).
Pepsis nuda Fox, 1899:195, ♂. Holotype ♂, Rio Grande do Sul (Museu Paulista of São Paulo, Brazil); 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.:186, lost, Brazil. - Brèthes, 1908Brèthes, J. 1908. Contribución preliminar para el conocimiento de los Pepsis. An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 10 (3):233-243.:235 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis completa Smith, 1855); Lucas, 1919Lucas, R. 1919. Pompiliden-Studien. I. Arch. Naturgesch., A. 83 (5):1-180+3 pls.:32 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis completa 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.:321 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis completa Smith, 1855); 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.:186 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis completa Smith, 1855).
Pepsis quichua Brèthes, 1908:235, ♂♀. ♂♀, 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.:186. Synonymized with Pepsis completa 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.:186. - 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); Haupt, 1952Haupt, H. 1952. Alte und neue Pepsis-Arten (Hymenoptera-Sphecoidea) Pompilidae, olim Psammocharidae auct. Nova Acta Leopoldina 15 (109):311-414. (distribution).
Pepsis comes Banks, 1946:342, ♀. Type ♀, Belem, Para, Brazil (M. C. Z., no. 26694, leg. L. E. Martorelli); ♀, Belem, Para, Brazil, June (leg. F. X. Williams), 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.:186. Synonymized with Pepsis completa 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.:186. - Banks, 1946Banks, N. 1946. Studies of South American Psammocharidae. Part 1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 96:311-525.: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). - As Ageniella comes: - Waichert et al., 2018Waichert, C., W.D. Colombo, C.D. von Dohlen & J.P. Pitts 2018. Taxonomic contributions to Ageniella Banks, 1912 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) from Brazil. Zootaxa 4403 (1):133-153. (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., 2022Kurczewski, F.E., R.C. West, C. Waichert & J.P. Pitts 2022. Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 0928:1-32. (distribution, hosts).
Priophanes comes Banks, 1946:447, ♀. Type ♀, Jabaty, Para, Brazil, May (M. C. Z., no. 26760, leg. F. X. Williams); Waichert et al., 2018Waichert, C., W.D. Colombo, C.D. von Dohlen & J.P. Pitts 2018. Taxonomic contributions to Ageniella Banks, 1912 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) from Brazil. Zootaxa 4403 (1):133-153.:147, Holotype ♀, examined (MCZ, 26160). - Banks, 1946Banks, N. 1946. Studies of South American Psammocharidae. Part 1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 96:311-525.:438 (key female), 439 (key female).

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Area distribution map

map of Pepsis completa Smith, 1855

Distribution

ARGArgentina
 (Brèthes, 1908 [as Pepsis quichua Brèthes, 1908]; Brèthes, 1908; Brèthes, 1914 [as Pepsis quichua Brèthes, 1908]; Brèthes, 1914; Lucas, 1919; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis quichua Brèthes, 1908]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis quichua Brèthes, 1908]; Hurd, 1952; Vardy, 2005; Fernández et al., 2022)
BOLBolivia
 (Banks, 1946; Hurd, 1952; Vardy, 2005)
BRABrazil
 (Smith, 1855; Lucas, 1895; Fox, 1897; Dalla Torre, 1897; Fox, 1899 [as Pepsis nuda Fox, 1899]; Brèthes, 1908; Brèthes, 1914; Lucas, 1919; Banks, 1944; Banks, 1946; Banks, 1946 [as Pepsis comes Banks, 1946]; Banks, 1946 [as Priophanes comes Banks, 1946]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis comes Banks, 1946]; Hurd, 1952; Vardy, 2005; Vardy, 2005 [as Pepsis nuda Fox, 1899]; Waichert et al., 2018 [as Ageniella comes (Banks, 1946)]; Waichert et al., 2018 [as Priophanes comes Banks, 1946]; Kurczewski et al., 2020; Fernández et al., 2022 [as Ageniella comes (Banks, 1946)]; Kurczewski et al., 2022 [as Ageniella comes (Banks, 1946)]; Fernández et al., 2022; Kurczewski et al., 2022)
GUYGuyana
 (Banks, 1944; Hurd, 1952; Vardy, 2005; Fernández et al., 2022)
PERPeru
 (Kurczewski et al., 2024)
PRYParaguay
 (Brèthes, 1908; Brèthes, 1914; Lucas, 1919; Haupt, 1952 [as Pepsis quichua Brèthes, 1908]; Hurd, 1952; Vardy, 2005)
SURSuriname
 (Kurczewski et al., 2020; Fernández et al., 2022)
VENVenezuela
 (Kurczewski et al., 2020; Fernández et al., 2022)

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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Fox, 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Kurczewski, F.E., R.C. West, C. Waichert & J.P. Pitts 2022. Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 0928:1-32.
  • 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.
  • Smith, F. 1855. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III, Mutillidae and Pompilidae. :203 pp, 5 pl.
  • 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.
  • Waichert, C., W.D. Colombo, C.D. von Dohlen & J.P. Pitts 2018. Taxonomic contributions to Ageniella Banks, 1912 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) from Brazil. Zootaxa 4403 (1):133-153.