The Pepsinae are a subfamily of the spider wasp family, Pompilidae, including the two genera of large tarantula hawks, as well as many genera of smaller species.[1]

Pepsinae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Pompilidae
Subfamily: Pepsinae
Tribes

Taxonomy edit

The subfamily Pepsinae comprises 84 genera.[2] These include 16 genera of Ageniellini,[3][4] 7 genera of Deuterageniini,[5] 48 genera of Pepsini,[6][7][8] 11 genera of Priocnemini,[9][10] 1 genus of Psoropempulini,[11] and 1 genus unplaced to tribe.[12]

Tribe Ageniellini edit

 
Auplopus carbonarius with prey

Tribe Deuterageniini edit

Tribe Pepsini edit

 
Orange spider wasp Cryptocheilus bicolor (or Heterodontonyx bicolor)

Tribe Priocnemini edit

Tribe Psoropempulini edit

Incertae sedis edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Pepsinae - WaspWeb".
  2. ^ Loktionov, Valery M. (2023). "Geographical distribution of the spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of the world". Russian Entomological Journal. 32 (4): 394–402. doi:10.15298/rusentj.32.4.05.
  3. ^ Shimizu, Akira; Wasbauer, Marius; Takami, Yasuoki (2010). "Phylogeny and the evolution of nesting behaviour in the tribe Ageniellini (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Pompilidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 160 (1): 88–117. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00592.x.
  4. ^ Wahis, Raymond; Durand, Frédéric; Villemant, Claire (2009). "Pompiles de l'île d'Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Pompilidae)". Zoosystema. 31 (3): 707–718. doi:10.5252/z2009n3a15.
  5. ^ Lelej, Arkady S.; Loktionov, Valery M. (2012). "Phylogeny and classification of the tribe Deuterageniini (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae: Pepsinae)". Far East Entomologist (254): 1–15. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  6. ^ Xiaoling, J.I.; Chongyang, L.I.; Li, M.A.; Qiang, L.I. (2015). "Taxonomy of Pepsini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) From Yunnan Province". Journal of Yunnan Agricultural University(Natural Science). 30 (2): 203–209. doi:10.16211/j.issn.1004-390X(n).2015.02.007.
  7. ^ Loktionov, Valery M.; Lelej, Arkady S. (2017). "An annotated catalogue of the spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of Russia". Zootaxa. 4280 (1): 1–95. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4280.1.1.
  8. ^ Fernández, Fernando; Rodriguez, Juanita; Waichert, Cecilia; Decker, Brenna; Pitts, James (2022). "Twenty two years later: An updated checklist of Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae)". Zootaxa. 5116 (4): 451–503. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5116.4.1.
  9. ^ Loktionov, Valery M.; Lelej, Arkady S. (2018). "Discovery of the spider wasp genus Sphictostethus Kohl, 1884 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae: Pepsinae) in New Guinea, with description of two new species". Zootaxa. 4429 (2): 295–302. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4429.2.5.
  10. ^ Loktionov, Valery M.; Lelej, Arkady S.; Liu, Jing-Xian (2019). "A new genus of spider wasps (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) from China". Far Eastern Entomologist (376): 1–14. doi:10.25221/fee.376.1.
  11. ^ Evans, Howard E. (1974). "A review of Psoropempula, a new genus of Australian Pompilidae (Hymenoptera)". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 126 (3): 261–278. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1974.tb00854.x.
  12. ^ a b Shimizu, Akira; Wahis, Raymond; Harris, Anthony C.; Pitts, James P. (2016). "An extraordinary new genus and species of spider wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) from Southeast Asia". Journal of Natural History. 50 (25–26): 1549–1559. doi:10.1080/00222933.2016.1155781.
  13. ^ Waichert, Cecilia; Rodriguez, Juanita; Wasbauer, Marius; von Dohlen, Carol & Pitts, James (2015). "Molecular phylogeny and systematics of spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae): Redefining subfamily boundaries and the origin of the family". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 175 (2): 271–287. doi:10.1111/zoj.12272.
  14. ^ Wahis, Raymond (2008). "Contribution à la connaissance des Pompilides d'Australie (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) 2. Sur quelques spécimens récoltés par G. Else (Natural History Museum, London) avec descriptions de deux espèces nouvelles des genres Auplopus et Ctenostegus". Faunistic Entomology – Entomologie faunistique. 61 (1–2): 23–31. Retrieved 2024-02-17.