Pepsis menechma

Pepsis menechma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Hymenoptera
Family:Pompilidae
Genus:Pepsis
Species: P. menechma
Binomial name
Pepsis menechma
Lepeletier, 1845

Pepsis menechma, the elegant tarantula hawk, is a species of spider wasp in the family Pompilidae.[1][2][3][4]

Elegant tarantula hawk, Pepsis menechma

References

  1. ↑ "Pepsis menechma species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  2. ↑ "Pepsis menechma". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  3. ↑ "Pepsis menechma Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  4. ↑ "Pepsis menechma Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
  • Krombein, Karl V.; Hurd Jr., Paul D. Jr.; Smith, David R.; Burks, B.D., eds. (1979). "Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico". Smithsonian Institution Press. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  • Vardy, C.R. (2005). "The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae)". Zoologische Verhandelingen / Zoologische Mededelingen.


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