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Hemipepsis is a
genus of
large pepsine spider wasps found throughout the tropics. They are
commonly known as
tarantula hawks.
Hemipepsis wasps are morphologically...
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Tarantula hawks belong to any of the many
species in the
genera Pepsis and
Hemipepsis. They are one of the
largest parasitoid wasps,
using their sting to paralyze...
- to many
species in the
genus Hemipepsis.
These wasps are
restricted to the Americas, with the
related genus Hemipepsis occurring in both Old and New...
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Hemipepsis ustulata is a
species of
tarantula hawk wasp
native to the
Southwestern United States.
Tarantula hawks are a large, con****uous
family of long-legged...
- for the wasp's larva. "
Hemipepsis tamisieri (Guerin, 1848)". GBIF.org.
Retrieved 10
September 2016. "Taxonomy for
Hemipepsis tamisieri (Guérin, 1848)"...
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Schmidt sting pain index:
Synoeca surinama,
Paraponera clavata,
Pepsis sp.,
Hemipepsis sp., and
Vespa mandarinia.
Purpose Rates the pain of
different stings...
- name
tarantula hawk for the
wasps in the
genus Pepsis and the
related Hemipepsis. Only the
females hunt, so only they are
capable of
delivering a sting...
- scan for
incoming receptive females. In
studies on the
tarantula wasp
Hemipepsis ustulata,
larger males are more
likely to
acquire perch territories and...
- they
usually hunt tarantulas,
similarly to many
species in the
genus Hemipepsis. P.
albocincta can
reach a
length of 25–55 mm (0.98–2.17 in). Body and...
- (bullet ant),
Synoeca septentrionalis (warrior wasp), and
Pepsis spp. and
Hemipepsis spp. (tarantula hawks). In an
experimental setting, only two
lizard species...
