Species Pepsis pallidolimbata

Classification · Identification · See Also

Tarantula Hawk at Mount Diablo - Pepsis pallidolimbata

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and Stinging Wasps)

Superfamily Vespoidea (Ants, Stinging Wasps, and Hornets)

Family Pompilidae (Spider Wasps)

Subfamily Pepsinae

Tribe Pepsini

Genus Pepsis (Tarantula Hawks)

Species pallidolimbata (Pepsis pallidolimbata)

Identification

Note the absence of a dark submarginal band basal to the hyaline edge of the wing. (see comment on this post by Nick Fensler)

See Also

Pepsis thisbe. It is necessary to view the wing tips in order to distinguish between P. pallidolimbata and this species -- see comments in the Identification sections.

Contributed by Nick Fensler on 11 August, 2006 - 3:38pm
Additional contributions by Harsi S. Parker
Last updated 22 July, 2009 - 1:30pm

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