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Another Pepsis of some kind? - Hemipepsis ustulata - female

Another Pepsis of some kind? - Hemipepsis ustulata - Female
Kerrville, Kerr County, Texas, USA
September 1, 2006
Size: ~30 mm
Here is what I believe is another Pepsis species. It differs somewhat from one I submitted a couple of months ago , in that this one has somewhat shorter black antennae and dark margins on the wings.

....Ed Johnson....

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Another Pepsis of some kind? - Hemipepsis ustulata - female Another Pepsis of some kind? - Hemipepsis ustulata - female

Moved
Moved from Tarantula Hawks.

Hemipepsis
In my opinion this is Hemipepsis. In the dorsal view you can clearly see the wing venation. That first recurrent vein hits the second submarginal cell almost at the second transverse cubital vein. This makes the first discoidal cell look very long and the irregularity in the base of this cell looks particularly strong. Also, the empodium of the front tarsus looks huge, which also indicates Hemipepsis. A supporting character is also the dull black coloration, most (but certainly not all) Pepsis have a strong bluish refulgence. In any case the characters I can see make a very strong case for Hemipepsis. In that case this female would be H. ustulata, as the other two species have yellow antennae.

Pepsis or Hemipepsis (Pompiliade)
Yes

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