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Species Hemipepsis ustulata - Flamed Tarantula-hawk Wasp

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

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

Superfamily Pompiloidea (Spider Wasps, Velvet Ants and allies)

Family Pompilidae (Spider Wasps)

Subfamily Pepsinae

Tribe Pepsini

Genus Hemipepsis (Tarantula-hawk Wasps)

Species ustulata (Flamed Tarantula-hawk Wasp)

Explanation of Names

Hemipepsis ustulata Dahlbom, 1843

ustulata = from the Latin ustulāta ('scorched, burned, or inflamed')

Contributed by Nick Fensler on 20 July, 2007 - 1:04pm
Additional contributions by PaleoJon
Last updated 15 November, 2020 - 5:52pm

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