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Species Hemipepsis ustulata - Flamed Tarantula-hawk Wasp

Representative Images

Tarantula hawk wasp? - Hemipepsis ustulata - female Tarantula Hawk - Hemipepsis ustulata - male Unknown Cryptocheilus? - Hemipepsis ustulata Tarantula Hawk, Pepsis sp. Is this P. thisbe? - Hemipepsis ustulata - female Tarantula Hawk Body Scan - Hemipepsis ustulata - male Trantula Hawk? - Hemipepsis ustulata Pepsis? - Hemipepsis ustulata - female Female, Pepsini - Hemipepsis ustulata - female

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 (Tarantula-hawk Wasps and Allies)
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')

Print References

Alcock, J. (1979). The behavioral consequences of size variation among males of the territorial wasp, Hemipepsis ustulata (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Behavior 71:322-335
Contributed by Nick Fensler on 20 July, 2007 - 1:04pm
Additional contributions by Aaron Schusteff, PaleoJon
Last updated 14 March, 2024 - 10:59am

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