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Subfamily Pepsinae

Spider Wasp - Auplopus Tarantula Hawk? - Pepsis grossa - female Tarantula Hawk - Pepsis _____? - Pepsis - female Pepsis - mildei ? grossa ? - Pepsis Entypus? - Entypus aratus - female unknown Pompilidae wasp - Caliadurgus fasciatellus wasp, stealing mud? from Trypoxylon nest - Auplopus - female Milde's Tarantula-hawk Wasp - Pepsis mildei - Pepsis mildei
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
Explanation of Names
Pepsinae Lepeletier 1845
Numbers
>2000 spp. in >60 genera worldwide(1)