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Tribe Pepsini - Tarantula-hawk Wasps and Allies

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 Calopompilus
Species albopilosus - Calopompilus albopilosus
Species deceptus - Calopompilus deceptus
Species feroculis - Calopompilus feroculis
Species fortis - Calopompilus fortis
Species maculipennis - Calopompilus maculipennis
Species pyrrhomelas - Calopompilus pyrrhomelas
Species validus - Calopompilus validus
Genus Cryptocheilus
Species attenuatum - Cryptocheilus attenuatum
Species hesperus - Cryptocheilus hesperus
Species idoneum - Cryptocheilus idoneum
Subspecies idoneum - Cryptocheilus idoneum idoneum
Species pallidipenne - Cryptocheilus pallidipenne
Species severini - Cryptocheilus severini
Species terminatus - Cryptocheilus terminatus
Subspecies subopacus - Cryptocheilus terminatus subopacus
Subspecies terminatus - Cryptocheilus terminatus terminatus
Genus Entypus
Species aratus - Entypus aratus
Species fulvicornis - Entypus fulvicornis
Species ochrocerus - Entypus ochrocerus
Species unifasciatus - Entypus unifasciatus
Subspecies unifasciatus - Entypus unifasciatus unifasciatus
Subspecies cressoni - Entypus unifasciatus cressoni
Subspecies californicus - Entypus unifasciatus californicus
No Taxon angusticeps or unifasciatus
No Taxon austrinus or texanus
No Taxon fulvicornis or magnus
Genus Epipompilus
Species aztecus - Epipompilus aztecus
Genus Hemipepsis - Tarantula-hawk Wasps
Species ustulata - Flamed Tarantula-hawk Wasp
Species toussainti - Toussaint's Tarantula-hawk Wasp
Genus Minagenia
Genus Pepsis - Tarantula-hawk Wasps
Species basifusca - Pepsis basifusca
Species chrysothemis - Pepsis chrysothemis
Species grossa - Pepsis grossa
Species menechma - Elegant Tarantula-hawk Wasp
No Taxon "cerberus"
Species mexicana - Mexican Tarantula-hawk Wasp
Species mildei - Milde's Tarantula-hawk Wasp
Species pallidolimbata - Pepsis pallidolimbata
Species ruficornis - Pepsis ruficornis
Species sommeri - Pepsis sommeri
Species thisbe - Thisbe's Tarantula-hawk Wasp

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