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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Spider Wasps, Velvet Ants and allies (Pompiloidea) » Spider Wasps (Pompilidae) » Pepsinae » Tarantula-hawk Wasps and Allies (Pepsini) » Tarantula-hawk Wasps (Hemipepsis) » Toussaint's Tarantula-hawk Wasp (Hemipepsis toussainti)

Species Hemipepsis toussainti - Toussaint's Tarantula-hawk Wasp

Representative Images

Pepsinae with yellow antennae - Hemipepsis toussainti - female Pepsinae with yellow antennae - Hemipepsis toussainti - female Pepsinae with yellow antennae - Hemipepsis toussainti - 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 toussainti (Toussaint's Tarantula-hawk Wasp)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Orig. comb.: Mygnimia toussainti Banks, 1928

Explanation of Names

Hemipepsis toussainti (Banks, 1928)
toussainti = likely named after François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture, a Haitian commander during the Haitian Revolution. He also emancipated the slaves of modern-day Haiti, set up the colony to be governed by the freed slaves, and became the ruler of Hispaniola.
François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture is an important historical figure in Haiti, where this species also occurs.

Range

AZ & NM; outside our area reported from Mexico (Durango, Michoacan, Mexico) & Haiti(1)

Works Cited

1.Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
Karl V. Krombein, Paul D. Hurd, Jr., David R. Smith, and B. D. Burks. 1979. Smithsonian Institution Press.
Contributed by Nick Fensler on 9 August, 2006 - 12:31pm
Additional contributions by PaleoJon
Last updated 8 June, 2021 - 5:27pm

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