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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 (Pepsis) » Pepsis pallidolimbata

Species Pepsis pallidolimbata

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · See Also
Pepsis pallidolimbata - male - female Tarantula Hawk - Pepsis pallidolimbata Pepsis pallidolimbata - male Pepsis pallidolimbata - male Pepsis sp ID help - Pepsis pallidolimbata - female Pepsis pallidolimbata - female Pepsis pallidolimbata ? - Pepsis pallidolimbata - female Wasp - Pepsis pallidolimbata - 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 Pepsis (Tarantula-hawk Wasps)
Species pallidolimbata (Pepsis pallidolimbata)
Explanation of Names
Pepsis pallidolimbata Lucas 1894
Identification
Note the absence of a dark submarginal band basal to the hyaline edge of the wing (see comment on this post by Nick Fensler).
Range
sw US (BG data)
See Also
Pepsis thisbe. It is necessary to view the wing tips in order to distinguish between P. pallidolimbata and this species -- see comments in the Identification sections.
Contributed by Nick Fensler on 11 August, 2006 - 3:38pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Aaron Schusteff, Harsi S. Parker, PaleoJon
Last updated 23 March, 2023 - 9:26pm

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