Hemipepsis Unguicularis
''Hemipepsis'' is a genus of large Pepsinae, pepsine spider wasps found throughout the tropics. They are commonly known as tarantula hawks. ''Hemipepsis'' wasps are Morphology (biology), morphologically similar to the related genera ''Pepsis'' and ''Entypus'', but distinguishable by the pattern of wing venation. In South Africa 18 plant species from three plant families, the Apocynaceae, Orchidaceae, and Asparagaceae subfamily Scilloideae are pollinated exclusively by ''Hemipepsis'' wasps. Species About 180 species are placed in ''Hemipepsis'', including: *''Hemipepsis acer'' (Charles Thomas Bingham, Bingham, 1897) India *''Hemipepsis aenea'' (Peter Cameron (entomologist), Cameron, 1904) Sikkim *''Hemipepsis aeruginosa'' (Frederick Smith (entomologist), Smith, 1855) Sumatra, Assam *''Hemipepsis aethiops'' (Franz Friedrich Kohl, Kohl, 1913) Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe Zambia, Ethiopia *''Hemipepsis amamiensis'' (Katsuji Tsuneki, Tsuneki, 1990) Japan *''Hemipepsis an ...
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Anders Gustaf Dahlbom
Anders Gustaf Dahlbom (3 March 1806 – 3 May 1859) was a Swedish entomologist. Dahlbom was born in Härberga parish in Östergötland County, son of a military surgeon. He matriculated at Lund University in 1825, completed his filosofie magister degree in 1829, became a docent of natural history in 1830, acting adjunct of entomology in 1841, adjunct in 1843 and keeper of the Entomological collections and professor extraordinary in 1857. Supported by public funds, he made several research journeys, especially to northern Sweden and the mountain regions, where he first accompanied his teacher, the dipterologist Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt (20 May 1785 – 23 December 1874) was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera. Biography Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He rec ..., as well as to other parts of the country and abroad, and published his observations in vario ...
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