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Hemipepsis
''Hemipepsis'' is a genus of large pepsine spider wasps found throughout the tropics. They are commonly known as tarantula hawks. ''Hemipepsis'' wasps are 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'' ( Bingham, 1897) India *'' Hemipepsis aenea'' ( Cameron, 1904) Sikkim *'' Hemipepsis aeruginosa'' (Smith, 1855) Sumatra, Assam *'' Hemipepsis aethiops'' ( Kohl, 1913) Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe Zambia, Ethiopia *'' Hemipepsis amamiensis'' ( Tsuneki, 1990) Japan *'' Hemipepsis analis'' ( Haupt, 1933) New Guinea *'' Hemipepsis anthracina'' (Smith, 1855) Indonesia *'' Hemipepsis approximata'' (Haupt, 1941) Borneo *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hemipepsis Acer
''Hemipepsis'' is a genus of large pepsine spider wasps found throughout the tropics. They are commonly known as tarantula hawks. ''Hemipepsis'' wasps are 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'' ( Bingham, 1897) India *'' Hemipepsis aenea'' ( Cameron, 1904) Sikkim *'' Hemipepsis aeruginosa'' (Smith, 1855) Sumatra, Assam *'' Hemipepsis aethiops'' (Kohl, 1913) Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe Zambia, Ethiopia *'' Hemipepsis amamiensis'' ( Tsuneki, 1990) Japan *'' Hemipepsis analis'' ( Haupt, 1933) New Guinea *'' Hemipepsis anthracina'' (Smith, 1855) Indonesia *'' Hemipepsis approximata'' (Haupt, 1941) Borneo *'' Hemipep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hemipepsis Aenea
''Hemipepsis'' is a genus of large pepsine spider wasps found throughout the tropics. They are commonly known as tarantula hawks. ''Hemipepsis'' wasps are 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'' ( Bingham, 1897) India *'' Hemipepsis aenea'' ( Cameron, 1904) Sikkim *'' Hemipepsis aeruginosa'' (Smith, 1855) Sumatra, Assam *'' Hemipepsis aethiops'' (Kohl, 1913) Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe Zambia, Ethiopia *'' Hemipepsis amamiensis'' ( Tsuneki, 1990) Japan *'' Hemipepsis analis'' ( Haupt, 1933) New Guinea *'' Hemipepsis anthracina'' (Smith, 1855) Indonesia *'' Hemipepsis approximata'' (Haupt, 1941) Borneo *'' Hemipeps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hemipepsis With Baboon Spider
''Hemipepsis'' is a genus of large pepsine spider wasps found throughout the tropics. They are commonly known as tarantula hawks. ''Hemipepsis'' wasps are 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'' ( Bingham, 1897) India *''Hemipepsis aenea'' ( Cameron, 1904) Sikkim *'' Hemipepsis aeruginosa'' (Smith, 1855) Sumatra, Assam *'' Hemipepsis aethiops'' (Kohl, 1913) Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe Zambia, Ethiopia *'' Hemipepsis amamiensis'' ( Tsuneki, 1990) Japan *'' Hemipepsis analis'' ( Haupt, 1933) New Guinea *'' Hemipepsis anthracina'' (Smith, 1855) Indonesia *'' Hemipepsis approximata'' (Haupt, 1941) Borneo *'' Hemipepsi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hemipepsis Aeruginosa
''Hemipepsis'' is a genus of large pepsine spider wasps found throughout the tropics. They are commonly known as tarantula hawks. ''Hemipepsis'' wasps are 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'' ( Bingham, 1897) India *''Hemipepsis aenea'' ( Cameron, 1904) Sikkim *'' Hemipepsis aeruginosa'' (Smith, 1855) Sumatra, Assam *'' Hemipepsis aethiops'' (Kohl, 1913) Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe Zambia, Ethiopia *'' Hemipepsis amamiensis'' ( Tsuneki, 1990) Japan *'' Hemipepsis analis'' ( Haupt, 1933) New Guinea *'' Hemipepsis anthracina'' (Smith, 1855) Indonesia *'' Hemipepsis approximata'' (Haupt, 1941) Borneo *'' Hemipepsi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hemipepsis Aethiops
''Hemipepsis'' is a genus of large pepsine spider wasps found throughout the tropics. They are commonly known as tarantula hawks. ''Hemipepsis'' wasps are 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'' ( Bingham, 1897) India *''Hemipepsis aenea'' ( Cameron, 1904) Sikkim *''Hemipepsis aeruginosa'' (Smith, 1855) Sumatra, Assam *'' Hemipepsis aethiops'' (Kohl, 1913) Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe Zambia, Ethiopia *'' Hemipepsis amamiensis'' ( Tsuneki, 1990) Japan *'' Hemipepsis analis'' ( Haupt, 1933) New Guinea *'' Hemipepsis anthracina'' (Smith, 1855) Indonesia *'' Hemipepsis approximata'' (Haupt, 1941) Borneo *'' Hemipepsis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarantula Hawk
A tarantula hawk is a spider wasp (Pompilidae) that preys on tarantulas. Tarantula hawks belong to any of the many species in the genera ''Pepsis'' and ''Hemipepsis.'' They are one of the largest parasitoid wasps, using their sting to paralyze their prey before dragging it to a brood nest as living food; a single egg is laid on the prey, hatching to a larva which eats the still-living host. They are found on all continents other than Antarctica. Description Common species are up to long, making them among the largest of wasps, and have blue-black bodies and bright, rust-colored wings (other species have black wings with blue highlights). The vivid coloration found on their bodies, and especially wings, is an aposematism, advertising to potential predators the wasps' ability to deliver a powerful sting. Their long legs have hooked claws for grappling with their victims. The stinger of a female '' Pepsis grossa'' can be up to long, and the powerful sting is considered one of the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pepsis
''Pepsis'' is a genus of spider wasps belonging to the family Pompilidae. Species within this genus are also called tarantula hawks, as they usually hunt tarantulas, similarly to many species in the genus ''Hemipepsis''. These wasps are restricted to the Americas, with the related genus ''Hemipepsis'' occurring in both Old and New Worlds. Species Species within this genus include: *'' Pepsis achterbergi'' Vardy, 2005 *'' Pepsis aciculata'' Taschenberg, 1869 *'' Pepsis adonta'' Vardy, 2005 *''Pepsis albocincta'' Smith, 1855 *'' Pepsis amyntas'' Mocsáry, 1885 *''Pepsis apicata'' Taschenberg, 1869 *'' Pepsis aquila'' H. Lucas, 1895 *'' Pepsis assimilis'' Banks, 1946 *''Pepsis asteria'' Mocsáry, 1894 *''Pepsis atalanta'' Mocsáry, 1885 *''Pepsis atripennis'' Fabricius, 1793, 1804 *''Pepsis aurifex'' Smith, 1855 *''Pepsis auriguttata'' Burmeister, 1872 *''Pepsis aurozonata'' Smith, 1855 *''Pepsis australis'' Saussure, 1868 *''Pepsis basalis'' Mocsáry, 1885 *'' Pepsis bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spider Wasps
Wasp, Wasps in the family Pompilidae are commonly called spider wasps, spider-hunting wasps, or pompilid wasps. The family is Cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan, with some 5,000 species in six subfamilies. Nearly all species are solitary (with the exception of some group-nesting Ageniellini), and most capture and paralyze prey, though members of the subfamily Ceropalinae are kleptoparasites of other pompilids, or parasitoid, ectoparasitoids of living spiders. In South America, species may be referred to colloquially as or , though these names can be generally applied to any very large stinging wasps. Furthermore, in some parts of Venezuela and Colombia, it is called , or "horse killers", while in Brazil some particular bigger and brighter species of the general kind might be called /, or "throat locker". Morphology Like other strong fliers, pompilids have a thorax modified for efficient flight. The metathorax is solidly fused to the pronotum and mesothorax; moreover, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pepsinae
The Pepsinae are a subfamily of the spider wasp family, Pompilidae, including the tarantula hawks, as well as smaller species. Genera *''Ageniella'' Banks, 1912 *'' Allaporus'' Banks, 1933 *''Auplopus'' Spinola, 1841 250px, '' Auplopus carbonarius'' with prey *''Caliadurgus'' Pate, 1946 *'' Chirodamus'' Haliday, 1837 *''Cryptocheilus'' Panzer, 1806 *'' Cyemagenia'' Arnold, 1946 *'' Cyphononyx'' Dahlbom, 1845 *'' Deuteragenia'' Šustera, 1912 *'' Dichragenia'' Haupt, 1950 *'' Dipogon'' Fox 1897 *''Entypus'' Dahlbom, 1843 *''Epipompilus'' Kohl, 1884 *'' Guichardia'' Arnold, 1951 *''Hemipepsis'' Dahlbom, 1844 *''Java'' Pate, 1946 *'' Melanagenia'' Wahis, 2009 *'' Minagenia'' Banks, 1934 *'' Nipponodipogon'' Ishikawa, 1965 *'' Paraclavelia'' Haupt, 1930 *''Pepsis'' Fabricius, 1804 *''Phanagenia'' Banks, 1933 *'' Poecilagenia'' Haupt, 1926 *'' Priocnemella'' Banks, 1925 *''Priocnemis'' Schiødte, 1837 *'' Priocnessus'' Banks, 1925 *'' Schistonyx'' Saussure, 1887 *''Sphictostethus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozambique to the east. The capital and largest city is Harare. The second largest city is Bulawayo. A country of roughly 15 million people, Zimbabwe has 16 official languages, with English, Shona language, Shona, and Northern Ndebele language, Ndebele the most common. Beginning in the 9th century, during its late Iron Age, the Bantu peoples, Bantu people (who would become the ethnic Shona people, Shona) built the city-state of Great Zimbabwe which became one of the major African trade centres by the 11th century, controlling the gold, ivory and copper trades with the Swahili coast, which were connected to Arab and Indian states. By the mid 15th century, the city-state had been abandoned. From there, the Kingdom of Zimbabwe was established, fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Republic Of Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in Central Africa. It is bordered to the northwest by the Republic of the Congo, to the north by the Central African Republic, to the northeast by South Sudan, to the east by Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi, and by Tanzania (across Lake Tanganyika), to the south and southeast by Zambia, to the southwest by Angola, and to the west by the South Atlantic Ocean and the Cabinda exclave of Angola. By area, it is the second-largest country in Africa and the 11th-largest in the world. With a population of around 108 million, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most populous officially Francophone country in the world. The national capital and largest city is Kinshasa, which is also the nation's economic center. Centered on the Congo Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Friedrich Kohl
Franz Friedrich Kohl (13 January 1851, in St. Valentin auf der Haide – 15 December 1924, in Traismauer) was an Austrian entomologist and folksong researcher. Kohl was initially a middle school professor in Bolzano and then Innsbruck. He next worked in the Entomology Department, Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna. He specialised in ''Hymenoptera'', especially ''Sphecidae The Sphecidae are a cosmopolitan family of wasps of the suborder Apocrita that includes sand wasps, mud daubers, and other thread-waisted wasps. The name Sphecidae was formerly given to a much larger grouping of wasps. This was found to be p ...''. He is best known for his monograph ''Die Crabronen der paläarktischen Region monographisch bearbeitet''. Ann. Hofmus. Wien. 29: 1-453 (1915). References * Maidl, F. (1887 - 1951) 1925. ohl, F. F.''Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien'' 38 174-179 * Musgrave, A. 1932. ''Bibliography of Australian Entomology 1775 - 1930''. Sydney 180 * Nonveiller, G. 1999. ''The Pion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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