1526 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Genus PEPSIS Subgenus STENOPEPSIS Banks 



Pepsis subg. Stenopepsis Banks, 1945. Bol. Ent. Venezolana 4: 82. 

 Type-species: Pepsis hymenaea Mocsary. Orig. desig. 



venusta Smith. South. Ariz, to Brazil. 



Pepsis venusta Smith, 1855. Cat. Hym. Brit., Mus., v. 3, p. 196. 6. 



Genus PEPSIS Subgenus DINOPEPSIS Banks 



Pepsis subg. Dinopepsis Banks, 1945. Bol. Ent. Venezolana 4: 83. 

 Type-species: Pepsis grossa Fabricius. Orig. desig. 

 formosa formosa (Say). Mo., Tex. to Kans. w. into Ariz, and Nev.; Mexico (Chihuahua). Prey: 

 Aphonopelma chalcodes Chamb., Dugesiella sp. 

 Pompilus formosus Say, 1832. West. Quart. Rptr. 2: 76. 9 . 

 Pepsis nephele Lucas, 1894. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 39: 732, 739. 9 . 

 Pepsis pseudofonnosa Cockerell, 1898. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sci., Proc. 7: 146. S. 



Biology: Buckley, 1862. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 1: 138-139 (prey, misdet. as Mygale). 



— Lincecum, 1867. Amer. Nat. 1: 137-141, 2 figs, (prey, misdet. as Mygale). — Cazier and 

 Mortenson, 1964. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 57: 533-541, 8 figs, (prey, nesting behavior). 

 formosa pattoni Banks. N. Mex., Ariz., Calif.; Mexico (Sonora, Baja California). 

 Pepsis pattoni Banks, 1941. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 94: 181. 6,9. 



Genus PEPSIS Subgenus GIGANTOPEPSIS Lucas 



Pepsis subg. Gigantopepsis Lucas, 1919. Arch, f Naturgesch., div. A 83: 10, 41. 

 Type-species: Pepsis gigantea Lucas. Orig. desig. 

 aquila Lucas. South. Ariz, and N. Mex.; Mexico (Durango). 



Pepsis aquila Lucas, 1894. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 39: 797. S. 

 arizonica Banks. Tex., Ariz., Calif.; Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango). 



Pepsis arizonica Banks, 1921. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 14: 21. 6. 



Pepsis hirsuta Salman, 1933. Pan-Pacific Ent. 9: 9. 9. 

 marginata Pahsot de Beauvois. South. Fla.; West Indies. Prey: Cyrtopholis portoricensis 

 Chamb. 



Pepsis marginata Palisot de Beauvois, 1809. Ins. Afr., Amer., p. 94, pi. 2, figs. 2, 3. 6, 9. 



Pepsis heros Dahlbom, 1843. Hym. Europaea, v. 1, p. 122. 9. 



Biology: Petrunkevitch, 1926. Jour. Expt. Zool. 45: 367-394, 2 pis. (prey, hunting behavior, 

 nest, life history). — Petrunkevich, 1952. Sci. Amer. (for Aug.), pp. 20-23 (prey, hunting 

 behavior, nest, life history). 



Genus PEPSIS Subgenus UNASSIGNED 



angustimarginata Viereck. Tex. to Kans. w. to south. Calif.; Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua). 



Pepsis angustimarginata Viereck, 1908 (1907). Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 33: 398. 9. 



Pepsis sayi Banks, 1926. Canad. Ent. 58: 202. 9 (d misdet.). 

 azteca Cameron. Tex. south to Panama. 



Pepsis azteca Cameron, 1893. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 215. 9 . 

 Cerberus Lucas. Kans., Tex., Ariz.; Mexico (Chihuahua, Baja California). 



Pepsis Cerberus Lucas, 1894. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 39: 780, 790. 6. 



Pepsis inermis Fox, 1898. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 4: 141, 146. 9. 



Pepsis novitia Banks, 1921. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 14: 21. 6. Apparently a hybrid between 

 Cerberus and elegans Lep. with most characters as in cerberus. 



Taxonomy: Hurd, 1952. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 98: 295 (status of novitia). 

 elegans Lepeletier. Pa. to Kans., s. to Fla. and Tex. Ecology: Nests in rodent burrow. Prey: 

 Huge spider. 

 Pepsis elegans Lepeletier, 1845. Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., v. 3, p. 489. i. 

 Pepsis dubitata Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 144. 6,9. 



Biology: Rau and Rau, 1918. Wasp studies afield, pp. 67-71 (prey transport, nesting site). 



