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Hemipepsis vindex Smith

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Pompiloidea; Family: Pompilidae; Subfamily: Pepsinae; Genus; Hemipepsis)

Hemipepsis vindex Smith, 1855.

Distribution

Namibia, Senegal, South Africa, Swaziland, Yemen, Zimbabwe.

Biology

Prey on Baboon spiders (Theraphosidae).

Reference

Gess SK, Gess FW 2014. Wasps and bees in southern Africa. SANBI Biodiversity Series 24. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. 320 pp.

Credits

Photographs © Alan Manson https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/266538336

Photographed in Hantam National Botanical Garden, Namakwa District Municipality, South Africa.

Map Illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2026. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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