(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Pompiloidea; Family: Pompilidae; Subfamily: Pepsinae; Genus; Hemipepsis)
Hemipepsis capensis Fabricius, 1781.
Prey of Hemipepsis capensis: paralyzed baboon spider, Harpactira atra (Theraphosidae) (Silvermine, Cape Town).
South Africa.
Prey on Baboon spiders (Theraphosidae).
Gess SK, Gess FW 2014. Wasps and bees in southern Africa. SANBI Biodiversity Series 24. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. 320 pp.
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Map Illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)
Citation: van Noort, S. 2025. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).
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