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Hemipepsis species

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

Hemipepsis species

Lydenburg with Baboon spider prey (Theraphosidae). Photograph © Arista Botha. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/66693166

Distribution

South Africa.

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

Photograph © Arista Botha.

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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