page_title: Hemipepsis
hierarchical_section_title: Hemipepsis
caption_attribution_description: English: Female tarantula hawk or spider wasp (Pepsis or Hemipepsis) dragging a paralyzed tarantula at Sandy Bay, South Africa.
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: A female Hemipepsis sp. wasp dragging a paralyzed tarantula, Sandy Bay, South Africa
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