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Pepsis menechma in languages:

Dutch

Elegante tarantulahavik

English

Elegant Tarantula-hawk Wasp

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Parent Taxon

• Pepsis

Sibling Taxa

• Pepsis achterbergi
• Pepsis aciculata
• Pepsis adonta
• Pepsis albocincta
• Pepsis amyntas
• Pepsis angustimarginata
• Pepsis apicata
• Pepsis aquila
• Pepsis arizonica
• Pepsis assimilis
• Pepsis asteria
• Pepsis atalanta
• Pepsis atripennis
• Pepsis aurifex
• Pepsis auriguttata
• Pepsis aurozonata
• Pepsis australis
• Pepsis azteca
• Pepsis basalis
• Pepsis basifusca
• Pepsis boharti
• Pepsis bonplandi
• Pepsis brevicornis
• Pepsis brunneicornis
• Pepsis caliente
• Pepsis caridei
• Pepsis cassiope
• Pepsis catarinensis
• Pepsis chacoana
• Pepsis chiliensis
• Pepsis chiron
• Pepsis chrysoptera
• Pepsis chrysothemis
• Pepsis cofanes
• Pepsis completa
• Pepsis convexa
• Pepsis cooperi
• Pepsis crassicornis
• Pepsis cyanescens
• Pepsis cybele
• Pepsis dayi
• Pepsis deaurata
• Pepsis decipiens
• Pepsis decorata
• Pepsis defecta
• Pepsis dimidiata
• Pepsis discolor
• Pepsis ecuadorae
• Pepsis egregia
• Pepsis elevata
• Pepsis elongata
• Pepsis equestris
• Pepsis esmeralda
• Pepsis festiva
• Pepsis filiola
• Pepsis flavescens
• Pepsis flavipennis
• Pepsis foxi
• Pepsis friburgensis
• Pepsis frivaldszkyi
• Pepsis fumipennis
• Pepsis gracilis
• Pepsis gracillima
• Pepsis grossa
• Pepsis helvolicornis
• Pepsis heros
• Pepsis hirtiventris
• Pepsis hyalinipennis
• Pepsis hymenaea
• Pepsis hyperion
• Pepsis ianthina
• Pepsis ianthoides
• Pepsis inbio
• Pepsis inclyta
• Pepsis infuscata
• Pepsis jamaicensis
• Pepsis krombeini
• Pepsis laetabilis
• Pepsis lampas
• Pepsis lepida
• Pepsis limbata
• Pepsis luteicornis
• Pepsis lycaon
• Pepsis maeandrina
• Pepsis marginata
• Pepsis marthae
• Pepsis martini
• Pepsis menechma
• Pepsis mexicana
• Pepsis mildei
• Pepsis minarum
• Pepsis montezuma
• Pepsis multichroma
• Pepsis nana
• Pepsis nanoides
• Pepsis nigricans
• Pepsis nitida
• Pepsis onorei
• Pepsis optima
• Pepsis optimatis
• Pepsis pallidolimbata
• Pepsis petitii
• Pepsis pilosa
• Pepsis plutus
• Pepsis pretiosa
• Pepsis pulawskii
• Pepsis pulszkyi
• Pepsis purpurea
• Pepsis purpureipes
• Pepsis riopretensis
• Pepsis roigi
• Pepsis rubra
• Pepsis ruficornis
• Pepsis sabina
• Pepsis schlinkei
• Pepsis seifferti
• Pepsis seladonica
• Pepsis sericans
• Pepsis smaragdina
• Pepsis sommeri
• Pepsis stella
• Pepsis sumptuosa
• Pepsis taschenbergi
• Pepsis terminata
• Pepsis thisbe
• Pepsis thoreyi
• Pepsis tolteca
• Pepsis toppini
• Pepsis tricuspidata
• Pepsis varipennis
• Pepsis venusta
• Pepsis vinipennis
• Pepsis viridis
• Pepsis viridisetosa
• Pepsis vitripennis
• Pepsis wahisi
• Pepsis willinki
• Pepsis xanthocera
• Pepsis yucatani

Child Taxa

• Pepsis menechma cerberus
• Pepsis menechma elegans

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