Biology:Hemipepsis tamisieri

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Short description: Species of spider wasp


Hemipepsis tamisieri
Spider-hunting Wasp (Hemipepsis tamisieri) with its prey, a Baboon Spider (Theraphosidae) (12747967695).jpg
Hemipepsis tamisieri with its prey, a baboon spider (Theraphosidae).
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Pompilidae
Genus: Hemipepsis
Species:
H. tamisieri
Binomial name
Hemipepsis tamisieri
(Guérin, 1848)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Salius rufopictus Mygnimia distanti
  • Saussure, 1892 Guérin, 1848
  • Radoszkowski Salius tamisieri
  • Priocnemis rufopictus (Guerin, 1848)
  • Pompilus tamisieri Radoszkowski, 1876

Hemipepsis tamisieri is a species of afrotropical pepsid spider wasp, one of the so-called tarantula hawks because its preferred prey are tarantulas of the family Theraphosidae.

Distribution

This wasp has been recorded from Uganda, Ethiopia, Angola, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa , Nigeria, and Sierra Leone, but is probably widespread in Africa south of the Sahara.[2]

Biology

The adults feed on the nectar of various flowers, many of which are specialised to be pollinated by this species and its cogeners.[3] The females hunt on the ground for spiders of the family Theraphosidae[4] and rain spiders of the genus Palystes which are paralysed with the female's sting to provide a food for the wasp's larva.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Hemipepsis tamisieri (Guerin, 1848)". GBIF.org. https://www.gbif.org/species/110364910. Retrieved 10 September 2016. 
  2. "Taxonomy for Hemipepsis tamisieri (Guérin, 1848)". insectoid.org. http://insectoid.info/insecta/pterygota/neoptera/holometabola/hymenoptera/apocrita/aculeata/vespoidea/pompilidae/pepsinae/pepsini/hemipepsis/tamisieri/. Retrieved 10 September 2016. 
  3. Shuttleworth, Adam; Johnson, Steven D. (2012). "The Hemipepsis wasp-pollination system in South Africa: a comparative analysis of trait convergence in a highly specialized plant guild". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 168 (3): 278–279. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2012.01216.x. 
  4. Gess, Sarah K.; Gess, Fredereich W. (2014). "Wasps and Bees in Southern Africa". SANBI Biodiversity Series 24. http://www.sanbi.org/sites/default/files/documents/documents/wasps-and-bees-southern-africa-sanbi-biodiversity-series-24.pdf. 
  5. "Hemipepsis tamisieri Guérin". Waspweb. Iziko Museums of South Africa. http://www.waspweb.org/Vespoidea/Pompilidae/Pepsinae/Hemipepsis/Hemipepsis_tamisieri.htm. Retrieved 2016-12-12. 

Wikidata ☰ Q28431749 entry