Global InformationPepsis menechma information
| Pepsis menechma | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Pompilidae |
| Genus: | Pepsis |
| Species: | P. menechma
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| Binomial name | |
| Pepsis menechma Lepeletier, 1845
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| Synonyms | |
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Pepsis elegans Lepeletier, 1845 | |
Pepsis menechma, the elegant tarantula hawk, is a species of spider wasp in the family Pompilidae, widely distributed in North America and Central America.[1][2][3][4] It has numerous very different color forms over its range, and has been historically classified as several species.[5]
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