Pepsis albocincta
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| Pepsis albocincta | |
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| Pepsis albocincta museum specimen | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Pompilidae |
| Genus: | Pepsis |
| Species: | P. albocincta |
| Binomial name | |
| Pepsis albocincta Smith, 1855 | |
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Pepsis albocincta is a species of spider wasps belonging to the family Pompilidae.[1]
These wasps are also called tarantula hawks, as they usually hunt tarantulas, similarly to many species in the genus Hemipepsis.
