Genus Hemipepsis Dahlbom, 1844

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• Hemipepsis Dahlbom, A.G. 1844. Hymenoptera Europaea Praecipue Borealia; Formis Typicis nonnullus Specierum Generumve Exoticorum aut Extraneorum propter nexum systematicum associatis; per familias, genera, species et varietates disposita atque descripta. Sphex Linn. Fasciculus II: Bembicidae, Philantidae, Mellinidae, Pemphredonidae, et Crabronidae ex parte. Lund : Officina Lundbergiana, pp. 173–352. [123].

  Type species:

   Hemipepsis capensis Dahlbom, 1844 by subsequent designation, see Ashmead, W.H. 1900. Classification of the fossorial, predaceous and parasitic wasps, or the superfamily Vespoidea. Paper No. 2. The Canadian Entomologist 32: 185–188 [187]; Arnold, G. 1932. The Psammocharidae of the Ethiopian Region. Part II. Subfamily Claveliinae, Haupt. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 15(1): 41–122.
• Pallosoma Lepeletier, A. St. Fargeau de 1845. Histoire Naturelles des Insectes; Hyménoptères. Paris : Roret Vol. 3 pp. 1-646. [492] [synonymy by Arnold, 1932:396].

  Type species:

   Pallosoma barbara Lepeletier, 1845 by subsequent designation, see Ashmead, W.H. 1900. Classification of the fossorial, predaceous and parasitic wasps, or the superfamily Vespoidea. Paper No. 2. The Canadian Entomologist 32: 185–188 [187].
• Tetraodontonyx Ashmead, W.H. 1900. Classification of the fossorial, predaceous and parasitic wasps, or the superfamily Vespoidea. Paper No. 2. The Canadian Entomologist 32: 185–188 [187] [placed as subgenus by Arnold 1932:365, 396].

  Type species:

   Tetraodontonyx rufipes Ashmead, 1900 by original designation.
• Tetracryptocheilus Zavattari, E. 1907. Imenotteri del Lago Moero. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della Reale Università di Torino 22(555): 1–6 [In Italian] [4] [as subgenus of Cryptocheilus; synonymy by Schulz, 1911:112, 207].

  Type species:

   Cryptocheilus (Tetracrytpocheilus) ascensi Zavattari, 1907 by monotypy.
• Tetracryptochilus Schulz, W.A. 1911. Zweihundert alte Hymenopteren. Zoologischer Anzeiger 4: 1–220 [In German] [112] [replacement name; unnecessary nom. nov. for Tetracryptocheilus Zavattari, 1907].
• Pachynimia Haupt, H. 1929. Hymenoptera. III. Psammocharidae. In, Schouteden, H.U.A. Voyage au Congo de S.A.R. le Prince Léopold de Belgique 1925. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 17: 193–207 [In German] [197] [synonymy by Arnold, 1932:396].

  Type species:

   Priocnemis tinctor Saussure, 1867 by monotypy.
• Trichonyx Haupt, H. 1929. Hymenoptera. III. Psammocharidae. In, Schouteden, H.U.A. Voyage au Congo de S.A.R. le Prince Léopold de Belgique 1925. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 17: 193–207 [In German] [195] [synonymy by Arnold, 1932:396].

  Type species:

   Hemipepsis unguicularis Kohl, 1913 by original designation.
• Xenopepsis Arnold, G. 1932. The Psammocharidae of the Ethiopian Region. Part II. Subfamily Claveliinae, Haupt. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 15(1): 41–122 [291, 323, 367] [as subgenus; raised to generic rank by Arnold, 1935:110].

  Type species:

   Hemipepsis (Xenopepsis) commixta Arnold, 1932 by monotypy.
• Moropepsis Banks, N. 1934. The Psammocharidae of the Philippines. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 69: 1–117 [6, 8] [as subgenus; considered valid subgenus by Wahis, 1966; treated as a synonym by Townes, 1957, Krombein, 1951 and 1979].

  Type species:

   Hemipepsis (Moropepsis) croesus Banks, 1934 by monotypy.
• Hovagenia Banks, N. 1941. Some Psammocharidae from Madagascar (Hymenoptera). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 92: 335–362 [343].

  Type species:

   Hovagenia saussurei Banks, 1941 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Schulz, W.A. 1911. Zweihundert alte Hymenopteren. Zoologischer Anzeiger 4: 1–220 [In German]
• Arnold, G. 1932. The Psammocharidae of the Ethiopian Region. Part II. Subfamily Claveliinae, Haupt. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 15(1): 41–122
• Arnold, G. 1935. The Psammocharide of the Ethiopian Region Part IV. Subfamily Psammocharinae. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 15(4): 413–483
• Townes, H. 1957. Nearctic wasps of the subfamilies Pepsinae and Ceropalinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 209: 1–286
• Krombein, C.F.W. 1979. Superfamily Pompiloidea. In, Krombein, K.V., Hurd, P.D., Smith, D.R. & Burks, B.O. (eds). Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institute Press Vol. 2 1199-2209 pp.

Introduction

The Australian members of this genus are generally large, distinctive insects that may well be the largest pompilids in Australia.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

General References

McKeown, K.C. 1942. Australian Insects. An Introductory Handbook. Sydney : Sydney & Melbourne Publishing Co. Pty Ltd 303 pp. [185] (Hemipepsis: list)

Naumann, I.D. 1991. Hymenoptera (Wasps, bees, ants, sawflies) 58. Pompilidae. pp. 974–976 in Naumann, I.D. (ed.). The Insects of Australia. Carlton : Division of Entomology, CSIRO, Canberra and Melbourne University Press. [975] (Hemipepsis: note)

Turner, R.E. 1917. New species of Hymenoptera in the British Museum. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1917(1): 53-84 [80] (Hemipepsis: notes on Hemipepsis vs Mygnimia)

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