Pepsinites avitula Cockerell 1941 (spider wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Pompilidae

Alternative combinations: Chirodamus avitula, Pepsis avitula

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1941. Some Tertiary Insects (Hymenoptera) from Colorado. American Journal of Science, Series 5 239:354-356

Belongs to Pepsinites according to J. Rodriguez et al. 2017

See also Cockerell 1941 and Vardy 2005

Sister taxa: Pepsinites cockerellae, Pepsinites contentus, Pepsinites florissantensis, Pepsinites laminarum, Pepsinites scelerosus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Florissant (Cockerell Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Florissant (Cockerell Collection)

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