Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae)
Author
Kurczewski, Frank E.
1188 Converse Drive NE, Atlanta, GA 30324
Author
West, Rick C.
6365 Willowpark Way, Sooke, BC, Canada V 9 Z 1 L 9
Author
Waichert, Cecilia
Complexo Biopráticas, Universidade Vila Velha, Vila Velha, State of Espirito Santo, Brazil
Author
Pitts, James P.
Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322
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Insecta Mundi
2022
2022-04-29
2022
928
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.6533498
1942-1354
6533498
48EC3DE6-45D1-40E2-8C4D-2D8788058CAC
Pepsis terminata
Dahlbom
BRAZIL
:
Minas Gerais State
, Lassance, Harmony Farm;
21 November 2017
; M. A. F. Malacco. Host:?
Idiops
sp. (Idiopidae)
[det.
R
. Bertani, IBB,
São Paulo
, Brazil], adult or subadult female. The wasp stood over the immobilized armored trapdoor spider as it laid ventral side upward on the ground (
Malacco 2017
).
BRAZIL
:
Pernambuco State
, Buíque;
28 August 2020
, 1544 EDT; C. Avenengo. Host:
Acanthoscurria
?
natalensis
Chamberlin (
Theraphosidae
), adult male [det.
R
. Bertani,]. The wasp grasped the Natal brown birdeater by the base of the femur of its right foreleg with her mandibles and dragged it, dorsal side upward, across the ground (
Avenengo 2020
).
COLOMBIA
:
Tolima Department
, Ibagué, Vereda El Gallo trail;
27 April 2017
; A.
R
. Reinoso. Host:
Pamphobeteus
sp. (Theraphosidae)
, adult or subadult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed tarantula backwards across the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its pedipalp with her mandibles (
Reinoso 2017
).
ST. LUCIA
:
Praslin Quarter
,
1 km
NW
Praslin
;
10 June 2007
; J. LaPergola. Host:
Tapinauchenius polybote
Hüsser (Theraphosidae)
, adult female. The wasp examined the immobilized tarantula with her mouthparts and antennae as it laid, dorsal side upward, on the bare ground (
LaPergola 2007
).