New and unusual host records for North American and South American spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae)
Author
Kurczewski, Frank E.
Author
West, Rick C.
Author
Waichert, Cecilia
Author
Kissane, Kelly C.
Author
Ubick, Darrell
Author
Pitts, James P.
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-12-07
4891
1
1
112
journal article
9376
10.11646/zootaxa.4891.1.1
8cd88652-1627-4fbe-891d-062b3e02e511
1175-5326
4309249
6B0E1135-8C4E-4341-9793-AB970FBCD10B
Anoplius
(
Notiochares
)
amethystinus exclusus
(Smith)
BRAZIL
:
State
of
Mato Grosso do Sul
,
Bonito
city;
16 February 2013
;
C. D. Timm. Host
:
Lycosa erythrognatha
, adult female.
The
wasp pulled the paralyzed wolf spider backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its left pedipalp with her mandibles (
Timm 2013
)
.
BRAZIL
:
State
of
Rio de Janeiro
, vicinity of
Rio de Janeiro
city;
3 February 2012
;
M. Rocha. Host
:
Lycosa erythrognatha
, adult female.
The
wasp mounted the paralyzed wolf spider, dorsal side upward, and examined it with her antennae and mouthparts (
Rocha 2012
)
.