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
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Tachypompilus pallidus
(Banks)
ECUADOR
:
Guayas Province
,
Mangroves Ecological Reserve Churte
,
Cerra Pancho del Diablo
;
30 January 2007
;
P. Öberg. Host
: Unidentified species (
Sparassidae
), adult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed huntsman spider backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping its right pedipalp with her mandibles (
Öberg 2007
)
.
ECUADOR
:
Pichincha Province
,
Quito Canton
,
Santa Marianita
;
6 February 2015
;
H. Beck
(holgerbeck). Host: Unidentified species (
Sparassidae
), adult or subadult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed huntsman spider backwards, dorsal side upward, vertically up then up across an outdoor concrete step, grasping its right pedipalp with her mandibles (
Beck 2015
)
.