New and unusual host records for North American and South American spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae)
Author
Kurczewski, Frank E.
Author
West, Rick C.
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Waichert, Cecilia
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Kissane, Kelly C.
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Ubick, Darrell
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Pitts, James P.
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-12-07
4891
1
1
112
journal article
9376
10.11646/zootaxa.4891.1.1
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1175-5326
4309249
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Notocyphus dorsalis dorsalis
Cresson
MO: Benton County, Warsaw; posted
9 October 2009
; B. P. Eldridge. Host:
Ummidia
sp. (
Halonoproctidae
), adult or subadult female. A series of photographs shows the wasp straddling the paralyzed trapdoor spider, venter to dorsum, as it laid on the ground. The photographer stated “the wasp grappled with the trapdoor spider for several minutes on the backyard lawn, near the patio deck, until they disappeared from sight” (Eldridge 2007; B. P. Eldridge, Warsaw. MO, 2020 pers. comm.).