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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Priochilus scrupulum
(Fox)
ECUADOR
:
Orellana Province
, Sumaco National Park, Bigal River Biological Reserve;
28 December 2008
;
T
. Garcia. Host:
Selenops
sp. (
Selenopidae
), adult female. The wasp stung and paralyzed the wall crab spider, then left it dorsal side upward on stones as she cleaned herself (
Garcia 2008
).
PERU
:
Madre de Dios
,
Tambopata National Reserve
,
Tambopata Research Center
;
22 August 2017
;
P. Bertner. Host
: Unidentified species (
Scytodidae
), adult or subadult female. The wasp held the paralyzed spitting spider, venter to venter, grasping its spinnerets with her mandibles (
Bertner 2017
)
.