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
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Anoplius
(
Anoplius
)
depressipes
Banks
MN
:
Rice County
,
Northfield
,
Cowling Arboretum
;
11 September 2017
;
S. King. Host
:
Dolomedes scriptus
(light morph), adult or subadult female.
The
wasp towed the paralyzed fishing spider across the water surface, dorsal side upward, grasping a foreleg with her mandibles and released it on the muddy shore (
King 2017
)
.
NE: Douglas County, Omaha, Heron Haven;
21 July 2012
; B. Peterson (Gordilly). Host:
Dolomedes vittatus
, adult female. The wasp grasped the paralyzed fishing spider by the base of a chelicera as it laid, dorsal side upward, on floating pond debris (
Peterson 2012
).