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
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1
112
journal article
9376
10.11646/zootaxa.4891.1.1
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1175-5326
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Pompilocalus vinicolor
(Packard)
ECUADOR
:
Carchi Province
,
San Gabriel
;
13 October 2013
;
J. Mantilla. Host
: Unidentified species (
Theraphosidae
), young or subadult of unknown sex. The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula backwards on the ground, ventral side upward, grasping its left coxa with her mandibles (Mantilla 2013)
.
ECUADOR
:
Napo Province
,
Napo
River, Ahuano;
26 July 2019
;
R
. Lehcar (rachelllllllllehcar). Host:
Tapinauchenius
cf
cupreus
Schmidt and Bauer (
Theraphosidae
) (Violet tree spider), adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed violet tree spider backwards on the ground, ventral side upward, grasping the basal region of its left foreleg with her mandibles (
Lehcar 2019
).