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.
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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
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Caliadurgus fasciatellus
(Smith)
MN: Hennepin County, Minnetonka, Lake Shore Avenue;
16 June 2016
; H. Holm. Host:
Mangora
cf
placida
(Hentz) (
Araneidae
), adult female. The wasp held the paralyzed orbweaver, venter to venter, grasping a coxa with her mandibles (
Holm 2016
).
CANADA
:
Ontario
, Douro, Mark S. Burnham Provincial Park;
28 July 2019
; K. Adderley-Heron (kelton_ah). Host:
Araneus juniperi
(Emerton) (Araneidae)
, adult or subadult female. The wasp held the paralyzed orbweaver, upright on a fallen log, grasping the base of its right foreleg with her mandibles (
Adderley-Heron 2019
;
R
. Bennett, Entomology, Royal
British Columbia
Museum, Victoria,
British Columbia
, Canada; G. Blagoev, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph,
Ontario
, Canada, 2019 pers. comm.).