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
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1
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journal article
9376
10.11646/zootaxa.4891.1.1
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1175-5326
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Poecilopompilus algidus
(Smith)
FL: Volusia County, New Smyrna Beach;
27 August 2015
; T.
Valle
(nsbskatepark). Host:
Araneus
cf
cavaticus
(Keyserling) (Barn orbweaver) (
Araneidae
), adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed barn orbweaver backwards on the ground, ventral side upward, grasping its left hind coxa with her mandibles (
Valle
2015
).
:
State
of S„o Paulo, Rio Claro, Horto Florestal Edmundo Navarro de Andrade;
11 March 1976
;
F. A. Matthiesen. Host
:
Trichonephila clavipes
(Linnaeus)
(Golden silk orbweaver) (
Araneidae
), subadult female. The wasp was collected with the host spider and deposited in the S„o Paulo State University (
UNESP
) entomological collection (
V
. Ghirotto,
UNESP
, S„o Paulo,
Brazil
, 2018 pers. comm.)
.