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
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1175-5326
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Episyron conterminus posterus
(Fox)
CA: Los Angeles County, Longbeach;
18 August 2015
; jose_23109. Host:
Araneus
cf
bispinosus
(Keyserling) (
Araneidae
), adult female. The wasp attempted to drag the paralyzed orbweaver, dorsal side upward, on the ground then releasing her grasp with her mandibles (Jose_23109 2015).
MEXICO
:
Campeche State
, Calakmul Municipality, Calakmul Biosphere Reserve;
25 March 2020
; J. Phangurha (Phangtastic_beasts). Host:
Eriophora ravilla
(C. L. Koch)
(Tropical orbweaver) (
Araneidae
), subadult female. Several photos and short videos show the wasp excavating a ground chamber and grasping the paralyzed tropical orbweaver, dorsal side upward, by the left foreleg with her mandibles (
Phangurha 2020
).