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
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journal article
9376
10.11646/zootaxa.4891.1.1
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Aporus luxus
(Banks)
CA
:
Humboldt County
,
Arcata
, sand dunes;
4 July 2008
;
A. Pickart. Host
:
Aptostichus miwok
Bond (Euctenizinae)
(Wafer-lid trapdoor spider), adult or subadult female.
The
wasp stood by the paralyzed wafer-lid trapdoor spider as it laid, dorsal side upward, on the sandy ground (
Pickart 2008
)
.
CA
:
Lassen County
;
Lassen National Forest
; near
Snag Lake
;
18 September 2014
;
M. Relkin
(@relkinshelpins). Host:
Antrodiaetus
cf
gertschi
(Coyle), adult of subadult female. The wasp straddled the folding trapdoor spider as it laid on the ground, dorsal side upward. Then, as the spider attempted to escape, the wasp re-straddled and stung it (
Relkin 2014
)
.
OR: Josephine County, Cave Junction,
Oregon
Caves National Monument;
22 August 2018
; I. Yates (ivanekblom). Host:
Antrodiaetus
cf
pacificus
, adult or subadult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed folding trapdoor spider on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping its left 3
rd
leg with her mandibles (
Yates 2018
).