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
4309249
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Eragenia amabilis
(Taschenberg)
BRAZIL
:
State
of
Santa Catarina
,
Florianópolis
,
Lagoa do Peri
;
25 April 2017
;
A. Amaral
(amaral.ap). Host:
Landuba
cf
varia
(Keyserling) (
Corinnidae
), adult or subadult female. The wasp straddled the dismembered ground sac spider on a leaf, venter to dorsum, grasping the base of its chelicera with her mandibles (Amaral 2020)
.
BRAZIL
:
State
of S„o Paulo, Sao Bernardo do Campo, Estoril Park; posted
18 July 2018
;
R
. Ribeiro (miudezasinmacro). Host: Unidentified species (
Segestriidae
), adult or subadult female.A short video shows the wasp straddling the paralyzed tube-web spider, venter to dorsum, detaching its limbs with her mandibles while standing on a leaf (Ribeiro 2018;
R
. Ribeiro, Sao Bernardo do Campo, S„o Paulo, Brazil, 2019 pers, comm
.).
BRAZIL
: State of S„o Paulo, S„o Paulo city, Botanical Garden of S„o Paulo;
19 February 2011
; C. Asanuma. Host:
Corinna
sp. (Ground sac spider) (
Corinnidae
), adult or subadult female. The wasp straddled the dismembered ground sac spider, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its chelicera with her mandibles (
Asanuma 2011
).