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
8cd88652-1627-4fbe-891d-062b3e02e511
1175-5326
4309249
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Pepsis inclyta
Lepeletier
BOLIVIA
:
Beni Department
, Riberalta;
9 June 2019
,
V
. A. Vos (vincentvosriberalta). Host:
Acanthoscurria
cf
musculosa
Simon (Brazilian blackvelvet tarantula) (
Theraphosidae
), adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its left foreleg with her mandibles (
Vos 2019
).