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
6B0E1135-8C4E-4341-9793-AB970FBCD10B
Pepsis atalanta
Mocsáry
COSTA RICA
:
Guanacaste Province
, N of
Cañas
, Hacienda La Pacifica;
18 October 2000
;
R
. C. West. Host:
Aphonopelma seemanni
(F. O. P.-Cambridge) (Costa Rican zebra tarantula) (
Theraphosidae
), adult female. The wasp tried to paralyze the tarantula at the entrance of its ground retreat. Both wasp and spider were collected (
R
. C. West, 2018 pers. obs.).