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 varipennis
Lepeletier
BRAZIL
: State of
Bahia
, Paramirim;
22 February 2016
; L. C. M. Cardoso. Host:?
Iridopelma
sp. (
Theraphosidae
),
female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula backwards, ventral side upward, on the ground through low vegetation and leaf litter, grasping a coxa with her mandibles (
Cardoso 2016
).
BRAZIL
:
State
of
Paraiba
,
Teixeira
;
13 March 2018
;
J. Gomes
(josegomespb). Host: Unidentified species (
Theraphosidae
), adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula on the ground, ventral side upward, grasping its left hindleg with her mandibles (
Gomes 2018
)
.