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 ianthina
Erichson
COLOMBIA
:
Magdalena Department
, Santa Marta,
1 km
E of Cincinnati, El Dorado Forest Reserve;
16 November 2019
, D. Branch (danielbranch94). Host:
Kankuamo marquezi
Perafán, Galvis and Gutiérrez (Theraphosidae)
, adult male. The wasp pulled the paralyzed tarantula backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its left pedipalp with her mandibles (
Branch 2019
).