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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Priocnessus
sp.
(unidentified)
EL SALVADOR
:
Santa Ana Department
,
Metapán
,
Honduritas
,
Montecristo Mountains
;
29 May 2016
;
S. Figueroa
(fundacionfigueroametapan). Host:
Cupiennius
sp., subadult male. The wasp straddled the paralyzed banana spider, venter to dorsum, holding it upright on the ground, grasping the base of its chelicerae with her mandibles (Figueroa 2020; S. Figueroa, Metapán, El Salvador, 2020 pers. comm.)
.