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
Hemipepsis mexicana
(Cresson)
or
H. toussainti
(Banks)
COSTA RICA
:
Puntarenas Province
,
Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve
;
2 October 2016
;
R
. Hosig (wildlifeotography). Host: Unidentified species (
Ctenidae
), adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed wandering spider backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of a hindleg with her mandibles (
Hosig 2016
).