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
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1
112
journal article
9376
10.11646/zootaxa.4891.1.1
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1175-5326
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Entypus unifasciatus californicus
(Townes)
CA
:
Imperial County
,
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
;
16 April 2018
; J-M. Pacleb. Host:
Syspira
sp., adult or subadult female. The wasp released the immobilized spider, dorsal side upward, and flew out of sight (J-M. Pacleb, San Diego,
CA
, pers. comm. 2018)
.
CA: Orange County, Capistrano Beach; published
1 August 2017
; D. Denhart. Host:?
Curicaberis
sp. (
Sparassidae
), adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed huntsman spider, dorsal side upward, along and down a vertical wall and along a wooden porch, grasping its right pedipalp with her mandibles (
Denhart 2017
).
CA: San Diego County, Oceanside, Guajome Park;
23 April 2018
; J. Bryce (johnbryce3). Host:
Schizocosa mccooki
(Montgomery) (Lycosidae)
, adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed wolf spider backwards, dorsal side upward, grasping its right chelicera or pedipalp with her mandibles (
Bryce 2018
).
CA
:
Santa Barbara
County
,
Los Padres Forest
; uploaded
27 February 2010
;
D. Jackan. Host
:
Schizocosa mccooki
, penultimate male. The wasp released the paralyzed wolf spider, dorsal side upward, with abdomen toward its burrow entrance and examined it with her antennae before pulling it inside (
Jackan 2013
; D. Jackan, Sacramento, CA, 2017 pers. comm.)
.