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
8cd88652-1627-4fbe-891d-062b3e02e511
1175-5326
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Calopompilus pyrrhomelas
(Walker)
CA: Trinity County, Klamath Mountains, Pacific Crest Trail;
8 July 2018
; L. Mazur (nelruzam). Host:
Antrodiaetus
cf
pacificus
(Simon) (Antrodiaetidae)
(Folding trapdoor spider), adult or subadult female. The wasp stood near the paralyzed spider as it laid on the ground, dorsal side upward, examining it with her antennae (
Mazur 2018
).
CA: Trinity County, Klamath Mountains, Pacific Crest Trail;
8 July 2018
; C. Collier (naturechris). Host:
Antrodiaetus
cf
pacificus
, adult or subadult female. The wasp straddled and stung the folding trapdoor spider, dorsal side upward, as it laid on the ground (
Collier 2018
).
OR:
Benton County
,
Corvallis
,
McDonald
forest;
7 April 1966
or 1967;
F. Coyle. Host
:
Antrodiaetus pugnax
(Chamberlin)
, adult female.
One
folding trapdoor spider was collected and labeled in the study as the “prey of
Dinocnemis
(=
Calopompilus
)”, no further data (
Coyle 1971
)
.