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.
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-12-07
4891
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1
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journal article
9376
10.11646/zootaxa.4891.1.1
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1175-5326
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Calopompilus heiligbrodtii
(Cresson)
TX:
Bexar
County, San Antonio;
20 November 2019
; B. Wier (bobby_wier). Host:
Eucteniza
cf
relata
(O. P.-Cambridge) (
Euctenizidae
) (Wafer-lid trapdoor spider), adult male. The wasp straddled the paralyzed spider as it laid on the ground, dorsal side upward (
Wier 2019
).
TX: Tarrant County, Fort Worth;
26 April 2020
, cpowel. Host:
Myrmekiaphila comstocki
Bishop and Crosby (Euctenizidae)
, adult or subadult female. The photograph shows the wasp attacking the wafer-lid trapdoor spider on the ground (
Cpowel 2020
; A. Dean,
Texas
A and M University, College Station, TX, 2020 pers. comm.; R. Godwin, University of
California
, Davis, CA, 2020 pers. comm.).