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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Pepsis equestris
Erichson
VENEZUELA
:
Falcon State
, Coro;
8 March 2011
; E. Petit. Host:
Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens
(Strand)
(Greenbottle blue tarantula) (
Theraphosidae
), juvenile. The wasp grasped the paralyzed tarantula by the base of its right forecoxa with her mandibles and pulled the spider backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward (
Petit 2011
).
VENEZUELA
:
Falcon State
,
Paraguana Peninsula
,
Judibana
;
20 January 2014
;
X. Guerrero
(@xionland). Host:
Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens
, juvenile. The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula backwards on the ground by the base of its left forecoxa, dorsal side upward, grasping it with her mandibles (
Guerrero 2014
)
.