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
Pepsis pulszkyi
Mocsáry
PERU
: Department of
Loreto
, Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve;
27 June 2014
; D. J. Ward. Host:
Avicularia
cf
juruensis
Mello-Leit„o (
Theraphosidae
), immature. The wasp examined the paralyzed tarantula with her antennae and mouthparts as it laid ventral side upward on the ground (
Ward 2014
).