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 aurozonata
Smith
ECUADOR
:
Pichincha Province
,
Los Bancos
,
Kapari Natural Lodge
and
Spa
;
9 October 2019
;
A. B. León
(augus. barba). Host:?
Pamphobeteus
sp., adult or subadult female. A series of photographs and a short video shows the wasp walking around the paralyzed tarantula lying on the ground, dorsal side upward, examining it with her antennae (
León 2019
; A. B. León, Quito, Ecuador, 2019 pers. comm.)
.