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
1
1
112
journal article
9376
10.11646/zootaxa.4891.1.1
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1175-5326
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Pepsis pretiosa
Dahlbom
BRAZIL
: State of
Bahia
, Cachoeira, Paraguaçu River Valley;
11 July 2010
; D. Ru. Host:?
Trechona
sp. (
Dipluridae
) (Curtain-web spider), adult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed curtain-web spider backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping its right pedipalp with her mandibles (
Ru 2010
).
BRAZIL
: State of
Paraná
, Curitiba:
10 April 2020
; B. K. de Souza (Aventurando_pakm). Host:
Trechona rufa
Vellard (Dipluridae)
, adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed curtain-web spider backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its left front foreleg with her mandibles (
Souza 2020
;
R
. Bertani,
IBB
, S„o Paulo, Brazil, 2020 pers. comm.; Denis Pedroso, UFRJ.
Rio de Janeiro
, Brazil, 2020 pers. comm.).