New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae)
Author
Kurczewski, Frank E.
1188 Converse Drive NE Atlanta, GA 30324
Author
West, Rick C.
6365 Willowpark Way Sooke, BC, Canada V 9 Z 1 L 9
Author
Waichert, Cecilia
Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Brasília Brasília, DF, 70910 - 900, Brazil
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Insecta Mundi
2024
2024-03-01
2024
34
1
32
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.10793331
1942-1354
10793331
853E1294-B73D-43B8-8D82-AFD2E0B00352
Pepsis heros
(Fabricius)
FRENCH GUIANA
: Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, Saül;
20 November 2022
; G. Léotard. Host:
Theraphosa blondi
(Latreille)
(
Theraphosidae
) (Goliath birdeater), subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula backwards across forest floor leaf litter, dorsal side upward, grasping the underside base of its second right leg (
Léotard 2022
).
This is the second
Pepsis heros
host record for
Theraphosa blondi
from
French Guiana
(
Kurczewski et al. 2020
).