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
Hemipepsis toussainti
(Banks)
MEXICO
:
Veracruz
, Huatusco;
27 June 2020
, 1143 CDT; G. U. Tejada Sartorius. Host:
Cupiennius salei
Keyserling
(
Trechaleidae
), adult or subadult male. The wasp pursued the potential host spider on the ground through dense undergrowth (
Tejada Sartorius 2020
).
Five of six host records for
H
.
toussainti
from
Costa Rica
and
Mexico
are for species of
Ctenidae
or
Trechaleidae
, including
Cupiennius
(
Kurczewski et al. 2020
)
. There is one other record of
Cupiennius salei
from Pueblo,
Mexico
(
Kurczewski et al. 2020
).