New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae)
Author
Kurczewski, Frank E.
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Author
West, Rick C.
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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
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.10793331
1942-1354
10793331
853E1294-B73D-43B8-8D82-AFD2E0B00352
Arachnospila titicacaensis
(Strand)
BOLIVIA
: La Paz Department, Ingavi Province, Tiwanaku;
23 January 2023
; F. Romano and N. A. Marting Vidarre. Host:
Hogna
?
rufimanoides
(Strand)
(
Lycosidae
), adult or subadult female. The wasp pulled the wolf spi- der across the ground in an upright position, grasping its ventral coxal area with her mandibles (
Fig. 18
;
Romano and Marting Vidaurre 2023
).
PERU
:
Puno Region
,
Puno Province
;
13 November 2013
; S. Littledale. Host:
Hogna
?
rufimanoides
(Strand)
(
Lycosidae
), adult or subadult female. The wasp examined the paralyzed wolf spider with her antennae as it laid ventral side upward with legs spread laterally on the ground (
Littledale 2022
).
These are the first host records and new family, genus, and species for
Arachnospila titicacaensis
.