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
text
Insecta Mundi
2024
2024-03-01
2024
34
1
32
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.10793331
1942-1354
10793331
853E1294-B73D-43B8-8D82-AFD2E0B00352
Anoplius
(
Arachnophroctonus
)?
vividus
(Smith)
(det. J. P. Pitts)
BRAZIL
: Amazonas State, Iranduba;
31 December 2022
;
R
.
F. Sobreiro. Host
:
Unidentified
species (
Theraphosidae
), immature.
The
wasp dragged the paralyzed immature tarantula up the side of a tree, venter to dorsum, grasping its left foreleg with her mandibles (
Sobreiro 2022
)
.
The unidentified tarantula represents the first host record and new family, genus, and species for
Anoplius
(
Arachnophroctonus
)?
vividus
.