Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere 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
Complexo Biopráticas, Universidade Vila Velha, Vila Velha, State of Espirito Santo, Brazil
Author
Pitts, James P.
Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322
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Insecta Mundi
2022
2022-04-29
2022
928
1
32
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.6533498
1942-1354
6533498
48EC3DE6-45D1-40E2-8C4D-2D8788058CAC
Entypus unifasciatus urichi
(Banks)
COLOMBIA
:
Bolívar Department
, Santa Rosa;
7 March 2020
, 1436 EST; J. Steamer. Host:
Phoneutria boliviensis
(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge) (Ctenidae)
, adult or subadult female. The wasp grasped the immobilized armed spider by the base of its left chelicera, dorsal side upward, and, dragging it, walked backwards on the ground (
Fig. 4
;
Steamer 2020
).
ECUADOR
:
Pichincha Province
, Quito;
31 January 2021
, 1937; M.
E. Guerrero Salazar
: Host:
Lycosa
sp. (Lycosidae)
, adult female. The wasp grasped the immobilized wolf spider by the bases of its chelicerae with her mandibles, maintained it dorsal side upward, and walked backwards across a hard-packed gravel path or road (
Guerrero Salazar 2021
).