New and unusual host records for North American and South American spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae)
Author
Kurczewski, Frank E.
Author
West, Rick C.
Author
Waichert, Cecilia
Author
Kissane, Kelly C.
Author
Ubick, Darrell
Author
Pitts, James P.
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-12-07
4891
1
1
112
journal article
9376
10.11646/zootaxa.4891.1.1
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1175-5326
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Pepsis purpureipes
Packard
COLOMBIA
:
Chocó Department
,
Condoto
;
23 February 2020
;
M. Zieger. Host
: Unidentified species (
Theraphosidae
), adult male. A series of photographs shows the wasp dragging the paralyzed tarantula backward on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its right foreleg with her mandibles (
Zieger 2020
; M. Zieger, Stuttgart, Germany, 2020 pers. comm.)
.
ECUADOR
:
Pichincha Province
,
Nanegal
,
Santa Lucía Ecolodge
;
17 August 2012
;
H. Beck
(holgerbeck). Host: Unidentified species (
Theraphosidae
), early instar juvenile (~
15–20 mm
). The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its left foreleg with her mandibles (
Beck 2012
)
.