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
8cd88652-1627-4fbe-891d-062b3e02e511
1175-5326
4309249
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Anoplius
(
Notiochares
)
amethystinus amethystinus
(Fabricius)
COSTA RICA
:
Puntarenas Province
,
Oso Peninsula
,
Corcovado National Park
,
Sirena Biological Station
;
28 July 2017
;
C. A. Perez. Host
:?
Hogna
sp., adult or subadult female.
The
wasp pulled the paralyzed wolf spider into the spider’s retreat or a previously prepared nest cell, grasping its right coxa with her mandibles (
Perez 2017
)
.
PERU
:
Department
of
Loreto
,
Iquitos
,
Quistococha
;
18 November 2019
;
D. Fenolio. Host
: Unidentified species (
Ctenidae
), adult or subadult female. Two photographs show the wasp standing over the paralyzed wandering spider as it laid on the ground, dorsal side upward (D. Fenolio, San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, TX, 2019 pers. comm.)
.