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
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.6533498
1942-1354
6533498
48EC3DE6-45D1-40E2-8C4D-2D8788058CAC
Tachypompilus banksi
Colomo de Correa
ARGENTINA
:
Buenos Aires Province
,
20 km
SE of Olavarria;
2 January 2010
;
R
. Ruiz. Host:
Polybetes pythagoricus
(Holmberg) (Sparassidae)
, adult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed huntsman spider backwards up a vertical brick wall, holding it dorsal side upward and grasping its left pedipalp with her mandibles (
Ruiz 2010
). This wasp was initially identified as
Tachypompilus erubescens
(Taschenberg)
in
Kurczewski et al. (2020b)
.
ARGENTINA
:
Buenos Aires Province
,
4 km
N of San Clemente del Tuyú;
26 December 2014
; J. F. Romero. Host:
Polybetes pythagoricus
, adult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed huntsman spider backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping its right pedipalp with her mandibles (
Romero 2014
). This wasp was initially identified as
Tachypompilus erubescens
in
Kurczewski et al. (2020b)
.
ARGENTINA
:
Neuquén Province
, Pichilemu;
30 December 2014
; M. Belgrano. Host:
Polybetes pythagoricus
, adult or subadult female. The wasp examined the paralyzed huntsman spider with her antennae as it laid dorsal side upward on the ground (
Belgrano 2014
). This wasp was initially identified as
Tachypompilus erubescens
by
Kurczewski et al. (2020b)