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
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Poecilopompilus decedens
(Smith)
BRAZIL
:
Goiás State
, Goiânia;
23 April 2009
; E. Neri. Host:
Misumenops
sp. (Thomisidae)
, adult or subadult female. Three photographs show the wasp (1) atop the immobilized crab spider, venter to venter, as it hung in midair by a silken thread from a spinneret; the wasp grasped the base of the spider’s chelicera with her mandibles; (2) atop the spider grasping the base of its second right leg as the prey laid on its left side on a leaf near ground level; and (3) maintaining the same grasp on the ground atop the spider in a ventral side upward position (
Neri 2009
).
BRAZIL
:
São Paulo State
, Jacareí;
20 April 2011
;
T
. Nascimento de Melo. Host:
Misumena
sp. (Thomisidae)
, adult or subadult female. The wasp stood above and beside the paralyzed crab spider as it laid on grass, dorsal side upward (
Fig. 2
;
Nascimento de Melo 2011
). This host record was listed under
Poecilopompilus
sp.
in
Kurczewski et al. (2020b)
.