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
Tachypompilus unicolor cerinus
Evans
COLOMBIA
:
Choco Department
, Playa El Almejal;
12 June 2020
; E. Zaupa. Host:
Cupiennius getazi
Simon (Trechaleidae)
, adult or subadult female. Three videos show the wasp dragging the immobilized banana spider backwards on the ground. The wasp maintained the spider dorsal side upward while grasping its left pedipalp with her mandibles. Suddenly, a squareback marsh crab [
Armases
?
angustum
(Smith)] (
Sesarmidae
) emerged from a ground hole and, using its claw, grasped the spider from the wasp. The wasp made several attempts to retake the spider from the crab to no avail. The crab simply brushed the wasp away with its walking leg. The crab disappeared into a crevice on the ground holding the spider with its claw and the wasp flew away (
Zaupa 2020
).