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
Sericopompilus neotropicalis
(Cameron)
MEXICO
:
Sinaloa State
, Mazatlán;
28 July 2020
, 1537 HST; F. Farriols Sarabia. Host:
Eriophora edax
(Blackwall) (Araneidae)
, adult or penultimate male. The wasp grasped the immobilized orb-weaver’s chelicera with her mandibles and, with wings angled upward, carried it forward on stems and leaves of a plant (
Farriols Sarabia 2020a
; Farriols Sarabia, Mazatlán,
Sinaloa
,
Mexico
, 2021 pers. comm.).