New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae)
Author
Kurczewski, Frank E.
1188 Converse Drive NE Atlanta, GA 30324
Author
West, Rick C.
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Author
Waichert, Cecilia
Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Brasília Brasília, DF, 70910 - 900, Brazil
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Insecta Mundi
2024
2024-03-01
2024
34
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.10793331
1942-1354
10793331
853E1294-B73D-43B8-8D82-AFD2E0B00352
Pepsis plutus
Erichson
BRAZIL
: Amazonas State,
40 km
N Manaus,
INPA
Experimental Station - ZF2;
31 January 2023
;
T
. Mahlmann. Host:
Bumba horrida
(Schmidt)
(
Theraphosidae
) (Brazilian redhead tarantula), adult or subadult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed tarantula backwards across low branches, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its right foreleg with her mandibles (
Mahlmann 2023
).
There is a previous host record from
French Guiana
for
P.plutus
with an armed spider of the genus
Phoneutria
Perty
(
Ctenidae
) (
Kurczewski et al. 2022b
).