New and unusual host records for North American and South American spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae)
Author
Kurczewski, Frank E.
Author
West, Rick C.
Author
Waichert, Cecilia
Author
Kissane, Kelly C.
Author
Ubick, Darrell
Author
Pitts, James P.
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-12-07
4891
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1
112
journal article
9376
10.11646/zootaxa.4891.1.1
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1175-5326
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Priochilus sericeifrons
(Fox)
BRAZIL
:
State
of
EspĂrito Santo
,
Domingos Martins
,
Distrito
de Biriricas
;
11 November 2017
;
C. Waichert. Host
: Unidentified species (
Ctenidae
), adult or subadult female. Both wasp and spider were collected while it pulled the paralyzed wandering spider, with her mandibles, up a muddy embankment in a forested area
.
COSTA RICA
:
Alejuela Province
,
Alejuela
;
13 April 2019
;
S. Daniel
(stevendaniel). Host:
Kiekie
sp., adult or subadult female. The wasp stood over the wandering spider and stung it between the 1
st
and 2
nd
right coxa as it laid, dorsal side upward, on the ground (
Daniel 2019
)
.
COSTA RICA
:
Heredia Province
,
Sarapiqui
;
13 April 2019
;
K. Catlin
(kcat). Host:
Kiekie
sp., adult or subadult female. The wasp stood over the paralyzed wandering spider as it laid on the ground, dorsal side upward, examining it with her antennae (
Catlin 2019
)
.