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
1
1
112
journal article
9376
10.11646/zootaxa.4891.1.1
8cd88652-1627-4fbe-891d-062b3e02e511
1175-5326
4309249
6B0E1135-8C4E-4341-9793-AB970FBCD10B
Sericopompilus neotropicalis
(Cameron)
NM: De Baca County, east side of Lake Sumner, off Hwy US-84;
2 August 2019
; C. McKenzie (mckcolin). Host:
Neoscona oaxacensis
(Keyserling)
(Western garden orbweaver) (
Araneidae
), adult or subadult female. The wasp held the paralyzed orbweaver on a branch, ventral side upward, grasping its chelicera with her mandibles (
McKenzie 2019
).