Priocnessus hurdi Dreisbach, 1960

Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia & Pitts, James P., 2022, Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), Insecta Mundi 2022 (928), pp. 1-32 : 6

Priocnessus hurdi Dreisbach

MEXICO: Morelos State, Jantetelco; 24 July 2021, 1320 CDT; P. Crespo. Host: Euagrus ? mexicanus (Ausserer) (Euagridae) , adult or subadult female [det. M. Hedin; J. Mendoza, Instituto de Biologia, UNAM , Mexico City, Mexico,; R. West]. The wasp straddled the immobilized euagrid dorsal side upward, grasped the base of its left chelicera with her mandibles, and, with it in tow, walked forward ( Fig. 11 ; Crespo 2021).

MEXICO: Oaxaca State, La Crucecita, Órgano Bay; 5 August 2021, 0910 AM; G. Cruz. Host: Euagrus ? mexicanus , subadult female. The wasp straddled the paralyzed euagrid, dorsal side upward, grasped the base of its chelicera with her mandibles and, with it, walked forward ( Cruz 2021).

Figures

Figures 9–16. Pompilid wasps and host spiders. 9) Pepsis martini Vardy, female, with immobilized Diplura nigra (F. O. Pickard- Cambridge) (Dipluridae), adult or subadult female, Cristalino Lodge, Alto Floresta, Mato Grosso State, Brazil. Photograph © Sidnei Dantas. 10) Pepsis plutus Erichson, female, with immobilized Phoneutria fera Perty (Ctenidae), adult or subadult female, Saül, French Guiana. Photograph © Wouter Knaepen. 11) Priocnessus hurdi Dreisbach, female, with immobilized Euagrus?mexicanus (Ausserer) (Euagridae), adult or subadult female, Jantetelco, Morelas State, Mexico.Photograph © Paula Montserrat Crespo Barrera. 12) Priocnemella hexagona (Fox), female, with immobilized Phoneutria?fera Perty (Ctenidae), juvenile, National Forest of Jamari, Rondônia State, Brazil.Photograph © Pedro Paulo Machado Nascimento.13) Sphictostethus striatulus Roig-Alsina, female, with immobilized?Grammostola sp. (Theraphosidae), juvenile, Altos de Cantillana Reserve, 12 km W Paine, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile. Photograph © Bernardo Segura. 14) Herbstellus pachylopus (Kohl), female, with immobilized Lycinus sp. (Nemesiidae), adult or subadult female, La Serena, Elqui Province, Coquimbo Region, Chile. Photograph © Simon Torres.15) Caliadurgus maculatellus (Taschenberg), female, with immobilized Larinia sp. (Araneidae), adult or subadult female, Punilla, Córdoba Province, Argentina. Photograph © Andrea A. Coccuci.16) Entypus magnus (Cresson), female, with immobilized Tigrosa georgicola (Walckenaer) (Lycosidae), adult or subadult female, Princeton, Collin County, Texas, USA. Photograph © Manda Bell.