Pepsis egregia Mocsáry, 1885

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 : 5

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6533498
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:48EC3DE6-45D1-40E2-8C4D-2D8788058CAC
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6533496
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AA87D0-FFF3-FF9A-FF71-FE08FE965417
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Pepsis egregia Mocsáry
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Pepsis egregia Mocsáry View in CoL

COLOMBIA: Antioquia Department, 4 km N. Cañon del Río Claro Natural Reserve; 1 December 2021; J. Pruett. Host: Linothele sericata (Karsch) (Dipluridae) , adult or subadult female. The wasp stood by the front right of the paralyzed curtain-web spider, examining it with her antennae, as it laid dorsal side upward on the ground ( Pruett 2021; Pruett, Rochester, Minnesota, USA, 2021 pers. comm.).

ECUADOR: Morona Santiago Province, Gualaquiza Canton, Chuchumblezo; 1 August 2021, 1544 PM; H. Casper (Caspersomeghost). Host: Diplura sp. (undescribed) ( Dipluridae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp examined the immobilized curtain-web spider with her antennae and mouthparts as it laid dorsal side upward on the ground surface ( Casper 2021).

VENEZUELA: Capital District, Caracas, El Hatillo ; 26 July 2021; C. Rocha. Host: Diplura petrunkevitchi (Caporiacco) , adult or subadult female. The wasp proceeded backwards on the ground, fanning its wings and grasping the immobilized curtain-web spider by its right pedipalp, at first, and, later, right forecoxa with her mandibles while maintaining it dorsal side upward ( Rocha 2021; Rocha, El Hatillo, Caracas, Venezuela, 2021 pers. comm.).