Poecilopompilus algidus (Smith)

Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia, Kissane, Kelly C., Ubick, Darrell & Pitts, James P., 2020, New and unusual host records for North American and South American spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), Zootaxa 4891 (1), pp. 1-112 : 43

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4891.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6B0E1135-8C4E-4341-9793-AB970FBCD10B
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4344765
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6D0C7764-FF99-FFAA-07AA-FBDAFC31FABD
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Poecilopompilus algidus (Smith)
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FL: Volusia County, New Smyrna Beach; 27 August 2015; T. Valle (nsbskatepark). Host: Araneus cf cavaticus (Keyserling) (Barn orbweaver) ( Araneidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed barn orbweaver backwards on the ground, ventral side upward, grasping its left hind coxa with her mandibles ( Valle 2015).

: State of S„o Paulo, Rio Claro, Horto Florestal Edmundo Navarro de Andrade; 11 March 1976; F. A. Matthiesen. Host: Trichonephila clavipes (Linnaeus) (Golden silk orbweaver) ( Araneidae ), subadult female. The wasp was collected with the host spider and deposited in the S„o Paulo State University ( UNESP) entomological collection ( V. Ghirotto, UNESP, S„o Paulo, Brazil, 2018 pers. comm.) .