Psorthaspis planata (Fox)

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 : 42

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.4344657

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6D0C7764-FF9A-FFA9-07AA-FA0DFBFAF918

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Psorthaspis planata (Fox)
status

 

Psorthaspis planata (Fox) View in CoL

CA: San Diego County, Santee; posted 10 July 2007; G. Quintana. Host: Bothriocyrtum californicum (O. P.-Cambridge) ( Halonoproctidae ) (California trapdoor spider), sex and life stage unknown. A series of photographs shows the wasp straddling the trapdoor lid trying to gain entry at the trapdoor rim with her mandibles before she finally chews a small hole through the trapdoor lid to enter. This is a relatively small wasp (BL 8 - 14 mm, Evans 1966) to be attacking such a large and robust spider (BL 25 - 33 mm) ( Quintana 2007; G. Quintana, Santee, CA, 2020 pers. comm.; D. Ubick, 2020 pers. comm.).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Pompilidae

Genus

Psorthaspis

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