Pepsis sumptuosa Smith, 1855
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4891.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6B0E1135-8C4E-4341-9793-AB970FBCD10B |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4344845 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6D0C7764-FFBD-FF8F-07AA-F90FFBEFFEA1 |
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Pepsis sumptuosa Smith |
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Pepsis sumptuosa Smith View in CoL
COLOMBIA: Antioquia Department, Envigado; 18 July 2014; J. G. Zapata. Host: Xenesthis sp. ( Theraphosidae ), adult or subadult female. A short video shows the wasp following the tarantula walking away on the ground, then turn on her back, and grappling with the spider, flipping it over, ventral side upward, and stinging it between the 3 rd and 4 th left coxa. The wasp dismounts from the paralyzed spider, rubs its venter on the ground, then stands a short distance away and preens her antennae ( Zapata 2014).
COLOMBIA: Caldas Department, Manizales, Los Alcázares Ecopark ; posted 31 July 2018; J. F. S. Duque. Host: Unidentified species ( Theraphosidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its left pedipalp with her mandibles ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1–8. 1 , Duque 2018; J. F. L. Duque, Colombia, 2019 pers. comm.) .
COLOMBIA: Nariño Department, Chachag ̹í; 5 February 2015; M. Claassen. Host:? Pamphobeteus sp., adult or subadult female. The wasp prepared a nest in the ground before dragging the recently paralyzed tarantula, dorsal side upward, backwards across the ground with her mandibles ( Claassen 2015) .
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