Pepsis albocincta Smith, 1855
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.10793331 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:853E1294-B73D-43B8-8D82-AFD2E0B00352 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10793168 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FA37986C-FF86-F748-FF14-03C899F1FA00 |
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Pepsis albocincta Smith |
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Pepsis albocincta Smith View in CoL (black-winged variant)
BRAZIL: Minas Gerais State, Betim; 1 December 2020, 14 March 2023; V. F. Rodrigues. Host:? Actinopus sp. ( Actinopodidae ), adult or subadult female. Photographs show the wasp standing beside or straddling the paralyzed mouse spider, venter to dorsum, while examining it with her antennae as it laid dorsal side upward on the ground. Two videos show the wasp manipulate, then grasp the host spider’s leg with the mandibles, and drag the spider backwards ( Rodrigues 2023a, b, c, d).
This is the first host record and new host family and genus for Pepsis albocincta and indicates a selectivity for species of Actinopodidae (mouse spiders).
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Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium |
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