Chirodamus hirsutulus (Spinola)

Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C. & Waichert, Cecilia, 2024, New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), Insecta Mundi 2024 (34), pp. 1-32 : 4

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:853E1294-B73D-43B8-8D82-AFD2E0B00352
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FA37986C-FF86-F748-FF14-05BF9F14FBC1
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Chirodamus hirsutulus (Spinola)
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Chirodamus hirsutulus (Spinola) View in CoL

ARGENTINA: Santa Cruz Province, Rió Chico County, Meseta del Lago Strobel; 14 January 2023, 1753 PM; E. Racker. Host: Acanthogonatus patagonicus (Simon) ( Pycnothelidae ), subadult female. The wasp stood atop the trapdoor spider as she stung it in the underside of its cephalothorax, examined it with her antennae and mouthparts, and rested. She then pulled the immobilized spider backwards, dorsal side upward, across the ground, grasping the patella of its right foreleg with her mandibles (Racker 2023).

Acanthogonatus patagonicus ( Pycnothelidae ) is a new host family, genus, and species for Chirodamus hirsutulus . This is only the second record of a South American Chirodamus Haliday with a host spider, the first prey being a Lycosa sp. ( Lycosidae ) for an unidentified Chirodamus sp. in Chile ( Kurczewski et al. 2020).

Pepsis rubra species-group ( Vardy 2000)