Pepsis mildei Stål, 1857
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.10793331 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10793193 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FA37986C-FF88-F746-FF14-015F9A2EF833 |
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Pepsis mildei Stål |
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Pepsis mildei Stål View in CoL (orange-winged variant)
COSTA RICA: Guanacaste Province, Abangares; 24 October 2019, 1013 AM; H. Lopez . Host: Sericopelma sp. ( Theraphosidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp grasped the immobilized tarantula by its right pedipalp, dorsal side upward, and dragged it backwards across the ground through vegetation ( Lopez 2019).
Sericopelma is a new host genus for the common spider wasp Pepsis mildei (orange-winged variant).
MEXICO: Hidalgo State, El Chico National Park, near Mirador de la Peña viewpoint; 18 July 2023, 1730 CDT; D. Barrales. Host: Hemirrhagus sp. (undescribed species) ( Theraphosidae ) [det. J. Mendoza], adult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula backwards across leaf litter, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its second left leg with her mandibles ( Barrales 2023).
Undescribed troglobitic species of Hemirrhagus is a new host tarantula species for P. mildei (orange-winged variant).
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