Pepsis xanthocera Dahlbom, 1843

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 : 8

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-FF8A-F744-FF14-068A9F75FCBF

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Pepsis xanthocera Dahlbom
status

 

Pepsis xanthocera Dahlbom View in CoL

SURINAME: Para District, Zanderij, Palulu Camping Jungle Resort; 1 March 2022; K. Lashley. Host: Avicularia avicularia (Linnaeus) ( Theraphosidae ), male. The wasp initially engaged the wandering pinktoe tarantula in the foliage, then followed it when it defensively dropped to the ground. In the video, the wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula along the ground, ventral side upward, grasping the base of its left foreleg with her mandibles ( Lashley 2022).

Vardy (2005) reported P. xanthocera from Muyuna, Napo Province, Ecuador pinned with an? Avicularia sp. [det. A. Smith].

Pepsis menechma species-group ( Vardy 2005)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Pompilidae

Genus

Pepsis

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