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
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Treatment

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)