Pepsis atalanta Mocsáry, 1885
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.10793331 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10793180 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FA37986C-FF8B-F745-FF14-01C9993BF837 |
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Pepsis atalanta Mocsáry |
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Pepsis atalanta Mocsáry View in CoL
COSTA RICA: San Jose Province, Cerro de Escazu Protected Zone; 29 March 2023; A. Delgado. Host: Megaphobema peterklaasi Scmidt ( Theraphosidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its left pedipalp with her mandibles ( Delgado 2023a, b).
The only previous host record for P. atalanta is Aphonopelma seemanni (F. O. P.-Cambridge) ( Theraphosidae ) ( Kurczewski et al. 2020).
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