Pepsis ruficornis (Fabricius)

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 : 11

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.10793331

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:853E1294-B73D-43B8-8D82-AFD2E0B00352

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10793197

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FA37986C-FF8F-F741-FF14-05B699E7FC02

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Pepsis ruficornis (Fabricius)
status

 

Pepsis ruficornis (Fabricius) View in CoL

PUERTO RICO: Ponce; 20 June 2016; J. A. Torres. Host: Caribena laeta (C. L. Koch) ( Theraphosidae ), immature. The wasp straddled the paralyzed tarantula, venter to dorsum, as it laid on the leaf-littered ground ( Torres 2016).

Caribena laeta View in CoL is a new host genus and species for Pepsis ruficornis View in CoL ( Kurczewski et al. 2020, 2022b). This tarantula is arboreal and the wasp probably flushed it from its retreat in vegetation. The spider fell to the ground to escape but the wasp followed and captured it.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Pompilidae

Genus

Pepsis

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