Aridestus bergi (Holmberg)

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 : 16

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-FF92-F75C-FF14-047E9AD4FC4A

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Aridestus bergi (Holmberg)
status

 

? Aridestus bergi (Holmberg) View in CoL

BRAZIL: Mato Grosso State, Nova Ubiratã; 16 November 2021; A. G. Medina. Host: Unidentified species ( Theraphosidae , Theraphosinae ), immature. The wasp dragged the paralyzed immature tarantula backwards on the ground, left side upward, grasping the base of its rear leg with her mandibles ( Fig. 6 View Figures 1–6 ; Medina 2021).

Unidentified theraphosine tarantula is the first host record and new host family and subfamily for the tropical genus Aridestus Banks.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Pompilidae

Genus

Aridestus

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