Aporus luxus (Banks)

Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia, Kissane, Kelly C., Ubick, Darrell & Pitts, James P., 2020, New and unusual host records for North American and South American spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), Zootaxa 4891 (1), pp. 1-112 : 42

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4891.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6B0E1135-8C4E-4341-9793-AB970FBCD10B
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4344773
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6D0C7764-FF9A-FFA9-07AA-FBDBFB6BFA05
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Aporus luxus (Banks)
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Aporus luxus (Banks) View in CoL

CA: Humboldt County, Arcata , sand dunes; 4 July 2008; A. Pickart. Host: Aptostichus miwok Bond (Euctenizinae) (Wafer-lid trapdoor spider), adult or subadult female. The wasp stood by the paralyzed wafer-lid trapdoor spider as it laid, dorsal side upward, on the sandy ground ( Pickart 2008) .

CA: Lassen County; Lassen National Forest ; near Snag Lake; 18 September 2014; M. Relkin (@relkinshelpins). Host: Antrodiaetus cf gertschi (Coyle), adult of subadult female. The wasp straddled the folding trapdoor spider as it laid on the ground, dorsal side upward. Then, as the spider attempted to escape, the wasp re-straddled and stung it ( Relkin 2014) .

OR: Josephine County, Cave Junction, Oregon Caves National Monument; 22 August 2018; I. Yates (ivanekblom). Host: Antrodiaetus cf pacificus , adult or subadult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed folding trapdoor spider on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping its left 3 rd leg with her mandibles ( Yates 2018).