Episyron biguttatus californicus (Banks)

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 : 16-17

publication ID

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

publication LSID

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persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FA37986C-FF92-F75F-FF14-01A89F36FED4

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scientific name

Episyron biguttatus californicus (Banks)
status

 

Episyron biguttatus californicus (Banks) View in CoL

ARIZONA: Pima County, Madera Canyon; 6 September 2017; J. H. Cowles. Host: Neoscona arabesca (Walckenaer) ( Araneidae ), adult female. The wasp examined the immobilized arabesque orbweaver with her antennae as it laid, dorsal side upward, on the substrate ( Cowles 2019).

The nominate subspecies, Episyron b. biguttatus , has been host-associated with species of Neoscona several times ( Evans and Yoshimoto 1962; Krombein 1979; Kurczewski and Edwards 2012; Kurczewski et al. 2017). Neoscona arabesca is a new host species for Episyon biguttatus californicus, although N. oaxacensis (Keyserling) is a previous congeneric host record from California ( Kurczewski et al. 2017).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Pompilidae

Genus

Episyron

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Araneidae

Genus

Neoscona

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