Pepsis rubra (Drury)
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10793331 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:853E1294-B73D-43B8-8D82-AFD2E0B00352 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FA37986C-FF84-F74A-FF14-061F9F1CFD05 |
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Felipe (2024-03-06 13:53:50, last updated 2024-03-07 11:46:47) |
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Pepsis rubra (Drury) |
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Pepsis rubra (Drury) View in CoL
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: San Cristobal; 28 January 2022; A. M. Peguero. Host: Phormictopus sp. ( Theraphosidae ), immature. A series of photographs and a short video show the wasp pulling the paralyzed tarantula backwards up a vertical wooden wall, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its right pedipalp with her mandibles ( Peguero 2022b).
This is the first host record for P. rubra from the Dominican Republic and for the genus Phormictopus Pocock. Previous host records for P. rubra from other Caribbean Islands are for the genus Cyrtopholis Simon ( Kurczewski et al. 2020) .
Pepsis elevata species-group ( Vardy 2002)
Kurczewski FE, West RC, Waichert C, Kissane KC, Ubick D, Pitts JP. 2020. New and unusual host records for North American and South American spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Zootaxa 4891: 1 - 112.
Peguero AM. 2022 b. Avispa en Republica Dominicana. Available at https: // www. facebook. com / photo /? fbid = 489465359059 1228 & set = gm. 5015937725133544. (Last accessed 25 March 2023.)
Vardy CR. 2002. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. The P. grossa to P. deaurata groups. Zoologische Verhandelingen 337: 1 - 135.
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