Pepsis heros (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 : 4

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.10793170
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treatment provided by	Felipe (2024-03-06 13:53:50, last updated 2024-03-07 11:46:47)
scientific name	Pepsis heros (Fabricius)
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Treatment

Pepsis heros (Fabricius) View in CoL

FRENCH GUIANA: Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, Saül; 20 November 2022; G. Léotard. Host: Theraphosa blondi (Latreille) ( Theraphosidae ) (Goliath birdeater), subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula backwards across forest floor leaf litter, dorsal side upward, grasping the underside base of its second right leg ( Léotard 2022).

This is the second Pepsis heros host record for Theraphosa blondi from French Guiana ( Kurczewski et al. 2020).

References

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.

Leotard G. 2022. Pepsis heros. Available at https: // www. inaturalist. org / observations / 143170546. (Last accessed 29 November 2022.)