Pepsis inclyta Lepeletier, 1845

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 : 8

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.10793184

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Pepsis inclyta Lepeletier
status

 

Pepsis inclyta Lepeletier View in CoL

ARGENTINA: Misiones Province, Ruiz de Montoya; 12 December 2018; B. Fengler. Host: Vitalius paranaensis Bertani ( Theraphosidae ), subadult female. The wasp struggled to pull the paralyzed tarantula backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its left pedipalp with her mandibles ( Fengler 2018).

Vitalius paranaensis ( Theraphosidae ) is a new host genus and species for Pepsis inclyta . The only previous host record for P. inclyta is Acanthoscurria? musculosa Simon ( Theraphosidae ) ( Kurczewski et al. 2020).

Fengler B. 2018. Avispa Arana. Available at https: // www. instagram. com / p / BrSygP 5 B 9 LK /. (Last accessed 12 February 2023.)

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.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Pompilidae

Genus

Pepsis