Priocnessus prominens Banks, 1945

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 : 13

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10793331
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10793203
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scientific name	Priocnessus prominens Banks
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Priocnessus prominens Banks View in CoL

COLOMBIA: Magdalena State, Sana Marta County ; 14 August 2023, 1130 AM ; R. D. Wilcox. Host: Undescribed genus and species ( Corinnidae ) [det. R. C. West], adult or subadult female. The wasp grasped the immobilized spider by the base of its right chelicera with her mandibles and walked forward across the ground ( Wilcox 2023) .

Corinnidae View in CoL is a new host family for Priocnessus prominens View in CoL . Corinnid diversity is high in Colombia and most species remain undescribed (R. C. West, pers. obs.). There are two previous host records of Priocnessus prominens View in CoL from Colombia with unidentified species of Ctenidae ( Kurczewski et al. 2020) View in CoL .

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.

Wilcox RD. 2023. Spider Wasps (Family Pompilidae). Available at https: // www. inaturalist. org / observations / 179211284. (Last accessed 23 August 2023.)