Episyron conterminus Smith
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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-FF91-F75F-FF14-06DC9FEAFD0E |
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Felipe (2024-03-06 13:53:50, last updated 2024-03-07 11:46:47) |
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Episyron conterminus Smith |
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Episyron conterminus Smith View in CoL
PERU: Huánuco Region, Puerto Inca Province, Panguana Conservation Area; 21 September 2022, 1624–1700 PM; D. Schulten. Host: Alpaida bicornuta (Taczanowski) ( Araneidae ), adult female, ~ 8–9 mm. The wasp grasped the immobilized spider by the base of its first or second right leg with her mandibles and, holding it in a perpendicular position, dragged it backwards across the ground, eventually releasing it dorsal side upward in the entrance ( Schulten 2022).
Episyron conterminus View in CoL is family-specific on orb-weaving Araneidae View in CoL in the genera Acacesia View in CoL , Araneus View in CoL , Argiope View in CoL , Eriophora View in CoL , Eustala View in CoL , Gea View in CoL , Larinia View in CoL , Neoscona View in CoL and Neosconella ( Kurczewski and Edwards 2012; Kurczewski et al. 2013, 2017, 2020). Alpaida bicornuta View in CoL is a new host genus and species for Episyron conterminus View in CoL .
Kurczewski FE, Edwards GB. 2012. Hosts, nesting behavior, and ecology of some North American spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Southeastern Naturalist 11 (Monograph 4): 1 - 71.
Kurczewski FE, Pitts JP, Elliott NB. 2013. Annotated list of spider wasps from the Bahamas, with description of a new species of Tachypompilus (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Caribbean Naturalist 5: 1 - 28.
Kurczewski FE, Edwards GB, Pitts JP. 2017. Hosts, nesting behavior, and ecology of some North American spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), II. Southeastern Naturalist 16 (Monograph 9): 1 - 82.
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.
Schulten D. 2022. Spider Wasps (Family Pompilidae). Available at https: // www. inaturalist. org / observations / 140790048. (Last accessed 3 November 2022.)
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Episyron conterminus Smith
| Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C. & Waichert, Cecilia 2024 |
Neosconella
| Cambridge 1903 |
Acacesia
| Simon 1895 |
Eustala
| Simon 1895 |
Larinia
| Simon 1874 |
Neoscona
| E.Simon 1864 |