Sericopompilus apicalis (Say)

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 : 16

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.10793331

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:853E1294-B73D-43B8-8D82-AFD2E0B00352

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FA37986C-FF92-F75C-FF14-022C9E91F961

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Sericopompilus apicalis (Say)
status

 

Sericopompilus apicalis (Say) View in CoL

FLORIDA: Escambia County, Perdido Key; May 2020; E. Blomberg. Host: Hibana gracilis (Hentz) ( Anyphaenidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp was photographed on white sand, lying sideways atop the garden ghost spider. She was also seen hanging downward on vegetation, grasping the garden ghost spider with her mandibles by the base of a chelicera ( Blomberg 2022).

ILLINOIS: Lake County, Illinois Beach State Park ; 31 July 2020; S. Ivanov. Host: Unidentified species ( Salticidae ), adult or subadult female (wasp, 12 mm). The wasp rested on a broadleaf, above ground level, and grasped the jumping spider, dorsal side upward, by the base of a chelicera with her mandibles ( Ivanov 2020).

Sericopompilus apicalis View in CoL is strongly polyphagous in host selection, provisioning nests with species of Araneidae View in CoL , Lycosidae View in CoL , Oxyopidae View in CoL , Anyphaenidae View in CoL , Philodromidae View in CoL , Thomisidae View in CoL , and Salticidae ( Kurczewski and Edwards 2012) View in CoL .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Pompilidae

Genus

Sericopompilus

Loc

Sericopompilus apicalis (Say)

Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C. & Waichert, Cecilia 2024
2024
Loc

Anyphaenidae

Bertkau 1878
1878
Loc

Philodromidae

Thorell 1870
1870
Loc

Lycosidae

Sundevall 1833
1833
Loc

Thomisidae

Sundevall 1833
1833
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