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
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scientific name	Sericopompilus apicalis (Say)
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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 .

References

Blomberg E. 2022. Spider Wasps (Family Pompilidae). Available at https: // www. inaturalist. org / observations / 145293014. (Last accessed 29 December 2022.)

Ivanov S. 2020. Unknown spider wasp - Sericopompilus apicalis - Female. Available at https: // bugguide. net / node / view / 187 6066 / bgpage. (Last accessed 29 December 2022.)

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.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hymenoptera
Family	Pompilidae
Genus	Sericopompilus