Poecilopompilus fervidus (Smith)

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 : 19

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.10793221
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FA37986C-FF97-F759-FF14-04AC9A69FAE0
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Poecilopompilus fervidus (Smith)
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Poecilopompilus fervidus (Smith) View in CoL

ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires Province, Fatima; 26 December 2022, 1109 AM; I. Laravidal. Host: Parawixia audax (Blackwall) ( Araneidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp grasped the immobilized orb-weaver by the base of its third left leg with her mandibles. She raised and kept her wings at a>45° angle during backward prey transport ( Laravidal 2022).

BRAZIL: Mato Grosso State, Cotriguaçu, Fazenda São Nicolau; 3 September 2019, 1644 PM; A. Hopkins. Host: Parawixia sp. ( Araneidae ), adult female. The wasp stood beside the immobilized orb-weaver, with raised wings, as the spider laid dorsal side upward atop a fallen log ( Hopkins 2019).

Parawixia audax and P. sp. ( Araneidae ) are the first host records and new genus and species for Poecilopompilus fervidus .