Poecilopompilus familiaris (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
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FA37986C-FF97-F759-FF14-05949F69FC64
treatment provided by	Felipe (2024-03-06 13:53:50, last updated 2024-03-07 11:46:47)
scientific name	Poecilopompilus familiaris (Smith)
status

Treatment

Poecilopompilus familiaris (Smith) View in CoL

PARAGUAY: Guairá State, Independencia District, Salto Suizo; 12 March 2023, 1410 PM; A. Berger. Host: Misumenops sp. ( Thomisidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed crab spider backwards, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its left foreleg with her mandibles. She kept her wings raised at more than a 45° angle to her body during transport ( Berger 2023).

Misumenops sp. ( Thomisidae View in CoL ) is the first host record and new family, genus, and species for P. familiaris View in CoL . Poecilopompilus familiaris View in CoL may be one of several Neotropical species of Poecilopompilus View in CoL that specialize in provisioning their nests with crab spiders ( Thomisidae View in CoL ) ( Kurczewski et al. 2020, 2022b).

References

Berger A. 2023. Spider Wasps (Family Pompilidae). Available at https: // www. inaturalist. org / observations / 156740879. (Last accessed 8 May 2023.)

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.

Kurczewski FE, West RC, Waichert C, Pitts JP. 2022 b. Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 0928: 1 - 32.

Abbreviations

PM	Pratt Museum

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Taxonomy

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