Priochilus sericeifrons (Fox)

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 : 26

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-FF98-F756-FF14-0443986AFB93

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scientific name

Priochilus sericeifrons (Fox)
status

 

Priochilus sericeifrons (Fox) View in CoL

ECUADOR: El Oro Province, Piñas, Reserva Buenaventura, Umbrellabird Lodge ; 10 February 2023; J. Higgott. Host: Ctenus sp. , adult or subadult female. The wasp straddled the wandering spider, its body being perpendicular to that of the spider, as she stung it in its cephalothorax between the bases of its left foreleg and second leg. The spider stood on the ground, dorsal side upward, as it was being stung ( Higgott 2023).

Priochilus sericeifrons View in CoL has been observed with host spiders several times: Kiekie sp. ( Ctenidae View in CoL ) in Costa Rica;? Spinoctenus sp. ( Ctenidae View in CoL ) in Colombia; and unidentified ctenid in Brazil ( Kurczewski et al. 2020, 2022b). Ctenus sp. is a new host genus and species for P. sericeifrons View in CoL .

Higgott J. 2023. Priochilus with Ctenus. Available at https: // www. flickr. com / photos / sequella / 52740863484 / in / datetaken /. (Last accessed 25 March 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.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Pompilidae

Genus

Priochilus