Anoplius (Anoplius) fulgidus (Cresson)

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 : 23-24

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scientific name	Anoplius (Anoplius) fulgidus (Cresson)
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Anoplius (Anoplius) fulgidus (Cresson) View in CoL

TEXAS: Wilson County, Floresville; 21 August 2022, 2118 CDT; W. Copas. Host: Rabidosa rabida (Walckenaer) ( Lycosidae ) [det. W. Copas], adult female. Several photographs show the wasp examining with her antennae or standing beside the immobilized rabid wolf spider, which is lying on its right side on fallen dried leaves ( Copas 2022).

Anoplius fulgidus View in CoL is a tropical species that enters the extreme southern section of the U. S. ( Evans 1951). Anoplius fulgidus View in CoL mainly captures species of Lycosidae View in CoL but there is a single record of this species with Agelenidae ( Kurczewski et al. 2017) View in CoL . Rabidosa rabida View in CoL is a new host species for A. fulgidus View in CoL .

References

Copas W. 2022. Spider Wasps (Family Pompilidae). Available at https: // www. inaturalist. org / observations / 132161801. (Last accessed 24 August 2022.)

Evans HE. 1951. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part II. Genus Anoplius Dufour. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 76: 207 - 361.

Kurczewski FE, Edwards GB, Pitts JP. 2017. Hosts, nesting behavior, and ecology of some North American spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), II. Southeastern Naturalist 16 (Monograph 9): 1 - 82.