Pepsis martini Vardy, 2005

Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia & Pitts, James P., 2022, Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), Insecta Mundi 2022 (928), pp. 1-32 : 6

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6533498
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:48EC3DE6-45D1-40E2-8C4D-2D8788058CAC
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6533514
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treatment provided by	Felipe (2022-05-09 19:28:50, last updated by Plazi 2023-11-07 03:23:00)
scientific name	Pepsis martini Vardy
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Pepsis martini Vardy View in CoL

BRAZIL: Mato Grosso State, Alto Floresta, Cristalino Lodge; 2 May 2021, 1515; S. Dantas. Host: Diplura nigra (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge) (Dipluridae) , adult or subadult female [det. R. Bertani]. The immobilized curtain-web spider laid dorsal side upward on the ground with legs outstretched, while the wasp stood next to it. A second photograph shows the wasp pulling the spider backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the trochanter of its second right leg with her mandibles ( Fig. 9 View Figures 9–16 ; Dantas 2021; Dantas, Novo Mundo, Mato Grosso, Brazil, 2021 pers. comm.).

References

Dantas S. 2021. New World Tarantula-hawk Wasps (Genus Pepsis). Available at https: // www. inaturalist. org / observations / 76675120. (Last accessed 3 May 2021).

Figures

Figures 9–16. Pompilid wasps and host spiders. 9) Pepsis martini Vardy, female, with immobilized Diplura nigra (F. O. Pickard- Cambridge) (Dipluridae), adult or subadult female, Cristalino Lodge, Alto Floresta, Mato Grosso State, Brazil. Photograph © Sidnei Dantas. 10) Pepsis plutus Erichson, female, with immobilized Phoneutria fera Perty (Ctenidae), adult or subadult female, Saül, French Guiana. Photograph © Wouter Knaepen. 11) Priocnessus hurdi Dreisbach, female, with immobilized Euagrus?mexicanus (Ausserer) (Euagridae), adult or subadult female, Jantetelco, Morelas State, Mexico.Photograph © Paula Montserrat Crespo Barrera. 12) Priocnemella hexagona (Fox), female, with immobilized Phoneutria?fera Perty (Ctenidae), juvenile, National Forest of Jamari, Rondônia State, Brazil.Photograph © Pedro Paulo Machado Nascimento.13) Sphictostethus striatulus Roig-Alsina, female, with immobilized?Grammostola sp. (Theraphosidae), juvenile, Altos de Cantillana Reserve, 12 km W Paine, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile. Photograph © Bernardo Segura. 14) Herbstellus pachylopus (Kohl), female, with immobilized Lycinus sp. (Nemesiidae), adult or subadult female, La Serena, Elqui Province, Coquimbo Region, Chile. Photograph © Simon Torres.15) Caliadurgus maculatellus (Taschenberg), female, with immobilized Larinia sp. (Araneidae), adult or subadult female, Punilla, Córdoba Province, Argentina. Photograph © Andrea A. Coccuci.16) Entypus magnus (Cresson), female, with immobilized Tigrosa georgicola (Walckenaer) (Lycosidae), adult or subadult female, Princeton, Collin County, Texas, USA. Photograph © Manda Bell.