Pepsis elevata Fabricius, 1804

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 : 6

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10793331
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scientific name	Pepsis elevata Fabricius
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Pepsis elevata Fabricius View in CoL

BRAZIL: Mato Grosso do Sul State, Bonito; 2 January 2023; C. D. Timm. Host: Lycosa erythrognathus Lucas ( Lycosidae ), adult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed wolf spider backwards across the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its left pedipalp with her mandibles ( Timm 2023).

Lycosidae View in CoL is a new host family only for P. elevata View in CoL of 56 other species of Pepsis View in CoL ( Kurczewski et al. 2020, 2022b).

BRAZIL: Paraiba State, Santa Rita; 2 December 2021; M. Soares de Lucena. Host: Acanthoscurria natalensis Chamberlin ( Theraphosidae ) [det. R. Bertani], immature. The wasp ran across the ground, chased, grappled with, and stung the tarantula between the third and fourth right coxae. She then, momentarily, examined the immobilized tarantula before dragging it backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping its right foreleg with her mandibles. The tarantula fell to a ventral side upward position, after which the wasp released her grasp and proceeded to imbibe regurgitated fluid from its mouthparts ( Soares de Lucena 2021).

This is the first host record for Pepsis elevata .

References

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.

Soares de Lucena M. 2021. Cobras e Serpentes Identificacao e discussao Biologo Henrique. Available at https: // www. facebook. com / mirtes. delucena / videos / 740433770247929? idorvanity = 635796423993560. (Last accessed 13 Januay 2023.)

Timm CD. 2023. Vespa-cacadora (Pepsis sp.) predadando aranha-lobo (Lycosa erythrognatha). Available at https: // www. flickr. com / photos / cdtimm / 8733019363 / in / album- 72157611471152217 /. (Last accessed 29 March 2023.)