Pepsis varipennis Lepeletier, 1845
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10793331 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:853E1294-B73D-43B8-8D82-AFD2E0B00352 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FA37986C-FF88-F746-FF14-067A9F7BFDCE |
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Felipe (2024-03-06 13:53:50, last updated 2024-03-07 11:46:47) |
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Pepsis varipennis Lepeletier |
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Pepsis varipennis Lepeletier View in CoL
BRAZIL: São Paulo State, Rifaina; 31 August 2021; F. Baraldi. Host: Vitalius dubius (Mello-Leitão, 1923) ( Theraphosidae ), subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula backwards across the ground and low vegetation, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its second left leg with her mandibles. She released the spider in the entrance, entered the burrow, reappeared in the entrance, grasped the tarantula in the same manner, and dragged it inside ( Baraldi 2021).
There are two previous host records for P. varipennis , both species of Theraphosidae ( Kurczewski et al 2020). Vitalius dubius is a new host genus and species for P. varipennis .
Pepsis montezuma species-group ( Vardy 2005)
Baraldi F. 2021. Vespa Cacadora de Aranhas. Available at https: // biofaces. com / post / 243163 / vespa-cacadora-de-aranhas /. (Last accessed 2 November 2022.)
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.
Vardy CR. 2005. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 3. The P. inclyta to P. auriguttata groups. Zoologische Verhandelingen 79: 1 - 305.
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