Pepsis xanthocera Dahlbom, 1843
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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-FF8A-F744-FF14-068A9F75FCBF |
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Felipe (2024-03-06 13:53:50, last updated 2024-03-07 11:46:47) |
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Pepsis xanthocera Dahlbom |
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Pepsis xanthocera Dahlbom View in CoL
SURINAME: Para District, Zanderij, Palulu Camping Jungle Resort; 1 March 2022; K. Lashley. Host: Avicularia avicularia (Linnaeus) ( Theraphosidae ), male. The wasp initially engaged the wandering pinktoe tarantula in the foliage, then followed it when it defensively dropped to the ground. In the video, the wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula along the ground, ventral side upward, grasping the base of its left foreleg with her mandibles ( Lashley 2022).
Vardy (2005) reported P. xanthocera from Muyuna, Napo Province, Ecuador pinned with an? Avicularia sp. [det. A. Smith].
Pepsis menechma species-group ( Vardy 2005)
Lashley K. 2022. Tarantula Hawk Wasp carrying away a Pinktoe Tarantula. Available at https: // www. instagram. com / p / CakqP 52 rBIS /. (Last accessed 20 September 2022.)
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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