Entypus velutinus (Taschenberg)

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 : 14

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10793331
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10793207
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scientific name	Entypus velutinus (Taschenberg)
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Entypus velutinus (Taschenberg) View in CoL

BRAZIL: Minas Gerais State, Lagoa Formosa; 1 July 2014, 1615 PM; L. Rabelo de Almeida. Host: Phoneutria nigriventer (Keyserling) ( Ctenidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp stood beside and examined the immobilized Brazilian wandering spider with her antennae as it laid, dorsal side upward, on the ground ( Rabelo de Almeida 2014).

BRAZIL: Minas Gerais State, Lagoa Formosa ; 29 November 2017, 1745 PM ; L. Rabelo de Almeida. Host : Phoneutria nigriventer , adult or subadult female. The wasp stood next to and examined the immobilized Brazilian wandering spider with her antennae and mouthparts as it laid, dorsal side upward, on the ground and dragged it backwards, dorsal side upward, grasping its right chelicera with her mandibles ( Rabelo de Almeida 2017) .

Phoneutria nigriventer ( Ctenidae ) is the first host record and new host family, genus, and species for Entypus velutinus .

References

Rabelo de Almeida LR. 2014. Caribbean orange-horned Tarantula Hawk (Pepsis ruficornis). Available at https: // www. inaturalist. org / observations / 150079801. (Last accessed 2 March 2023.)

Rabelo de Almeida LR. 2017. Tarantula hawk-Wasps and Allies (Tribe Pepsini). Available at https: // www. inaturalist. org / observations / 149358764. (Last accessed 24 February 2023.)