Auplopus pratens Dreisbach, 1963

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 : 15

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10793331
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treatment provided by	Felipe (2024-03-06 13:53:50, last updated 2024-03-07 11:46:47)
scientific name	Auplopus pratens Dreisbach
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Treatment

Auplopus pratens Dreisbach View in CoL

COLOMBIA: Valle del Cauca Department, Cartago County; 23 February 2023; J. D. Arango. Host: Lyssomanes? viridis (Walckenaer) ( Salticidae ) (magnolia green jumper), adult or subadult female. The wasp held the delimbed paralyzed jumping spider, mainly by its pedicel, venter to venter, on the surface of a large leaf ( Arango 2023b).

Lyssomanes? viridis View in CoL is a new host genus and species for Auplopus pratens View in CoL . Previous host spiders for this spi- der wasp species from Brazil comprised unidentified species of Salticidae View in CoL ( Kurczewski et al. 2020, 2022b).

References

Arango JD. 2023 b. Auplopus pratens. Available at https: // www. inaturalist. org / observations / 149524149. (Last accessed 26 February 2023.)

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.