Ageniella (Priophanes) erythroptera ( Banks, 1946 )

Lopez, Vinicius M., Cardoso, Renan Kobal De Oliveira Alves, Cezário, Rodrigo R., Guillermo-Ferreira, Rhainer & Dos Santos, Eduardo F., 2021, New Species of Entypus (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) and notes on the natural history of some Atlantic Forest spider wasps, Zootaxa 5061 (2), pp. 361-368 : 364

Ageniella (Priophanes) erythroptera ( Banks, 1946)

Priophanes erythroptera Banks, 1946: 443 – 444 .

We observed A. erythroptera transporting a young female of an undetermined species of wolf spider ( Trochosa sp. ) ( Figs 9 – 10 , Video 1). The wasp was carrying the paralyzed wolf spider forward, grasping its spinneret with the mandibles. The spider had its dorsal side to the ground. The spider’s hind legs were amputated at the coxa-trochanter joint. The ethological sequence we recorded for this species is represented by the formula VPT.

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FIGURES 9–14. Behavioral observations of spider wasp species from the BrazilianAtlantic Forest. 9–10. Ageniella erythroptera transporting a wolf spider (Trochosa sp.) on a leaf of grass 11. Entypus bituberculatus with the paralyzed host Ctenus ornatus. 12. Ctenus ornatus paralyzed after being stung be E. bituberculatus 13. Poecilopompilus sp. nest entrance 13. Crab spider (Misumenops sp.) removed from the Poecilopompilus sp. nest.