Episyron conterminus posterus (Fox)
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4891.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6B0E1135-8C4E-4341-9793-AB970FBCD10B |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4344655 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6D0C7764-FF99-FFAA-07AA-FD1FFB62FBD5 |
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Episyron conterminus posterus (Fox) |
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Episyron conterminus posterus (Fox) View in CoL
CA: Los Angeles County, Longbeach; 18 August 2015; jose_23109. Host: Araneus cf bispinosus (Keyserling) ( Araneidae ), adult female. The wasp attempted to drag the paralyzed orbweaver, dorsal side upward, on the ground then releasing her grasp with her mandibles (Jose_23109 2015).
MEXICO: Campeche State, Calakmul Municipality, Calakmul Biosphere Reserve; 25 March 2020; J. Phangurha (Phangtastic_beasts). Host: Eriophora ravilla (C. L. Koch) (Tropical orbweaver) ( Araneidae ), subadult female. Several photos and short videos show the wasp excavating a ground chamber and grasping the paralyzed tropical orbweaver, dorsal side upward, by the left foreleg with her mandibles ( Phangurha 2020).
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Pepsinae |
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Pompilini |
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