Eragenia amabilis (Taschenberg)

Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia, Kissane, Kelly C., Ubick, Darrell & Pitts, James P., 2020, New and unusual host records for North American and South American spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), Zootaxa 4891 (1), pp. 1-112 : 41

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4891.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6B0E1135-8C4E-4341-9793-AB970FBCD10B
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4344649
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6D0C7764-FF9B-FFA8-07AA-FD33FA23FB9D
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Eragenia amabilis (Taschenberg)
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Eragenia amabilis (Taschenberg) View in CoL

BRAZIL: State of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Lagoa do Peri ; 25 April 2017; A. Amaral (amaral.ap). Host: Landuba cf varia (Keyserling) ( Corinnidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp straddled the dismembered ground sac spider on a leaf, venter to dorsum, grasping the base of its chelicera with her mandibles (Amaral 2020) .

BRAZIL: State of S„o Paulo, Sao Bernardo do Campo, Estoril Park; posted 18 July 2018; R. Ribeiro (miudezasinmacro). Host: Unidentified species ( Segestriidae ), adult or subadult female.A short video shows the wasp straddling the paralyzed tube-web spider, venter to dorsum, detaching its limbs with her mandibles while standing on a leaf (Ribeiro 2018; R. Ribeiro, Sao Bernardo do Campo, S„o Paulo, Brazil, 2019 pers, comm .).

BRAZIL: State of S„o Paulo, S„o Paulo city, Botanical Garden of S„o Paulo; 19 February 2011; C. Asanuma. Host: Corinna sp. (Ground sac spider) ( Corinnidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp straddled the dismembered ground sac spider, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its chelicera with her mandibles ( Asanuma 2011).