Priocnessus apache Banks

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 : 12

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.10793331

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:853E1294-B73D-43B8-8D82-AFD2E0B00352

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FA37986C-FF8E-F740-FF14-06AD9FD5FCBD

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Priocnessus apache Banks
status

 

Priocnessus apache Banks View in CoL

ARIZONA: Cochise County, SW of Portal, Chiricahua Mountains ; 18 September 2022, 1646 MST; L. Nessel. Host: Unidentified species ( Agelenidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp straddled the immobilized grass spider, dorsal side upward, grasped its chelicerae with her mandibles, and walked forward across vegetation ( Nessel 2022).

UTAH: Utah County, N of Eagle Mountain; 9 July 2020, 0945 MDT; K. Densley. Host: Agelenopsis sp. ( Agelenidae ), adult female (gravid). The wasp just dismounted and is grasping the grass spider by its left chelicera as they laid side-by-side on a concrete sidewalk or patio ( Densley 2020).

These are the first host records and new host family and subfamily for Priocnessus apache .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Pompilidae

Genus

Priocnessus

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