Poecilopompilus interruptus (Say)

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 : 19

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-FF97-F759-FF14-02299E6DF8BE
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Poecilopompilus interruptus (Say)
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Poecilopompilus interruptus (Say) View in CoL

DELAWARE: Sussex County, Ellendale; 18 August 2022, 1623 EDT; E. Green. Host: Araneus marmoreus Clerck ( Araneidae ), adult female. The wasp dragged the marbled orbweaver across a path, dorsal side upward, grasping a leg with her mandibles. She released the spider, dorsal side upward, on the path and examined it with her antennae ( Green 2022).

Araneus marmoreus View in CoL is a new host species for Poecilopompilus interruptus View in CoL ( Evans and Yoshimoto 1962; Krombein 1979; Kurczewski and Edwards 2012; Kurczewski et al. 2017, 2020, 2022).

FLORIDA: Leon County, Miccosukee Land Cooperative; 26 June 2023. 1916 EDT; T. Kelley. Host: Trichonephila clavipes (Linnaeus) View in CoL ( Araneidae View in CoL ), adult or subadult female. The wasp grasped the golden silk orb-weaver by its pedicel with her mandibles ( Kelley 2023).

Trichonephila clavipes View in CoL ( Araneidae View in CoL ) is a new host genus and species for Poecilopompilus interruptus View in CoL ( Evans and Yoshimoto 1962; Krombein 1979; Kurczewski and Edwards 2012; Kurczewski et al. 2017, 2020, 2022).