Episyron conterminus posterus (Fox)

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 : 43

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.4344655

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6D0C7764-FF99-FFAA-07AA-FD1FFB62FBD5

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Episyron conterminus posterus (Fox)
status

 

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).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Pompilidae

Genus

Episyron

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