Published March 1, 2024 | Version v1
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Pepsis petitii Guerin 1831

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  • 3. Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Brasília Brasília, DF, 70910 - 900, Brazil

Description

Pepsis petitii Guérin

PERU: Chiclayo Province, Lambayeque Department, Chaparri Ecological Reserve; 22 October 2013; C. Díaz. Host: Tmesiphantes sp. (Theraphosidae), adult male. The wasp examined the paralyzed tarantula with her antennae as it laid on the ground, dorsal side upward (Díaz 2013).

Tmesiphantes Simon is a new host genus for Pepsis petitii. The only previous host record for this pompilid species is for the genus Linothele Karsch (Dipluridae) (Kurczewski et al. 2022b).

Notes

Published as part of Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C. & Waichert, Cecilia, 2024, New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), pp. 1-32 in Insecta Mundi 2024 (34) on pages 4-6, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Pompilidae
Genus
Pepsis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Guerin
Species
petitii
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Pepsis petitii Guerin, 1831 sec. Kurczewski, West & Waichert, 2024

References

  • Diaz C. 2013. Avispa caza tarantulas. Available at https: // www. facebook. com / yochaparri / photos / pb. 100063526244690. - 2207520000. / 1474632032753359 /? type = 3. (Last accessed 25 March 2023.)
  • Kurczewski FE, West RC, Waichert C, Pitts JP. 2022 b. Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 0928: 1 - 32.