Pepsis mildei Stal 1857
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- 3. Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Brasília Brasília, DF, 70910 - 900, Brazil
Description
HONDURAS: Cortes Department, Cusuco National Park (1300 meters); 25 July 2023; L. Díaz. Host: Longilyra sp. (undescribed species) (Theraphosidae) [det. S. Longhorn], adult or subadult female. The wasp struggled to drag the paralyzed tarantula across the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its right pedipalp with her mandibles (Díaz 2023).
Longilyra Gabriel is a new host record, genus, and species for Pepsis mildei (black-winged variant).
MEXICO: Yucatan State, Merida; 16 January 2023; C. A. Benitez Rosado. Host: Tliltocatl epicureanus (Chamberlin), adult or subadult female. The wasp approached the partly paralyzed tarantula from its right side as it laid, dorsal side upward, on the ground. She walked over the tarantula, grasped its left hind patella with her mandibles, dragged it backwards for a short distance, and released it on the ground on its left side (Benitez Rosado 2023).
Tliltocatl epicureanus is a new host species for Pepsis mildei (black-winged variant). Tliltocatl Mendoza and Francke is a common host genus for this black-winged variant of P. mildei in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico (Kurczewski et al. 2020).
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- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/060EE014FF83F74DFFD407519B31FFB1 (URL)
- Journal article: http://zoobank.org/853E1294-B73D-43B8-8D82-AFD2E0B00352 (URL)
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- https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/FA37986CFF8FF741FF1407B7991DFD0E (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Stal
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Pompilidae
- Genus
- Pepsis
- Species
- mildei
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Pepsis mildei Stal, 1857 sec. Kurczewski, West & Waichert, 2024
References
- Diaz L. 2023. # spiderwasp, # tarantulahawk. Available at https: // www. facebook. com / reel / 805262407734079. (Last accessed 25 August 2023.)
- Benitez Rosado CA. 2023. Los pompilidos (Pompilidae) son una familia conocidos vulgarmente como avispas de las aranas. Available at https: // www. facebook. com / carlosalberto. benitezrosado. 5 / videos / 477699691017393. (Last accessed 17 January 2023.)
- Kurczewski FE, West RC, Waichert C, Kissane KC, Ubick D, Pitts JP. 2020. New and unusual host records for North American and South American spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Zootaxa 4891: 1 - 112.