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Auplopus mellipes

Description

Auplopus mellipes (Say)

MEXICO: Sinaloa State, Mazatlán; 27 September 2015; F. F. Sarabia. Host: Unidentified species (Corinnidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp held the paralyzed antmimic spider, venter to venter, grasping its spinnerets with her mandibles (Sarabia 2015b).

Notes

Published as part of 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), pp. 1-112 in Zootaxa 4891 (1) on page 39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4891.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4309249

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
2015-09-27
Verbatim event date
2015-09-27
Scientific name authorship
Say
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Pompilidae
Genus
Auplopus
Species
mellipes
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Auplopus mellipes (Say, 1836) sec. Kurczewski, West, Waichert, Kissane, Ubick & Pitts, 2020

References

  • Sarabia, F. F. (2015 b) Spider Wasps (Family Pompilidae). Available from: https: // www. inaturalist. org / observations / 2006114 (accessed 8 May 2018)