Published December 7, 2020 | Version v1
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Entypus fulvicornis

Description

Entypus fulvicornis (Cresson)

OK: Oklahoma County, Edmond; 4 September; J. OFeery (mexichaun). Host: Unidentified species (Lycosidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp walked backwards through short grass on the ground dragging a paralyzed

wolf spider, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its pedipalp or chelicera with her mandibles (O’Feery 2017).

TX: Travis County, Austin, Austin Rifle Range; 3 August 2016; B. Stoeger (benstoegerproshop). Host: Rabidosa rabida (Walckenaer) (Rabid wolf spider), adult or subadult female. The wasp stung the paralyzed wolf spider between its chelicera while it hung by its 3 rd and 4 th legs from a wooden beam (Stoeger 2016).

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 pages 28-29, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4891.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4309249

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References

  • Stoeger, B. (2016) # waspvsspider. Available from: https: // www. instagram. com / p / BIp 0 wbkAndZ /? tagged = waspvsspider (ac- cessed 27 April 2018)