Auplopus architectus metallicus (Banks)

Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia & Pitts, James P., 2022, Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), Insecta Mundi 2022 (928), pp. 1-32 : 10

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6533498

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:48EC3DE6-45D1-40E2-8C4D-2D8788058CAC

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AA87D0-FFFE-FF97-FF71-FBB6FECB538E

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Felipe (2022-05-09 19:28:50, last updated by Plazi 2023-11-07 03:23:00)

scientific name

Auplopus architectus metallicus (Banks)
status

 

Auplopus architectus metallicus (Banks) View in CoL

CALIFORNIA: Ventura County, Ojai, Matilija Wilderness; 11 June 2021, 1140 PDT; J. Castilleja. Host: Misumena vatia (Clerck) (Thomisidae) , adult or subadult female. The wasp attempted to amputate some of the crab spider’s legs at the coxa-trochanter joints, holding it ventral side upward. She also straddled it in a ventral side upward position with most of its legs still intact, while grasping its spinnerets with her mandibles ( Castilleja 2021).

Castilleja J. 2021. Spider Wasps (Family Pompilidae). Available at https: // www. inaturalist. org / observations / 82627859. (Last accessed 12 June 2021).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Pompilidae

Genus

Auplopus