Priochilus regius (Fabricius)

Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C. & Waichert, Cecilia, 2024, New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), Insecta Mundi 2024 (34), pp. 1-32 : 26

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10793331

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:853E1294-B73D-43B8-8D82-AFD2E0B00352

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FA37986C-FF98-F756-FF14-06AD9853FD5B

treatment provided by

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scientific name

Priochilus regius (Fabricius)
status

 

Priochilus regius (Fabricius) View in CoL

BRAZIL: Mato Grosso State, Alta Floresta; 12 August 2022; J. C. Sullivan. Host: Fufius sp. ( Cyrtaucheniidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp grasped the wafer trapdoor spider near the end of its left pedipalp with her mandibles, straddled it dorsal side upward, and walked forward, using its wings for added thrust ( Sullivan 2022).

Fufius sp. ( Cyrtaucheniidae View in CoL ) is a new host family, genus, and species for Priochilus regius View in CoL . Previous host records for P.regius View in CoL from Ecuador and Peru include unidentified species of Ctenidae ( Kurczewski et al. 2020) View in CoL , and from Brazil, Ctenus sp. ( Ctenidae View in CoL ) ( Kurczewski et al. 2022b).

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.

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.

Sullivan JC. 2022. Spider Wasps (Family Pompilidae). Available at https: // www. inaturalist. org / observations / 133143237. (Last accessed 1 September 2022.)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Pompilidae

Genus

Priochilus