Selenopidae (Arachnida: Araneae), a new host spider family for the spider wasp Tachypompilus ferrugineus (Say) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae: Pompilini)
- Four online photographs from Oaxaca, Mexico taken by N. R. Jenzen-Jones and posted on inaturalist.org reveal Selenops sp., probably S. mexicanus Keyserling (Arachnida: Araneae: Selenopidae), as a new host spider species, genus and family for the common and widespread American spider wasp Tachypompilus ferrugineus (Say) (rusty spider wasp). The wasp transported the immobilized spider up an exterior stucco wall of a house, dorsal side upward, walking backwards for 3m to her nest in a gap between the wooden planking and stucco wall beneath the roof, while grasping the femur of its right pedipalp with her mandibles.
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| Author: | Frank E. KurczewskiORCiD, Rick C. WestORCiD, Sarah C. Crews, N. R. Jenzen-Jones |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-643124 |
| URL: | https://journals.flvc.org/mundi/article/view/127389 |
| ISSN: | 1942-1354 |
| ISSN: | 0749-6737 |
| Parent Title (English): | Insecta mundi |
| Series (Serial Number): | Insecta Mundi (824) |
| Publisher: | Flora & Fauna Publ. |
| Place of publication: | Gainesville, Fla. |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2020/12/07 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2020/11/27 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2021/11/25 |
| Tag: | Lycosoidea; Mexico; Oaxaca; Selenops mexicanus; flatties or wall crab spiders; oligophagous; prey transport; rusty spider wasp |
| Volume: | 2020 |
| Issue: | article 824 |
| Page Number: | 8 |
| First Page: | 1 |
| Last Page: | 6 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 489791565 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
| Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell 3.0 |
