Host selection and nesting behavior of Nearctic trapdoor spider-hunting spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae: Pepsinae, Pompilinae)

  • Host records and nesting behavior of the Nearctic trapdoor spider-hunting spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) Calopompilus Ashmead and Priocnemissus Haupt (Pepsinae: Pepsini) and Aporus Spinola and Psorthaspis Banks (Pompilinae: Aporini) are reviewed, investigated, compared, and discussed. First time incidental trapdoor spider host records for Priocnemis (Priocnemissus) minorata Banks (Pepsinae: Pepsini), Anoplius (Lophopompilus) carolina (Banks) (Pompilinae: Pompilini), and Notocyphus dorsalis dorsalis Cresson (Notocyphinae: Notocyphini) are included, although they are not typical trapdoor spiderhunting spider wasp species. The Palearctic Aporus (Aporus) unicolor Spinola, A. (Aporus) bicolor Spinola and A. (Aporus) planiceps (Latreille) are referenced for comparison with Nearctic Aporus sensu stricto. Early 20th century papers on species of Aporus and Psorthaspis are revived. New information on nesting behavior of Nearctic trapdoor spider-hunting spider wasps is described and first host trapdoor spider records for Psorthaspis formosa (Smith), P. legata (Cresson) and P. mariae (Cresson) are documented. Potential Pompilidae species in the genera Calopompilus and Aporus are suggested for host trapdoor spider remains found in burrows with spider wasp eggs, larvae and cocoons (pupae) based on geographic distribution, habitat, spider species, trapdoor and burrow structure, wasp cocoon size, and wasp congeneric host records. ZooBank registration. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A431FD0A-FD44-404B-ADAA-8AFFABB8AF10

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Author:Frank E. KurczewskiORCiD, Rick C. WestORCiD
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-690012
URL:https://centerforsystematicentomology.org/insectamundi/0959_KurczewskiandWest_2022.pdf
ISSN:1942-1354
ISSN:0749-6737
Parent Title (English):Insecta Mundi
Series (Serial Number):Insecta Mundi (959)
Publisher:Flora & Fauna Publ.
Place of publication:Gainesville, Fla.
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2022/10/28
Date of first Publication:2022/10/28
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2022/11/07
Tag:Anoplius carolina; Antrodiaetidae; Aporini; Aporus; Atypidae; Calopompilus; Euctenizidae; Halonoproctidae; Nemesiidae; Notocyphus dorsalis; Pepsini; Priocnemissus; Psorthaspis
Volume:2022
Issue:959
Article Number:959
Page Number:26
First Page:1
Last Page:24
HeBIS-PPN:505359200
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie)
Sammlungen:Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell 3.0