Pepsis plutus Erichson

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 : 7

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10793331
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:853E1294-B73D-43B8-8D82-AFD2E0B00352
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10793178
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FA37986C-FF8B-F745-FF14-037499FFFAA2
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Pepsis plutus Erichson
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Pepsis plutus Erichson View in CoL

BRAZIL: Amazonas State, 40 km N Manaus, INPA Experimental Station - ZF2; 31 January 2023; T. Mahlmann. Host: Bumba horrida (Schmidt) ( Theraphosidae ) (Brazilian redhead tarantula), adult or subadult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed tarantula backwards across low branches, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its right foreleg with her mandibles ( Mahlmann 2023).

There is a previous host record from French Guiana for P.plutus with an armed spider of the genus Phoneutria Perty ( Ctenidae ) ( Kurczewski et al. 2022b).