Suppression of orb-web building behavior of the spider Metazygia laticeps (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) (Araneae: Araneidae) by a new parasitoid wasp

A review of the spider-attacking Polysphincta dizardi species-group (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae), with descriptions of seven new species from South America

“…Pádua in Kloss et al (2018) recently described a new species from Brazil ( P. sinearanea ) which is characterized by a strong epomia (Fig. 5B ).…”

“…Gauld and Dubois (2006) proposed that the P. dizardi species-group could be a new polysphinctine genus that could be described when the tropical diversity of the group becomes better known. Given the non-declining rates of discovery and description of new polysphinctine species in the Neotropics ( Kloss et al 2018 ; Pádua et al 2019 , 2020a , b ; Sobczak et al 2019 ), we refrain at present from splitting the genus Polysphincta . We will firstly continue filling in the gap in biodiversity knowledge of Polysphincta of South America.…”

“…Parasitoid of the spider species Metazygia laticeps (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) ( Kloss et al 2018 ).…”

“… Polysphincta Gravenhorst, 1829 is a Neotropical and Holarctic Darwin wasp genus with 30 valid species ( Yu et al 2016 ; Kloss et al 2018 ; Higa and Penteado-Dias 2020 ). The genus belongs to the Polysphincta genus-group ( sensu Gauld and Dubois 2006 ) which exclusively comprises koinobiont ectoparasitoids of spiders ( Matsumoto 2016 ; Yu et al 2016 ; Kloss et al 2018 ).…”

Hyperparasitoids of polysphinctine Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) in South America

“…The Polysphincta genus-group (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae), henceforth 'polysphinctine(s)', is a clade of Darwin wasps that develop exclusively as koinobiont ectoparasitoids on spiders (Gauld & Dubois 2006;Matsumoto 2016). This group currently includes 298 species in 25 genera (Matsumoto 2016;Yu et al 2016;Kloss et al 2018;Sobczak et al 2018Sobczak et al , 2019Varga et al 2018;Varga & Reshchikov 2018;Choi et al 2019;Higa & Penteado-Dias 2020;Pádua & Kloss 2020;Pádua et al 2020aPádua et al , 2020bPádua et al , 2021, with host records currently spanning 10 spider families (summarised in Eberhard & Gonzaga 2019).…”