New and noteworthy host records for some North American and Colombian spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae)

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  New and noteworthy host records for some North American and Colombian spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) Abstract New and noteworthy parasitoid/host records for 47 North American and Colombian species and subspecies of spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) are listed in taxonomic order following the Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico (Krombein 1979). Te records represent an extension of previous host studies by Kurczewski and various co-authors. New genus and/or species host records are given for the genera and subgenera  Calopompilus  Ashmead,  Pepsis  Fabricius,  Hemipepsis  Dahlbom,  Priocnessus  Banks,  Entypus  Dahlbom,  Cryptocheilus  Panzer,  Priocnemissus  Haupt,  Caliadurgus  Pate,  Dipogon  Fox,  Phanagenia  Banks,  Auplopus  Spinola,  Ageniella  Banks,  Aporus  Spinola,  Episyron  Schiødte,  Poecilopompilus...

A new tarantula species of the genus Orphnaecus Simon, 1892 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Mindanao Island, Philippines

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A new tarantula species of the genus Orphnaecus Simon, 1892 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Mindanao Island, Philippines

The genus Orphnaecus currently comprises three species found in the Philippine islands of Luzon, Polillo, and Dinagat. Orphnaecus mimbilisanensis sp. n. is described based on specimens collected from Mimbilisan Protected Landscape, Misamis Oriental in Mindanao Island, Philippines. The new species is the first Orphnaecus species of the vast mainland Mindanao and is distinguished from all known congeners by its carapace profile, leg, and genital morphology, as well as distribution.

(2025). A new tarantula species of the genus Orphnaecus Simon, 1892 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Mindanao Island, Philippines. Far Eastern entomologist. 522. 10.25221/fee.522.2.