First host record of the alien spider wasp Lissocnemis brevipennis (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) with the previous host records of non-nesting parasitoid Pompilidae

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  First host record of the alien spider wasp Lissocnemis brevipennis (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) with the previous host records of non-nesting parasitoid Pompilidae ABSTRACT The biology of the non-native Japanese spider wasp Lissocnemis brevipennis (Cameron) (Ctenocerinae, Pompilidae) is treated herein. Its host, as well as the host-searching behaviour, and the host development after paralysis by the spider wasp are reported. The host is an adult female purseweb spider, Calommata signata (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Atypidae). Because the host was paralysed completely and its paralysis continued for about a month, it would be reasonable to consider that the wasp is an idiobiont parasitoid of the spider. This is not only the first biological record for this species, but also only the second biological record for the subfamily Ctenocerinae. Hideki Oba , Akira Shimizu , Jin Yoshimura , Edgard Gros & James P. Pitts (2026) First host record of the alien spider wasp Lissocnemis brevipennis...

Huntsman spiders of the genus Sinopoda (Araneae, Sparassidae, Heteropodinae) from the Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwestern China, with descriptions of two new species

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Huntsman spiders of the genus Sinopoda (Araneae, Sparassidae, Heteropodinae) from the Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwestern China, with descriptions of two new species

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Spiders of the genus Sinopoda Jäger, 1999 from Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China are studied. A total of four species are reported and illustrated of which two, Sinopoda honghe Yu & Zhong, sp. nov. and Sinopoda kuan Yu & Zhong, sp. nov., are described as new to science. The other two previously described species from this region: S. tengchongensis Fu & Zhu, 2008 and S. tumefacta Zhong, Jäger, Chen & Liu, 2019 are also illustrated. Detailed descriptions, diagnoses, illustrations and DNA barcodes of the two new species are given. A distribution map of these four species in Honghe is provided.

Zhang C, Xing Y, Zhong Y, Yu H (2026) Huntsman spiders of the genus Sinopoda (Araneae, Sparassidae, Heteropodinae) from the Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwestern China, with descriptions of two new species. ZooKeys 1280: 301-320. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1280.183824