Notes on Indian wolf spiders: IV. Transfer of species previously included in the genera Crocodilosa Caporiacco, 1947 and Geolycosa Montgomery, 1904 (Araneae: Lycosidae)

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  Notes on Indian wolf spiders: IV. Transfer of species previously included in the genera Crocodilosa Caporiacco, 1947 and Geolycosa Montgomery, 1904 (Araneae: Lycosidae) The enigmatic Crocodilosa Caporiacco, 1947 sensu lato currently consists of five nominal species distributed in Africa and Asia (World Spider Catalog 2026). It was established for C. kittenbergeri Caporiacco, 1947, with a superficial generic diagnosis relying only on somatic features such as length of eye rows, leg spination and relative leg lengths (Caporiacco 1947). Roewer (1955), following Caporiacco’s (1947) generic diagnosis, drastically increased the number of Crocodilosa species by transferring several species from other lycosid genera, but most of these subsequently added species were later reassigned to their appropriate genera (World Spider Catalog 2026), highlighting the need for a re-examination of the type species and remaining congeners to clarify the validity of Crocodilosa. At present, the genus ha...

First Record of the Parasitoid Wasp Philolema latrodecti Parasitizing an Egg Sac of the Widow Spider Latrodectus mactans in Nuevo Leon, Mexico

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First Record of the Parasitoid Wasp Philolema latrodecti Parasitizing an Egg Sac of the Widow Spider Latrodectus mactans in Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Abstract

To our knowledge, Philolema latrodecti (Fullaway, 1953) (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) is recorded for the first time in Mexico parasitizing an egg sac of the widow spider Latrodectus mactans (Fabricius, 1775) (Araneae: Theridiidae).

Se registra por primera vez para México la avispa parasitoide Philolema latrodecti (Fullaway, 1953) (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae), parasitando un saco de huevos de la araña viuda Latrodectus mactans (Fabricius, 1775) (Araneae: Theridiidae).

Manuel de Luna, Víctor Hernández-González, Carlos Solís-Rojas, Patricia Zambrano-Robledo, Edgar O. García Sánchez, Iram P. Rodriguez-Sanchez, María de Lourdes Ramírez-Ahuja "First Record of the Parasitoid Wasp Philolema latrodecti Parasitizing an Egg Sac of the Widow Spider Latrodectus mactans in Nuevo Leon, Mexico," Southwestern Entomologist, 49(4), 1485-1493, (28 February 2025) https://doi.org/10.3958/059.049.0435