Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) Author Kurczewski, Frank E. 1188 Converse Drive NE, Atlanta, GA 30324 Author West, Rick C. 6365 Willowpark Way, Sooke, BC, Canada V 9 Z 1 L 9 Author Waichert, Cecilia Complexo Biopráticas, Universidade Vila Velha, Vila Velha, State of Espirito Santo, Brazil Author Pitts, James P. Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322 text Insecta Mundi 2022 2022-04-29 2022 928 1 32 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.6533498 1942-1354 6533498 48EC3DE6-45D1-40E2-8C4D-2D8788058CAC Pepsis terminata Dahlbom BRAZIL : Minas Gerais State , Lassance, Harmony Farm; 21 November 2017 ; M. A. F. Malacco. Host:? Idiops sp. (Idiopidae) [det. R . Bertani, IBB, São Paulo , Brazil], adult or subadult female. The wasp stood over the immobilized armored trapdoor spider as it laid ventral side upward on the ground ( Malacco 2017 ). BRAZIL : Pernambuco State , Buíque; 28 August 2020 , 1544 EDT; C. Avenengo. Host: Acanthoscurria ? natalensis Chamberlin ( Theraphosidae ), adult male [det. R . Bertani,]. The wasp grasped the Natal brown birdeater by the base of the femur of its right foreleg with her mandibles and dragged it, dorsal side upward, across the ground ( Avenengo 2020 ). COLOMBIA : Tolima Department , Ibagué, Vereda El Gallo trail; 27 April 2017 ; A. R . Reinoso. Host: Pamphobeteus sp. (Theraphosidae) , adult or subadult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed tarantula backwards across the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its pedipalp with her mandibles ( Reinoso 2017 ). ST. LUCIA : Praslin Quarter , 1 km NW Praslin ; 10 June 2007 ; J. LaPergola. Host: Tapinauchenius polybote Hüsser (Theraphosidae) , adult female. The wasp examined the immobilized tarantula with her mouthparts and antennae as it laid, dorsal side upward, on the bare ground ( LaPergola 2007 ).