New and unusual host records for North American and South American spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) Author Kurczewski, Frank E. Author West, Rick C. Author Waichert, Cecilia Author Kissane, Kelly C. Author Ubick, Darrell Author Pitts, James P. text Zootaxa 2020 2020-12-07 4891 1 1 112 journal article 9376 10.11646/zootaxa.4891.1.1 8cd88652-1627-4fbe-891d-062b3e02e511 1175-5326 4309249 6B0E1135-8C4E-4341-9793-AB970FBCD10B Sphictostethus striatulus Roig-Alsina CHILE : Los Lagos Region , Llanquihue Province , Puerto Montt ; 30 October 2017 ; F. Téllez Calixto. Host : Tomopistes horrendous Nicolet ( Anyphaenidae ), adult female. The wasp stung the spider in its cephalothorax several times and, then, temporarily transported it a short distance, grasping various legs with her mandibles. A lengthy backwards ground transport followed during which the wasp grasped a chelicera or pedipalp with her mandibles ( Téllez Calixto 2017 ) . CHILE : O’Higgins Region , Cachapoal Province , Coltauco. 29 September 2019 ; R . Lobos (lobo_del_poqui). Host: Unidentified species ( Nemesiidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed tube trapdoor spider backwards over dry leaf litter on the ground, upright, grasping its ventral pedical region with her mandibles ( Lobos 2019 ) .