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 Pompilocalus vinicolor (Packard) ECUADOR : Carchi Province , San Gabriel ; 13 October 2013 ; J. Mantilla. Host : Unidentified species ( Theraphosidae ), young or subadult of unknown sex. The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula backwards on the ground, ventral side upward, grasping its left coxa with her mandibles (Mantilla 2013) . ECUADOR : Napo Province , Napo River, Ahuano; 26 July 2019 ; R . Lehcar (rachelllllllllehcar). Host: Tapinauchenius cf cupreus Schmidt and Bauer ( Theraphosidae ) (Violet tree spider), adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed violet tree spider backwards on the ground, ventral side upward, grasping the basal region of its left foreleg with her mandibles ( Lehcar 2019 ).