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 Entypus spp. (unidentified) ARGENTINA : Buenos Aires Province , Luján ; 7 February 2018 ; M. B. T . Gamarra. Host: Polybetes rapidus (Keyserling) , adult or subadult female. A short video shows the wasp pulling the paralyzed huntsman spider over grass, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its chelicera with her mandibles ( Gamarra 2018 ) . ARGENTINA : Córdoba Province , Córdoba ; 9 February 2014 ; A. Rivera . Host: Unidentified species ( Ctenidae ), adult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed wandering spider backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, through low vegetation, grasping its left chelicera or pedipalp with her mandibles ( Rivera 2014 ) . ARGENTINA : Córdoba Province , vicinity of Río Cuarto ; 23 December 2008 ; G. Bossio. Host : Lycosa erythrognatha , adult or subadult male. The wasp pulled the paralyzed wolf spider backwards up a wall, dorsal side upward, grasping its left pedipalp with her mandibles ( Bossio 2008 ) . ARGENTINA : La Pampa Province , Toay , Club de Campo la Cuesta del Sur; 4 April 2020 ; U. S. Zaldua. Host: Polybetes sp., adult or subadult female. The wasp grasped the base of the right pedipalp of the paralyzed huntsman spider with her mandibles as it laid on the ground, dorsal side upward ( Zaldua 2020 ). PERU : Huaraz Province , Ancash Region , San Sebastian de Huaraz ; posted 17 March 2016 ; T . Bradford. Host: Unidentified species ( Lycosidae ), adult female. The wasp pulled the immobilized wolf spider backwards through grass, dorsal side upward, grasping its left chelicera with her mandibles ( Bradford 2016 ) .