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 caupolican Roig-Alsina CHILE : Biobío Region , Arauco Province , 16 km E of Cañete at the Butamalal River; late November 2012 ; D. Fenolio. Host: Phrixotrichus cf scrofa (Molina) (Chilean yellowrump tarantula) ( Theraphosidae ), adult female. The wasp examined the paralyzed tarantula with her antennae and mouthparts as it laid on its right side ( Fig. 2 , D. Fenolio, San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, TX, 2017 pers. comm.). CHILE : Biobío Region , Concepción Province , Concepción ; 23 November 2018 ; C. A. M. Rosales (ieremiel). Host: Phrixotrichus sp., adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula along the ground, ventral side upward, grasping its pedicel with her mandibles ( Rosales 2018 ) . CHILE : Maule Region , Curicó Province , Molina, Itahue ; 14 October 2007 ; T . J. Sepúlveda. Host:? Euathlus sp. (in part, formerly Paraphysa ) ( Theraphosidae ), juvenile. The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula backwards on the ground, grasping its right hind coxa with her mandibles and holding it upright ( Sepúlveda 2007 ). CHILE : O’Higgins Region , Cachapoal Province , Pichidegua ; 13 October 2018 ; cachapoalsalvaje. Host:? Euathlus sp., subadult female. The wasp held the paralyzed tarantula off the ground, ventral side upward, grasping its right hind coxa with her mandibles ( Cachapoalsalvaje 2018 ) . CHILE : Santiago Metropolitan Region , Santiago Province , Quebrada la Plata , Maipú ; 16 October 2010 ; T . Poch. Host: Grammostola cf rosea , juvenile. The wasp examined the paralyzed tarantula with her antennae and mouthparts as it laid ventral side upward on the ground ( Poch 2010 ) . CHILE : Santiago Metropolitan Region , Santiago Province , Santiago ; 3 October 2018 ; O. Montes (orlandomontes). Host: Grammostola cf rosea , immature. The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula along the ground, ventral side upward, grasping its pedicel with her mandibles ( Montes 2018 ) . CHILE : Valparaíso Region , Valparaíso Province , Valparaíso ; 18 September 2010 ; ñaca-ñaca. Host:? Euathlus sp., adult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed tarantula backwards, dorsal side upward, up a tree trunk, grasping its left hind coxa ( Ñaca-ñaca 2010 ) .