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 Poecilopompilus mixtus (Fabricius) MEXICO : Jalisco State , Puerto los Mazos ; 25 July 1989 ; R . Ayala ( EMUS ). Host: Eriophora sp., adult female . COSTA RICA ; Alajuela Province , Birmania; 26 August 2014 ; S. Gust. Host: Epiophora sp. or Neoscona sp. ( Araneidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp stood nearby and examined the paralyzed orbweaver above ground on a leaf. She then held the spider upright, grasping the underside of its chelicera with her mandibles ( Gust 2014 ). COSTA RICA : Alajuela Province , 5 km N of Alejuela ; 7 February 2002 ; A. Schlabach. Host : Unidentified species ( Araneidae ). The wasp grasped the paralyzed orbweaver and carried it, dorsal side upward, with her mandibles across the ground and after bamboo, ( Schlabach 2002 ; A. Schlabach, Ardmore, PA, 2018 pers. comm.) . COSTA RICA : Cartago Province , El Copal Nature Preserve, 20 km E of Cartago ; 17 August 2010 ; zimbu8707. Host: Eriophora sp. or Neoscona sp., adult female. The wasp placed the paralyzed orbweaver on vegetation above ground, grasping it by the base of a leg with her mandibles (Zimbu8707 2010). COSTA RICA : Heredia Province , Central Volcanic Conservation Area, La Selva Biological Station; 8 June 2016 ; C. A. Perez. Host:? Eriophora or? Eustala sp., adult or subadult female. The wasp grasped the paralyzed orbweaver on a leaf, left side upward, by a forecoxa with her mandibles ( Perez 2016c ). COSTA RICA : Heredia Province , near Puerto Viejo de Sarapiquí, La Selva Biological Station; 17 August 2018 ; J. Gruber. Host: Verrucosa sp. ( Araneidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp grasped the paralyzed orbweaver on the ground, ventral side upward, by the base of its chelicera with her mandibles ( Gruber 2018 ). ECUADOR : Napo Province , Misahualli; 2013; A. Kay. Host: Unidentified species ( Araneidae ), adult female. The wasp examined the paralyzed orbweaver as it laid ventral side upward on a large leaf ( Fig. 7 , Kay 2013b ). ECUADOR : Pichincha Province , San Miguel de los Bancos, Un poco del Chocó Nature Reserve; 2 February 2019 ; D. Dolman (donnydolman). Host:? Alpaida sp. ( Araneidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp grasped the base of the right foreleg of the paralyzed orbweaver as it laid, right side upward, on a leaf above ground ( Dolman 2019 ). FRENCH GUIANA : Saint-Laurent du Maroni, Gite Moutouchi; 28 January 2017 ; J. Brodeur. Host:? Eriophora or? Eustala sp. ( Araneidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp examined the paralyzed orbweaver as it laid ventral side upward on a leaf ( Brodeur 2017 ). PERU : Departement of Loreto , Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Reserve ; 23 November 2014 ; K. Kroeker (myrockytop). Host: Unidentified species ( Araneidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp stood near the paralyzed orbweaver as it laid, dorsal side upward, on a leaf ( Kroeker 2014a ) . PERU : Tambopata Province, Madre de Dios , Tambopata Research Center; 30 January 2019 ; P. Bertner. Host:? Wagneriana sp. ( Araneidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp grasped the base of the left foreleg of the paralyzed orbweaver, dorsal side upward, as it laid on a leaf ( Bertner 2019 ). PERU : Tambopata Province, Puerto Maldonado; 20 February 2016 , H. Zou (ryhenzo). Host:? Parawixia sp. ( Araneidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp stood over the paralyzed orbweaver as it laid, dorsal side upward, on a leaf ( Zou 2016 ). PUERTO RICO : Barceloneta , Cambalache State Forest ; 11 December 2008 ; A. D. Colón Archilla. Host : Eriophora sp., adult female. The wasp examined the paralyzed orbweaver as it laid dorsal side upward on a leaf ( Colón Archilla 2008 ) .