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 Tachypompilus banksi Colomo de Correa BRAZIL : State of Rio Grande do Sul , Porto Alegre; 17 January 2009 ; M. Valls. Host: Polybetes pythagoricus (Holmberg) (Sparassidae) , adult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed huntsman spider backwards through grass, grasping its left chelicera with her mandibles ( Valls 2009 ). BRAZIL : State of Rio de Janeiro , Paraty ; 26 September 2009 ; D. Atuy. Host : Unidentified species ( Sparassidae ), adult female. The wasp attacked the huntsman spider, paralyzed it by stinging, and examined it with her antennae as it laid both ventral and, after she rearranged it, dorsal side upward ( Atuy 2009 ) . BRAZIL : State of S„o Paulo, Municipality of S„o Paulo ; 31 January 2010 ; S. Santos Freire. Host : Unidentified species ( Sparassidae ), juvenile male. The wasp stung and paralyzed the huntsman spider, leaving it lying dorsal side upward on the ground. She then rested beside it ( Santos Freire 2010 ) .