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 spp. (unidentified) BRAZIL : State of Rio Grande do Sul , Colinos; 27 December 2009 ; G. Mazzarollo. Host: Argiope argentata (Fabricius) (Silver argiope) ( Araneidae ), adult female. The wasp grasped the paralyzed orbweaver by the base of the coxa of the 1 st or 2 nd left leg during transport ( Mazzarollo 2009 ). BRAZIL : State of S„o Paulo, Jacareí; 20 April 2011 ; T . Nascimento de Melo (tomaz_melo). Host:? Misumena sp. (Flower crab spider) ( Thomisidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp stood over or beside the paralyzed flower crab spider as it laid on grass, dorsal side upward ( Nascimento de Melo 2011 ). COSTA RICA : Alajuela Province , San Ramón; 1 September 2017 ; Y. Villalobos. Host: Misumena vatia (Clerck) (Goldenrod crab spider) ( Thomisidae ). The wasp stood near the paralyzed crab spider as it laid, ventral side upward, on the ground ( Villalobos 2017 ). COSTA RICA : Alajuela Province , San Ramón , Soltis Center ; May 2018 ; S. Marshall. Host : Unidentified species ( Thomisidae ), adult or subadult female. A photograph of a wasp standing near the paralyzed crab spider as it laid, ventral side upward, on a leaf above the ground ( S. A. Marshall, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, 2020 pers. comm.) . COSTA RICA : Guanacaste Province , Tilarán ; 2 July 2018 ; A. Pereira (anapereira7909). Host:? Misumessus sp. (Thomidiae), adult or subadult female. The wasp stood over the paralyzed crab spider as it laid, dorsal side upward, on the ground (Pereira 2018) .