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 erubescens (Taschenberg) ARGENTINA : Buenos Aires ; 3 February 2012 ; jjuyk. Host: Unidentified species ( Sparassidae ), subadult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed huntsman spider backwards, dorsal side upward, up a vertical wall, grasping its right pedipalp with her mandibles ( Jjuyk 2012 ) . ARGENTINA : Buenos Aires , Botanical Gardens ; 23 January 2010 ; E. Pascual. Host : Polybetes pythagoricus , adult female. The wasp grasped the paralyzed huntsman spider, dorsal side upward, by its right pedipalp with her mandibles and pulled it backwards up a vertical surface ( Pascual 2010 ) . ARGENTINA : Buenos Aires Province , Belgrano ; 24 December 2007 ; P. Sonder. Host : Polybetes pythagoricus , adult female. The wasp grasped the paralyzed huntsman spider, dorsal side upward, by its right pedipalp with her mandibles and pulled it backwards up a vertical concrete wall ( Sonder 2007 ) . ARGENTINA : Buenos Aires Province , Mar del Plata ; 29 December 2018 ; M. Cagnoli (marielacagnoli). Host: Polybetes pythagoricus , adult or subadult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed huntsman spider on the ground through low vegetation and up a vertical plaster wall, dorsal side upward, grasping its right pedipalp with her mandibles ( Cagnoli 2018 ) . ARGENTINA : Buenos Aires Province , 20 km SE of Olavarria ; 2 January 2010 ; R . Ruiz. Host: Polybetes pythagoricus , adult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed huntsman spider backwards up a vertical brick wall, holding it dorsal side upward and grasping its left pedipalp with her mandibles ( Ruiz 2010 ) . ARGENTINA : Buenos Aires Province , 4 km N of San Clemente del Tuyú ; 26 December 2014 ; J. F. Romero. Host : Polybetes pythagoricus , adult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed huntsman spider backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping its right pedipalp with her mandibles ( Romero 2014 ) . ARGENTINA : Buenos Aires Province , Tandil ; 14 December 2008 ; A. Waniya. Host : Polybetes pythagoricus , adult female. The wasp examined the paralyzed huntsman spider as it laid dorsal side upward atop a large rock with legs spread outward ( Waniya 2008 ) . ARGENTINA : Córdoba Province , Capilla del Monte, Los Paredones; 26 January 2017 ; L. Rubio. Host: Polybetes cf rapidus , adult or subadult female. The wasp pulled the much heavier huntsman spider backwards, dorsal side upward, grasping its left pedipalp with her mandibles ( Rubio 2017a ). ARGENTINA : Córdoba Province , Las Varillas ; 1 December 2018 ; H. D. Caverzasi (tapi45). Host: Polybetes pythagoricus , adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed huntsman spider along the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping its left pedipalp with her mandibles ( Caverzasi 2018 ) . ARGENTINA : Mendoza Province , La Consulta ; 27 February 2018 ; J. A. Portela. Host : Polybetes pythagoricus , adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the huntsman spider backwards through low grass, dorsal side upward, grasping its right pedipalp with her mandibles ( Portela 2018 ) . ARGENTINA : Neuquén Province , Pichilemu ; 30 December 2014 ; M. Belgrano. Host : Polybetes pythagoricus , adult or subadult female. The wasp examined the paralyzed huntsman spider with her antennae as it laid dorsal side upward on the ground ( Belgrano 2014 ) . BRAZIL : State of S„o Paulo, Rio Claro, Horto Florestal Edmundo Navarro de Andrade; 14 December 1977 ; C. A. T . DeLucca. Host: Polybetes sp., female. The wasp with host spider were collected and deposited in the S„o Paulo State University ( UNESP ) entomological collection ( V . Ghirotto , UNESP , S„o Paulo, Brazil, 2018 pers. comm.) . URUGUAY : Montevideo ; 26 February 2012 ; E. Fernández Casella. Host : Polybetes sp., adult or subadult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed huntsman spider backwards, dorsal side upward, up a vertical surface, grasping its pedipalp or chelicera with her mandibles ( Fernández Casella 2012 ) .