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 Pepsis ruficornis (Fabricius) BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS : Tortola , 1 km SE of Chalwell ; 22 November 2019 ; D. Lichota (dlichota). Host:? Cyrtopholis sp., adult or subadult female. The wasp stood by the paralyzed tarantula as it laid on the ground, ventral side upward ( Lichota 2019 ) . CUBA : Pinar del Río Province , Viñales Valley ; posted 13 January 2017 ; C. Ó. Fathaigh. Host : Phormictopus sp., adult or subadult female. The wasp stood near the paralyzed tarantula as it laid on the ground, dorsal side upward, and examined it with her antennae ( Fathaigh 2017 ) . GUADELOUPE : Guadeloupe National Park, Massif de la Soufrière: March 2014 ; S. Pédurthe. Host: Holothele cf sulfurensis Maréchal ( Theraphosidae ), adult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its right foreleg with her mandibles ( Pédurthe 2014 ). GUADELOUPE : La Soufrière ; 22 September 2016 ; Groupe d’Etude des Arachnides. Host : Holothele cf sulfurensis , adult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping its left forecoxa with her mandibles ( Groupe d’Etude des Arachnides 2016) .