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 Entypus unifasciatus californicus (Townes) CA : Imperial County , Anza-Borrego Desert State Park ; 16 April 2018 ; J-M. Pacleb. Host: Syspira sp., adult or subadult female. The wasp released the immobilized spider, dorsal side upward, and flew out of sight (J-M. Pacleb, San Diego, CA , pers. comm. 2018) . CA: Orange County, Capistrano Beach; published 1 August 2017 ; D. Denhart. Host:? Curicaberis sp. ( Sparassidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed huntsman spider, dorsal side upward, along and down a vertical wall and along a wooden porch, grasping its right pedipalp with her mandibles ( Denhart 2017 ). CA: San Diego County, Oceanside, Guajome Park; 23 April 2018 ; J. Bryce (johnbryce3). Host: Schizocosa mccooki (Montgomery) (Lycosidae) , adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed wolf spider backwards, dorsal side upward, grasping its right chelicera or pedipalp with her mandibles ( Bryce 2018 ). CA : Santa Barbara County , Los Padres Forest ; uploaded 27 February 2010 ; D. Jackan. Host : Schizocosa mccooki , penultimate male. The wasp released the paralyzed wolf spider, dorsal side upward, with abdomen toward its burrow entrance and examined it with her antennae before pulling it inside ( Jackan 2013 ; D. Jackan, Sacramento, CA, 2017 pers. comm.) .