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 equestris Erichson VENEZUELA : Falcon State , Coro; 8 March 2011 ; E. Petit. Host: Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens (Strand) (Greenbottle blue tarantula) ( Theraphosidae ), juvenile. The wasp grasped the paralyzed tarantula by the base of its right forecoxa with her mandibles and pulled the spider backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward ( Petit 2011 ). VENEZUELA : Falcon State , Paraguana Peninsula , Judibana ; 20 January 2014 ; X. Guerrero (@xionland). Host: Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens , juvenile. The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula backwards on the ground by the base of its left forecoxa, dorsal side upward, grasping it with her mandibles ( Guerrero 2014 ) .