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 pretiosa Dahlbom BRAZIL : State of Bahia , Cachoeira, Paraguaçu River Valley; 11 July 2010 ; D. Ru. Host:? Trechona sp. ( Dipluridae ) (Curtain-web spider), adult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed curtain-web spider backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping its right pedipalp with her mandibles ( Ru 2010 ). BRAZIL : State of Paraná , Curitiba: 10 April 2020 ; B. K. de Souza (Aventurando_pakm). Host: Trechona rufa Vellard (Dipluridae) , adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed curtain-web spider backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its left front foreleg with her mandibles ( Souza 2020 ; R . Bertani, IBB , S„o Paulo, Brazil, 2020 pers. comm.; Denis Pedroso, UFRJ. Rio de Janeiro , Brazil, 2020 pers. comm.).