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 sumptuosa Smith COLOMBIA : Antioquia Department , Envigado; 18 July 2014 ; J. G. Zapata. Host: Xenesthis sp. ( Theraphosidae ), adult or subadult female. A short video shows the wasp following the tarantula walking away on the ground, then turn on her back, and grappling with the spider, flipping it over, ventral side upward, and stinging it between the 3 rd and 4 th left coxa. The wasp dismounts from the paralyzed spider, rubs its venter on the ground, then stands a short distance away and preens her antennae ( Zapata 2014 ). COLOMBIA : Caldas Department , Manizales , Los Alcázares Ecopark ; posted 31 July 2018 ; J. F. S. Duque. Host: Unidentified species ( Theraphosidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its left pedipalp with her mandibles ( Fig. 1 , Duque 2018 ; J. F. L. Duque, Colombia, 2019 pers. comm.) . COLOMBIA : Nariño Department , Chachag ̹í; 5 February 2015 ; M. Claassen. Host :? Pamphobeteus sp., adult or subadult female. The wasp prepared a nest in the ground before dragging the recently paralyzed tarantula, dorsal side upward, backwards across the ground with her mandibles ( Claassen 2015 ) .