New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) Author Kurczewski, Frank E. 1188 Converse Drive NE Atlanta, GA 30324 Author West, Rick C. 6365 Willowpark Way Sooke, BC, Canada V 9 Z 1 L 9 Author Waichert, Cecilia Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Brasília Brasília, DF, 70910 - 900, Brazil text Insecta Mundi 2024 2024-03-01 2024 34 1 32 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.10793331 1942-1354 10793331 853E1294-B73D-43B8-8D82-AFD2E0B00352 Pepsis varipennis Lepeletier BRAZIL : São Paulo State , Rifaina; 31 August 2021 ; F. Baraldi. Host: Vitalius dubius (Mello-Leitão, 1923) ( Theraphosidae ), subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula backwards across the ground and low vegetation, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its second left leg with her mandibles. She released the spider in the entrance, entered the burrow, reappeared in the entrance, grasped the tarantula in the same manner, and dragged it inside ( Baraldi 2021 ). There are two previous host records for P. varipennis , both species of Theraphosidae ( Kurczewski et al 2020 ). Vitalius dubius is a new host genus and species for P. varipennis . Pepsis montezuma species-group ( Vardy 2005 )