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 mildei Stål (black-winged variant) HONDURAS : Cortes Department , Cusuco National Park (1300 meters); 25 July 2023 ; L. Díaz. Host: Longilyra sp. (undescribed species) ( Theraphosidae ) [det. S. Longhorn], adult or subadult female. The wasp struggled to drag the paralyzed tarantula across the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its right pedipalp with her mandibles ( Díaz 2023 ). Longilyra Gabriel is a new host record, genus, and species for Pepsis mildei (black-winged variant). MEXICO : Yucatan State , Merida; 16 January 2023 ; C. A. Benitez Rosado. Host: Tliltocatl epicureanus (Chamberlin) , adult or subadult female. The wasp approached the partly paralyzed tarantula from its right side as it laid, dorsal side upward, on the ground. She walked over the tarantula , grasped its left hind patella with her mandibles, dragged it backwards for a short distance, and released it on the ground on its left side ( Benitez Rosado 2023 ). Tliltocatl epicureanus is a new host species for Pepsis mildei (black-winged variant). Tliltocatl Mendoza and Francke is a common host genus for this black-winged variant of P. mildei in Belize , Guatemala , Honduras , and Mexico ( Kurczewski et al. 2020 ).