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 purpureipes Packard COLOMBIA : Chocó Department , Condoto ; 23 February 2020 ; M. Zieger. Host : Unidentified species ( Theraphosidae ), adult male. A series of photographs shows the wasp dragging the paralyzed tarantula backward on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its right foreleg with her mandibles ( Zieger 2020 ; M. Zieger, Stuttgart, Germany, 2020 pers. comm.) . ECUADOR : Pichincha Province , Nanegal , Santa Lucía Ecolodge ; 17 August 2012 ; H. Beck (holgerbeck). Host: Unidentified species ( Theraphosidae ), early instar juvenile (~ 15–20 mm ). The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its left foreleg with her mandibles ( Beck 2012 ) .