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 Entypus unifasciatus californicus (Townes) MEXICO : Baja California Sur State , La Paz; 17 September 2022 , 0925 MDT; C. Lim. Host: Olios giganteus Keyserling ( Sparassidae ), adult or subadult female. A series of photographs shows the wasp (1) atop the dorsal side upward giant crab spider in a stinging posture; (2) examining the immobilized spider with her antennae as it lies, dorsal side upward, on the ground surface; and (3) dragging the spider, dorsal side upward, backwards across the ground, grasping its right chelicera with her mandibles ( Lim 2022 ). This is only the second record of an Entypus unifasciatus californicus - Olios giganteus host association from the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico . Sparassidae is a rare host family (3.1%) for Entypus unifasciatus ( Kurczewski et al. 2022a ) .