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 smaragdina Dahlbom BRAZIL : Rio de Janeiro State ; Nova Iguaçu; Tinguá Biological Reserve; 16 December 2022 ; D. Luiz. Host: Idiops camelus (Mello-Leitão) ( Idiopidae ), adult female. The wasp stood beside the immobilized armored trapdoor spi- der and examined it with her antennae and mouthparts as it laid ventral side upward or on its right side on the ground ( Luiz 2022 ). The genus Idiops Perty has been captured by Pepsis smaragdina before in Brazil ( Vardy 2005 ). Idiops camelus , however, is a new host species for P. smaragdina . Pepsis ruficornis species-group ( Vardy 2005 )