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 completa Smith BRAZIL : State of Goiás , Brasília, Núcleo Ruraldo Palha, Paranoá Lake; posted 5 April 2016 ; R . L. Dienstmann. Host:? Acanthoscurria sp., juvenile. The wasp examined the paralyzed tarantula with her antennae, grasped it with her mandibles by the coxa of its 1 st or 2 nd right legs, lifted the small individual off the ground, and, with it, walked backwards ( Dienstmann 2016 ). BRAZIL : State of Pará; Santarém, Bosque Santa Lucia; uploaded 15 November 2011 ; S. W. Alexander. Host:? Linothele sp. ( Dipluridae ), adult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed curtain-web spider backwards on the ground and through low vegetation, dorsal side upward, grasping its right foreleg with her mandibles (Alexan-der 2011). BRAZIL : State of Pará, Tucurui; 31 March 2015 ; H. Souza (hanierysouza). Host:? Neostenotarsus sp. ( Theraphosidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its right pedipalp with her mandibles ( Souza 2015 ). BRAZIL : State of S„o Paulo, Taubaté; 2 October 2018 ; F. Ribeiro (feliperibeirofotografias). Host: Unidentified species ( Ctenidae ). The wasp pulled the paralyzed wandering spider along the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its chelicera with her mandibles (Ribeiro 2018). SURINAME : District of Brokopondo , Brownsberg Nature Park ; 2 April 2014 ; J. Van den Heuvel. Host :? Neostenotarsus sp., adult female. The wasp examined the paralyzed tarantula with her antennae and mouthparts after it was stung and laid on the ground on its left side ( Van den Heuvel 2014 ) . VENEZUELA : Amazonas State , Puerto Ayacucho, Orinoquia Lodge; 24 September 1991 ; R . C. West. Host: Cyriocosmus nicholausgordoni Kaderka (Theraphosidae) , adult female. The wasp tried to sting the tarantula at the entrance of its ground retreat. Both wasp and spider were collected ( R . C. West, 2018 pers. obs.).