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 cybele Banks (black-winged variant) ECUADOR : Napo Province , east side of Rio Napo , 3 km SW of San Vincente de Puerto Rico; 14 May 2006 ; J. Dougherty (ecology.org). Host: Paratropis cf scruposa Simon ( Paratropididae ), adult or subadult female. A series of photographs shows the wasp either standing by the paralyzed paratropid spider or dragging it backward on the ground, ventral side upward, grasping its coxa with her mandibles ( Dougherty 2006 ; J. Dougherty, Androscoggin Valley Hospital, Berlin, New Hampshire, 2019 pers. comm.).