Search

Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Pitts, James P. (2022): First host record, nesting behavior, and taxonomic position of the spider wasp genus Hesperopompilus Evans and some other Evans genera (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2022 (960): 1-8, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7398901, {"references":["Abela A. 2016. Perissopompilus phoenix - Ammosphex anomalus - Female. Available at https://bugguide.net/node/view/ 1288992/bgimage. (Last accessed 13 April 2022.)","Castro-Huertas AV, Pitts J, Rodriguez J, Waichert C, Fernandez F. 2014. New records of spider wasps (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) from Colombia. ZooKeys 443: 35-44.","Day MC. 1981. A revision of Pompilus Fabricius, with further nomenclatural and biological considerations. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomological Series 42: 1-42.","Deyrup M, Cronin J, Kurczewski F. 1988. Allochares azureus: An unusual wasp exploits unusual prey (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae; Arachnida: Filistatidae). Psyche 95: 262-281.","Escutia Zuniga S. 2022. Xerochares expulsus. Available at https://inaturalist.ca/observations/109116868. (Last accessed 18 May 2022.)","Evans HE. 1948. A new subgenus of Pompilus (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 50: 141-149.","Evans HE. 1951. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part III. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 77: 203-340.","Evans HE. 1953. The Mexican species of the genus Pompilus (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 46: 529-543.","Evans HE. 1960. Further studies on the subgenus Xenopompilus, including a first record of this group from the United States (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Entomological News 71: 165-169.","Evans HE. 1966a. A revision of the Mexican and Central American spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 20: 1-422.","Evans HE. 1966b. Some unusual prey records for Pompilidae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 68: 339.","Evans HE. 1968. Mexican and Central American Pompilinae (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae): Supplementary notes, II. Entomological News 79: 254-260.","Evans HE. 1990. New distribution records of spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) from the Rocky Mountain States. Great Basin Naturalist 50: 193-195.","Evans HE. 1997. Spider wasps of Colorado (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae): An annotated checklist. Great Basin Naturalist 57: 189-197.","Fernandez F, Rodriguez J, Waichert C, Decker B, Pitts J. 2022. Twenty two years later: An updated checklist of Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Zootaxa 5116: 451-503.","Harrington K. 2022. Xerochares expulsus. Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/107217649. (Last accessed 13 April 2022.)","Horta-Vega JV, Garcia-Gutierrez ME, Benavides-Martinez MI, Correa-Sandoval A. 2009. Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) de algunos municipios del centro y sur de Tamaulipas, Mexico. Acta Zoologica Mexicana (nueva serie) 25: 71-81.","Jackson CT. 1994. Parasitoids of web-building spiders in the Gulf of California. Unpublished Master's Thesis. University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. 102 p.","Jackson CT. 2002. Spatiotemporal variability in the population dynamics of the spider Metepeira arizonica: The effect of parasitoid wasps at multiple spatial scales. Unpublished Doctor of Philosophy Thesis. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. 154 p.","Kaston BJ. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. State of Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin 70: 1-874.","Krombein KV. 1979. Family Pompilidae. p. 1523-1570. In: Krombein KV, Hurd PD Jr, Smith DR, Burks BD (eds.). Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press; Washington, DC. 2209 p.","Kurczewski FE, Edwards GB, Pitts JP. 2017. Hosts, nesting behavior, and ecology of some North American spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), II. Southeastern Naturalist 16 (Monograph 9): 1-82.","Kurczewski FE, West RC, Waichert C, Pitts JP. 2022. Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 0928: 1-32.","Pitts JP, Wasbauer MS, von Dohlen CD. 2005. Preliminary morphological analysis of relationships between the spider wasp subfamilies (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae): revisiting an old problem. Zoologica Scripta 35: 63-84.","Rodriguez J, Pitts JP, Florez JA, Bond JE, von Dohlen CD. 2015. Molecular phylogeny of Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae): Evidence for rapid diversification and host shifts in spider wasps. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 94, Part A: 55-64.","Sanzon M. 2021. Xerochares expulsus. Available at https://www.instagram.com/p/CQHj53IMW9H/. (Last accessed 13 April 2022.)","Waichert C, Rodriguez J, Wasbauer M, von Dohlen C, Pitts J. 2015. Molecular phylogeny and systematics of spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae): Redefining subfamily boundaries and the origin of the family. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175: 271-287.","Wasbauer MS, Kimsey LS. 1985. California spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 26: 1-130.","Wasbauer MS, Kimsey LS. 2010. The Pompilidae of the Algodones Dunes, California, with description of new species (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 86: 2-9.","Wasbauer MS, Powell JA. 1962. Host records for some North American spider wasps, with notes on prey selection. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 35: 393-401.","Yukioz (Actual name unknown). 2022. Spider Wasps (Family Pompilidae). Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/ observations/111172554. (Last accessed 13 April 2022.)"]}

Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C. (2022): Host selection and nesting behavior of Nearctic trapdoor spider-hunting spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae: Pepsinae, Pompilinae). Insecta Mundi 2022 (959): 1-24, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7399488, {"references": ["Abela A. 2015. Aporus hirsutus with Aptostichus simus - Aporus hirsutus - female. Available at https://bugguide.net/node/ view/1104818. (Last accessed 21 March 2022.)", "Asquith N. 2019. Priocnemis oregona. Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/24427825. (Last accessed 30 September 2020.)", "Atkinson GF. 1886. Descriptions of some new trap-door spiders; their notes [nests] and food habits. Entomologica Americana 2: 109-137.", "Bacelar A. 1937. Trap-door spiders from Algarve (south of Portugal). Comptes Rendus du XII Congres International de Zoologie, Lisbonne 1935 3: 1567-1578.", "Beatty JA. 1986. Web structure and burrow location of Sphodros niger (Hentz) (Araneae, Atypidae). Journal of Arachnology 14: 130.", "Bell K. 2014. Wasp vs Spider. Available at https://www.flickr.com/photos/kristianbell/16768331568/in/album-72157630383 102684/. (Last accessed 14 December 2020.)", "Bond JE. 2012. Phylogenetic treatment and taxonomic revision of the trapdoor spider genus Aptostichus Simon (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Euctenizidae). ZooKeys 252: 1-209.", "Bond JE, Godwin RL. 2013. Taxonomic revision of the trapdoor spider genus Eucteniza Ausserer (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Euctenizidae). ZooKeys 356: 31-67.", "Bond JE, Hamilton CA, Godwin RL, Ledford JM, Starrett J. 2020. Phylogeny, evolution, and biogeography of the North American trapdoor spider family Euctenizidae (Araneae: Mygalomorphae) and the discovery of a new 'endangered living fossil' along California's central coast. Insect Systematics and Diversity 4(5): 2. https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixaa010.", "Bond JE, Platnick NI. 2007. A taxonomic review of the trapdoor spider genus Myrmekiaphila (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Cyrtaucheniidae). American Museum Novitates 3596: 1-30.", "Bringhurst B. 2021a. Psorthaspis legata. Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/81507900. (Last accessed 16 October 2021.)", "Bringhurst B. 2021b. Comstock's Wafer Trapdoor Spider (Myrmekiaphila comstocki). Available at https://www.inaturalist. org/observations/81507901. (Last accessed 16 October 2021.)", "Brookshire T. 2020. False Tarantula (Calisoga longitarsis). Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/60148424. (Last accessed 30 November 2020.)", "Brown P. 2010. The Crafting of the Snark. Here there be (wee) Monsters. Available at https://www.craftthesnark.blogspot. com/2010/05/here-there-be-wee-monsters-last-weekend.html. (Last accessed 25 June 2020.)", "Burgess DD. 2019. Entomology. [Psorthaspis sanguinea]. Available at https://www.facebook.com/danielle.d.burgess/ videos/2871216389560869. (Last accessed 22 March 2022.)", "Byrne HG III. 2016. The Arizona spider wasp Notocyphus dorsalis arizonicus (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae): new larval behavior. Association of Zoos and Aquariums' Terrestrial Invertebrates Taxon Advisory Group (TITAG). Available at http:// titag.org/2016/2016papers/byrnespiderwasp.pdf. (Last accessed 3 June 2020.)", "Cambarellus. 2021. Spider Wasps (Family Pompilidae). Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/75633832. (Last accessed 29 April 2021.)", "Celis B. 2020. Spider Wasps (Family Pompilidae). Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/61282168. (Last accessed 1 October 2020.)", "Clark DJ. 1969. Notes on the biology of Atypus affinis Eichwald (Araneae-Atypidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 1: 36-39.", "Clark E. 2017. Calopompilus maculipennis. Available at https://www.naturalista.mx/observations/8847675. (Last accessed 17 May 2020.)", "Clark E. 2019. Myrmekiaphila comstocki. Available at https://www.naturalista.mx/observations/21008501. (Last accessed 31 May 2020.)", "Clark R. 2021. Spider vs Wasp/Ant!? Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me6fz63A8rc. (Last accessed 16 October 2021.)", "Collier C. 2018. Calopompilus pyrrhomelas. Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/14855681. (Last accessed 21 March 2022.)", "Comstock JH. 1912. The spider book. A manual for the study of the spiders and their near relatives, the scorpions, pseudoscorpions, whipscorpions, harvestmen, and other members of the class Arachnida, found in America north of Mexico, with analytical keys for their classification and popular accounts of their habits. Revised and edited by Gertsch WJ., 5th edition. Cornell University Press; Ithaca, NY. 729 p.", "Coolidge M. 2019. Procnemis oregona. Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/24974753. (Last accessed 30 September 2020.)", "Coulter C. 2021. Tarantula-hawk Wasps and Allies (Subfamily Pepsinae). Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/obser vations/83692240. (Last accessed 21 June 2021.)", "Coyle FA. 1971. Systematics and the natural history of the mygalomorph spider genus Antrodiaetus and related genera (Araneae: Antrodiaetidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 141: 269-402.", "Coyle FA, Icenogle WR. 1994. Natural history of the Californian trapdoor spider genus Aliatypus (Araneae, Antrodiaetidae). The Journal of Arachnology 22: 225-255.", "Dame M. 2007. parasitic? wasp? larva cocoon-Aporus. Available at https://www.bugguide.net/node/view/129595. (Last accessed 1 August 2020.)", "Davidson A. 1905. An enemy of the trap door spider. Entomological News 16: 233-234.", "Day MC. 1988. Spider wasps. Hymenoptera: Pompilidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects 6: 1-60.", "De Schrijver D. 2021. New World Tarantula-hawk Wasps (Genus Pepsis). Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observ ations/94728655. (Last accessed 13 September 2021.)", "Drake G, Drake J. 2010. Are you for the spider or the wasp? Available at https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=41724 3141514&set=pb.555751514.-2207520000..&type=3. (Last accessed 31 January 2021.)", "Early J. 2013. Downland-other invertebrates. Available at http://www.natureconservationimaging.com/Pages/nature_ conservation_imaging_downland1_invertebrates.php. (Last accessed 1 October 2022.)", "Else GR. 1975. Aporous [sic] femoralis (Vander Linden) (Hym. Pompilidae) in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and a record of its prey in Britain. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 110: 82.", "Evans HE. 1953. Comparative ethology and the systematics of spider wasps. Systematic Zoology 2: 155-172.", "Evans HE. 1954. The genus Psorthaspis on the Mexican Central Plateau (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). American Museum Novitates 1662: 1-18.", "Evans HE. 1966. A revision of the Mexican and Central American spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 20: 1-442.", "Evans HE. 1997. Spider wasps of Colorado (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae): An annotated checklist. Great Basin Naturalist 57: 189-197.", "Evans HE, Yoshimoto CM. 1962. The ecology and nesting behavior of the Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) of the northeastern United States. Miscellaneous Publications of the Entomological Society of America 3: 65-119.", "Gerth M, Mayer R, Hering L, Wolf R, Schaffer S, Bleidorn C. 2012. Zur Stechimmenfauna (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) des Bienitz in Leipzig. Ampulex 5: 1-14.", "Gertsch WJ. 1979. American Spiders, second edition, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, NY. 274 p.", "Gertsch WJ, Platnick NI. 1980. A revision of the American spiders of the family Atypidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae). American Museum Novitates 2704: 1-39.", "Gintel N. 2020. Priocnemis oregona. Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/46456887. (Last accessed 30 September 2020.)", "Giraudier T. 2020. Spider Wasp with Prey. Available at https://beautifuloregon.com/predatory-wasp-spider-51214-8979/. (Last accessed 4 August 2020.)", "Gong L. 2019. Aporus hirsutus. Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/28478181. (Last accessed 5 July 2020.)", "Gros E. 1983. Notes sur la biologie de quelques Pompilides (3e partie). L'Entomologiste 3: 125-136.", "Gros E, Durand F. 2013. Les Pompiles. Comportement/Cle des Genres. Arvernsis-Hors-Serie n\u00b0 1. Societe d'histoire naturelle Alcide-d'Orbigny; Aubiere, France. 183 p.", "Hamilton CA, Hendrixson BE, Bond JE. 2016. Taxonomic revision of the tarantula genus Aphonopelma Pocock, 1901 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) within the United States. Zookeys 560: 1-340.", "Haugh M. 2021. Pacific Northwest Entomology [Priocnemis oregona]. Available at https://www.facebook.com/ groups/1453829398271968/permalink/2939623549692538/. (Last accessed 15 May 2021.)", "Hendrixson BE, Bond JE. 2005a. Two sympatric species of Antrodiaetus from southwestern North Carolina (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Antrodiaetidae). Zootaxa 872: 1-19.", "Hendrixson BE, Bond JE. 2005b. Testing species boundaries in the Antrodiaetus unicolor complex (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Antrodiaetidae): \"Paraphyly\" and cryptic diversity. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 36: 405-416.", "Hoffman RL. 2010. Purse-web spiders, genus Sphodros, in Virginia (Mygalomorphae: Atypidae). Banisteria 36: 31-38.", "Hogan A. 2021. California Turret Spider (Atypoides riversi). Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/74000624. (Last accessed 6 September 2021.)", "Hughes LS. 2019. Wasp larva on trapdoor spider - Ummidia. Available at https://bugguide.net/node/view/1723758. (Last accessed 21 March 2022.)", "Hurd PD Jr., Wasbauer MS. 1956. New host records for North American spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 29: 168-169.", "IcebergTitanic. 2020. Priocnemis oregona with new nursery victim - Priocnemis oregona - female. Available at https://bug guide.net/node/view/1806128. (Last accessed 30 September 2020.)", "Jenks GE. 1938. Marvels of metamorphosis. A scientific \"G-man\" pursues rare trapdoor spider parasites for three years with a spade and a candid camera. The National Geographic Magazine 74: 807-828.", "Johnson D. 2020a. Genus Aptostichus. Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/58093062. (Last accessed 31 August 2020.)", "Johnson D. 2020b. Aporus hirsutus. Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/58130071. (Last accessed 31 August 2020.)", "Kapranoff A. 2021. Spider Wasps (Family Pompilidae). Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/81087686. (Last accessed 1 June 2021.)", "Krombein KV. 1952. Preliminary annotated list of the wasps of Westmoreland State Park, Virginia, with notes on the genus Thaumatodryinus (Hymenoptera: Aculeata). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 78: 89-100.", "Krombein KV. 1954. Wasps collected at Lost River State Park, West Virginia in 1953 (Hymenoptera, Aculeata). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 49: 1-7.", "Krombein KV. 1958. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico, Synoptic Catalog. First supplement. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Monograph 2: 1-305.", "Krombein KV. 1963. Natural history of Plummers Island, Maryland XVII. Annotated list of the wasps (Hymenoptera: Bethyloidea, Scolioidea, Vespoidea, Pompiloidea, Sphecoidea). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 76: 255-280.", "Krombein KV. 1979. Family Pompilidae. p. 1523-1570, In: Krombein KV, Hurd PD Jr., Smith DR, Burks BD (eds.). Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2, Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press; Washington, DC. 2209 p.", "Kurczewski FE. 1961. New North American records of Pepsinae and Ceropalinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Entomological News 72: 24-25.", "Kurczewski FE. 1999. Comparison of spider wasp faunas from two ecologically distinct sites in Erie County, Pennsylvania (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 72: 339-360.", "Kurczewski FE, Abela AJ, West RC. 2021. Nesting behavior, ecology, and functional morphology of the trapdoor spiderhunting spider wasp Aporus (Plectraporus) hirsutus (Banks) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 0902: 1-23.", "Kurczewski FE, Edwards GB. 2012. Hosts, nesting behavior, and ecology of some North American spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Southeastern Naturalist 11(Monograph 4): 1-71.", "Kurczewski FE, Edwards GB, Pitts JP. 2017. Hosts, nesting behavior, and ecology of some North American spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), II. Southeastern Naturalist 16 (Monograph 9): 1-82.", "Kurczewski FE, Kiernan DH. 2015. Analysis of spider wasp host selection in the eastern Great Lakes Region (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Northeastern Naturalist 22 (Monograph 11): 1-88.", "Kurczewski FE, Kurczewski EJ. 1968. Host records for some North American Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) with a discussion of factors in prey selection. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 41: 1-33.", "Kurczewski FE, Kurczewski EJ. 1987. Northern distribution records for some Nearctic Pompilidae (Hymenoptera). Great Lakes Entomologist 20: 81-84.", "Kurczewski FE, Stoll JW, West RC, Kissane KC, Cobb NS. 2020a. Geographic variation in host selection in the spider wasps Entypus unifasciatus (Say) and Tachypompilus ferrugineus (Say) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 0759: 1-38.", "Kurczewski FE, West RC, Waichert C, Kissane KC, Ubick D, Pitts JP. 2020b. New and unusual host records for North American and South American spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Zootaxa 4891: 1-112.", "Kurczewski FE, West RC, Waichert C, Pitts JP. 2022. Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 0928: 1-32.", "Leavengood JM Jr, Waichert C, Rodriguez J. 2011. A distributional checklist of the spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of Florida. Insecta Mundi 0161: 1-8.", "Li S. 2018. Vallesmarinerisian. Available at https://www.instagram.com/p/BkEfH2-nx-h/. (Last accessed 29 September 2020.)", "Luhrs C. 2020. Aporus hirsutus. Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/61356505. (Last accessed 28 January 2022.)", "Lipscomb J. 2021. Genus Priocnemis. Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/78648193. (Last accessed 15 May 2021.)", "Maier KE. 2021. Antrodiaetus pugnax. Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/22733197. (Last accessed 6 September 2021.)", "Maughn J. 2021. Spider Wasps (Family Pompilidae). Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/80321406. (Last accessed 26 May 2021.)", "McGarry B. 2009. Dragged, Concious [sic], To Its Death. Available at https://www.flickr.com/photos/brendanmcgarry/36 39342803/in/album-72157622611197107/lightbox/. (Last accessed 16 December 2020.)", "Melton T. 2021. Pacific Northwest Entomology. Pompilid dragging trapdoor spider. Available at https://www.facebook.com/ groups/1453829398271968/permalink/2938755896445970/. (Last accessed 19 May 2021.)", "Minch EW. 1979. Notocyphus dorsalis arizonicus (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), a new host record of theraphosid spiders. The Wasmann Journal of Biology 37: 24-26.", "Moler PE, Stevenson DJ, Mansell BW, Mays JD, Lee CW. 2020. Distribution and natural history of purseweb spiders, Sphodros spp. (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Atypidae), in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama. Southeastern Naturalist 19: 663-672.", "Muma MH, Muma KE. 1945. Biological notes on Atypus bicolor Lucas (Arachnidae). Entomological News 56: 122-126.", "Murray T. 2020. Blue-black Spider Wasps (Genus Anoplius). Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53608291. (Last accessed 21 July 2020.", "Notis J. 2013. Antrodiaetus sp.? being preyed on by Priocnemis oregona wasp - Antrodiaetus. Available at https://bugguide. net/node/view/757318. (Last accessed 30 September 2020.)", "Pearson J. 2011. Spider wasp - Priocnemis oregona - female. Available at https://www.bugguide.net/node/view/526972/ bgimage. (Last accessed 21 March 2022.)", "Pickart A. 2013. Spider wasp and prey - Aptostichus miwok. Available at https://bugguide.net/node/view/744416. (Last accessed on 1 October 2020.)", "Ramirez MG. 2000. Island ecology. Parasites of the trap door spider Bothriocyrtum californicum (Araneae, Ctenizidae). Catalina Island Conservancy; Long Beach, CA. 2 p.", "Roig-Alsina A. 1989. La posicion sistematica de los grupos hasta ahora incluidos en Chirodamus Haliday sensu lato y revision de Pompilocalus gen. nov. (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina 47: 3-73.", "Schrott G. 2017. Genus Aporus. Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/33866207. (Last accessed 2 November 2020.)", "Schwendinger PJ. 1990. A synopsis of the genus Atypus (Araneae: Atypidae). Zoologica Scripta 19: 353-366.", "Seaman R. 2013. The Flying Kiwi. Hymenoptera wallpaper: wasp with spider (California, USA). Available at https://www. richard-seaman.com/Wallpaper/Nature/Ants/index.html. (Last accessed 21 March 2022.)", "Simons LH. 1989. A second record of tarantula parasitism by Notocyphus dorsalis arizonicus Townes (Hymenoptera-Pompilidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 65: 34-37.", "Soyer B. 1945. Notes sur les Pompilides chasseurs de Mygalides. Bulletin du Museum d' Histoire Naturelle de Marseilles 5: 73-86.", "Stevenson DJ, Godwin RL. 2020. Notable mygalomorph spider (Araneae: Mygalomorphae) records for the coastal plain of Georgia. Southeastern Naturalist 19: 11-21.", "Swanson DR. 2010. On the Mygalomorphae (Araneae) of Michigan. The Great Lakes Entomologist 43: 94-100.", "Thatcher SM. 2022. Tarantula-hawk Wasps and Allies (Tribe Pepsini). Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/117623820. (Last accessed 19 May 2022.)", "Townes H. 1957. Nearctic wasps of the subfamilies Pepsinae and Ceropalinae. United States National Museum Bulletin 209: 1-286.", "Trammel E. 2008. Priocnemis nigripes-Priocnemis nigripes. Available at https://www.bugguide.net/node/view/175898/ bgimage. (Last accessed 19 July 2020.)", "Ueda K. 2022. Promyrmekiaphila clathrata. Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/109900096. (Last accessed 30 March 2022.)", "Vail T. 2020. Priocnemis oregona with Antrodiaetus sp. Available at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1453829398271968/ permalink/2629136534074576. (Last accessed 16 September 2020.)", "VanDerslice M. 2021. Spider Wasps (Family Pompilidae). Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/74181810. (Last accessed 17 April 2021.)", "Vanoye-Eligio M, Melendez Ramirez V, Ayala R, Navarro J, Delfin-Gonzalez H. 2014. Predatory wasps (Hymenoptera) of the Yucatan Peninsula. Southwestern Entomologist 39: 635-646.", "Vincent LS. 1993. The natural history of the California turret spider Atypoides riversi (Araneae: Antrodiaetidae): demography, growth rates, survivorship, and longevity. The Journal of Arachnology 21: 29-39.", "Wahis R, Durand F. 2012. Sur les Aporus d'Europe et d' Afrique du nord avec descriptions des femelles d' Aporus alanni sp. n., foucarti sp. n. et lacteipennis (Priesner, 1955) comb. n. (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae, Pompilinae, Aporini). Arvernsis-1er semestre--N\u00b0 59-60: 1-32.", "Waichert C, Rodriguez J, Pitts JP. 2014. New additions to the Honduran fauna of spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) with the description of two species. Zootaxa 3873: 590-600.", "Walker J. 2021. Priocnemis oregona. Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/79226481. (Last accessed 18 May 2021.)", "Wasbauer MS. 1982. Prey records for some North American spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 58: 223-230.", "Wasbauer MS, Kimsey LS. 1985. California spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 26: 1-130.", "Wasbauer MS, Powell JA. 1962. Host records for some North American spider wasps with notes on prey selection (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 35: 393-401.", "Willems JS. 2018. Aporus hirsutus. Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13566678. (Last accessed 12 July 2020.)", "Williams FX. 1928. Studies in tropical wasps-their hosts and associates (with descriptions of new species). Hawaiian Sugar Planter's Association Experiment Station Bulletin (Entomology Series) 19: 1-179.", "World Spider Catalog. 2020. Version 21.0. Na

Cryptocheilus severini Banks Locality. México. Sinaloa State, Mazatlán, Paco’s Reserva Natural de Flora y Fauna; 26 March 2022, 1208 HST; Francisco Farriols Sarabia, photographer. Host. ? Tigrosa sp. (Lycosidae) [det. D. Barrales], adult or subadult female. Five photographs show the wasp and immobilized spider on leaf litter. In these photographs the spider lies, dorsal side upward, with its legs spread outward. One photograph shows the wasp examining the spider with her apical antennal segments (Fig. 1). Another photograph shows the wasp grasping the base of the spider’s left pedipalp with her mandibles prior to backward prey transport., Published as part of Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Pitts, James P. & Waichert, Cecilia, 2022, First host record for the spider wasp Cryptocheilus severini Banks (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae: Pepsinae), pp. 1-4 in Insecta Mundi 2022 (935) on page 2, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7167959

Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Pitts, James P., Waichert, Cecilia (2022): First host record for the spider wasp Cryptocheilus severini Banks (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae: Pepsinae). Insecta Mundi 2022 (935): 1-4, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7167959, {"references":["Cambra RA, Wahis R. 2005. New species of Cryptocheilus Panzer from Panama and Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae, Pepsinae). Notes fauniques de Gembloux 56: 3-6.","Evans HE. 1959. Prey records of some midwestern and southwestern spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 32: 75-76.","Evans HE. 1970. Ecological-behavioral studies of the wasps of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 140: 451-511.","Farriols Sarabia F. 2022. Genus Cryptocheilus. Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/109694438. (Last accessed 30 March 2022.)","Fernandez F, Rodriguez J, Waichert C, Decker B, Pitts J. 2022. Twenty two years later: An updated checklist of Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Zootaxa 5116(4): 451-503.","Krombein KV. 1979. Family Pompilidae. p. 1523-1570. In: Krombein KV, Hurd PD Jr., Smith DR, Burks BD (eds.). Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2, Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press; Washington, DC. 1198 p.","Kurczewski FE. 1963. Some new pompilid prey records from southern Florida (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Florida Entomologist 46: 209-213.","Kurczewski FE, Edwards GB, Pitts JP. 2017. Hosts, nesting behavior, and ecology of some North American spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), II. Southeastern Naturalist 16 (Monograph 9): 1-82.","Kurczewski FE, Kurczewski EJ. 1968. Host records for some North American Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) with a discussion of factors in prey selection. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 41: 1-33.","Townes H. 1957. Nearctic wasps of the subfamilies Pepsinae and Ceropalinae. United States National Museum Bulletin 209: 1-286.","Wilson JS, Pitts JP. 2007. New host associations for New World spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 80: 223-228."]}

Caliadurgus maculatellus (Taschenberg) ARGENTINA: Córdoba Province, Punilla; 24 April 2021, 1705; A. A. Cocucci. Host: Larinia sp. (Araneidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp grasped the immobilized orb-weaver by its left or right hindcoxa or pedicel with her mandibles and held the spider in an upright position (Fig. 15; Cocucci 2021)., Published as part of Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia & Pitts, James P., 2022, Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), pp. 1-32 in Insecta Mundi 2022 (928) on page 10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6533498, {"references":["Cocucci AA. 2021. Spider Wasps (Family Pompilidae). Available at https: // www. inaturalist. org / observations / 75367732. (Last accessed 27 April 2021)."]}

Pepsis plutus Erichson FRENCH GUIANA: Saül; 3 May 2020; W. Knaepen. Host: Phoneutria fera Perty (Ctenidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed Brazilian wandering spider backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its right chelicera with her mandibles (Fig. 10; Knaepen 2020)., Published as part of Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia & Pitts, James P., 2022, Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), pp. 1-32 in Insecta Mundi 2022 (928) on page 5, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6533498, {"references":["Knaepen W. 2020. Saul. Available at https: // www. instagram. com / p / B _ ud _ LaAJI 2 /. (Last accessed 25 November 2021)."]}

Auplopus bellus (Cresson) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Azua Province, Padre Las Casas; May 2015; F. A. Suriel. Host: Hibana velox (Becker) (Anyphaenidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp stood on a leaf and straddled the paralyzed delimbed ghost spider, venter to venter, while grasping its spinnerets with her mandibles (Suriel, Padre Las Casas, Dominican Republic, 2015 pers. comm.; Tosto, Las Galeras, Samaná, Dominican Republic, 2021 pers. comm.)., Published as part of Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia & Pitts, James P., 2022, Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), pp. 1-32 in Insecta Mundi 2022 (928) on page 10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6533498

Auplopus associatus (Banks) BRAZIL: São Paulo State, Socorro; 16 December 2021, 1030 EST; P. H. G. Lopes. Host: Unidentified species (Anyphaenidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp straddled the immobilized ghost spider, venter to venter, and grasped its spinnerets with her mandibles while standing on a leaf (Lopes 2021)., Published as part of Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia & Pitts, James P., 2022, Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), pp. 1-32 in Insecta Mundi 2022 (928) on page 10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6533498, {"references":["Lopes PHG. 2021. Mud-nesting Spider Wasps (Tribe Ageniellini). Available at https: // www. inaturalist. org / observations / 103143579. (Last accessed 29 December 2021)."]}

Agenioideus (Enbanksia) accoleus accoleus (Banks) COLOMBIA: Antioquia Department, Bolívar, Finca La Llorona; 2 April 2021, 1053; S. Berrio (Bioexploradores Farallones). Host: Steatoda ? nobilis (Thorell) (Noble false widow) (Theridiidae), adult female. The wasp grasped the immobilized spider on the ground by the base of its first or second left coxa or right coxa-trochanter joint with her mandibles. Later, she stood next to the prey cleaning her antenna (Berrio 2021)., Published as part of Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia & Pitts, James P., 2022, Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), pp. 1-32 in Insecta Mundi 2022 (928) on page 13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6533498, {"references":["Berrio S. 2021. Spider Wasps (Family Pompilidae). Available at https: // www. inaturalist. org / observations / 72842605. (Last accessed 5 April 2021)."]}

Poecilopompilus decedens (Smith) BRAZIL: Goiás State, Goiânia; 23 April 2009; E. Neri. Host: Misumenops sp. (Thomisidae), adult or subadult female. Three photographs show the wasp (1) atop the immobilized crab spider, venter to venter, as it hung in midair by a silken thread from a spinneret; the wasp grasped the base of the spider’s chelicera with her mandibles; (2) atop the spider grasping the base of its second right leg as the prey laid on its left side on a leaf near ground level; and (3) maintaining the same grasp on the ground atop the spider in a ventral side upward position (Neri 2009). BRAZIL: São Paulo State, Jacareí; 20 April 2011; T. Nascimento de Melo. Host: Misumena sp. (Thomisidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp stood above and beside the paralyzed crab spider as it laid on grass, dorsal side upward (Fig. 2; Nascimento de Melo 2011). This host record was listed under Poecilopompilus sp. in Kurczewski et al. (2020b)., Published as part of Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia & Pitts, James P., 2022, Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), pp. 1-32 in Insecta Mundi 2022 (928) on page 13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6533498, {"references":["Neri E. 2009. Euclides Neri. Round 2. Available at https: // www. flickr. com / photos / kidneri / 3469299556 / in / album- 72157604429277654 /. (Last accessed 15 January 2021).","Nascimento de Melo T. 2011. Genus Poecilopompilus. Available at https: // www. inaturalist. org / observations / 21143143. (Last accessed 17 January 2021).","Kurczewski FE, West RC, Waichert C, Kissane KC, Ubick D, Pitts JP. 2020 b. New and unusual host records for North American and South American spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Zootaxa 4891: 1 - 112."]}

Ageniella (Priophanes) rufofemorata (Taschenberg) ARGENTINA: Ciudad de Buenos Aires State, Distrito Federal Area, Metropolitana de Buenos Aires; 28 October 2021, 1606 PM; F. Chieffo. Host:? Misumenops sp. (Thomisidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp grasped the immobilized crab spider by its spinnerets with her mandibles and held it venter to venter while standing on the ground atop large dried leaves (Chieffo 2021)., Published as part of Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia & Pitts, James P., 2022, Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), pp. 1-32 in Insecta Mundi 2022 (928) on page 11, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6533498, {"references":["Chieffo F. 2021. Spider Wasps (Family Pompilidae). Available at https: // www. inaturalist. org / observations / 99647987. (Last accessed 31 October 2021)."]}

Pepsis completa Smith BRAZIL: São Paulo State, Salto, Parque de Lavras; 21 October 2015; C. Carlinhos. Host: Unidentified species (Pycnothelidae), adult or subadult female [det. R. Bertani]. The wasp grasped the immobilized spider by the base of its left hindfemur with her mandibles as it laid ventral side upward on the ground. She also stood next to the paralyzed spider as it laid on the ground on its left side (Carlinhos 2015a, 2015b). BRAZIL: Sergipe State, Ribeirópolis; 21 November 2021; Í. Lorran. Host: Unidentified genus/species (Nemesiidae), adult or subadult female. A series of photographs shows the wasp examining the paralyzed funnel-web trapdoor spider with her antennae as it laid on its right side on the ground (Lorran 2021), Published as part of Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia & Pitts, James P., 2022, Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), pp. 1-32 in Insecta Mundi 2022 (928) on pages 5-6, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6533498, {"references":["Carlinhos C. 2015 a. Casca Carlinhos - at Parque de Lavras Salto Sp. Available at https: // www. facebook. com / photo? fbid = 91 1920582234737 & set = pb. 100002504118609. - 2207520000. (Last accessed 28 March 2021).","Carlinhos C. 2015 b. Casca Carlinhos - at Parque de Lavras Salto Sp. Available at https: // www. facebook. com / photo? fbid = 91 1920562234739 & set = pb. 100002504118609. - 2207520000. (Last accessed 28 March 2021).","Lorran I. 2021. Spider Wasps (Family Pompilidae). Available at https: // www. inaturalist. org / observations / 101833931. (Last accessed 25 November 2021)."]}

Priocnessus hurdi Dreisbach MEXICO: Morelos State, Jantetelco; 24 July 2021, 1320 CDT; P. Crespo. Host: Euagrus ? mexicanus (Ausserer) (Euagridae), adult or subadult female [det. M. Hedin; J. Mendoza, Instituto de Biologia, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico,; R. West]. The wasp straddled the immobilized euagrid dorsal side upward, grasped the base of its left chelicera with her mandibles, and, with it in tow, walked forward (Fig. 11; Crespo 2021). MEXICO: Oaxaca State, La Crucecita, Órgano Bay; 5 August 2021, 0910 AM; G. Cruz. Host: Euagrus ? mexicanus, subadult female. The wasp straddled the paralyzed euagrid, dorsal side upward, grasped the base of its chelicera with her mandibles and, with it, walked forward (Cruz 2021)., Published as part of Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia & Pitts, James P., 2022, Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), pp. 1-32 in Insecta Mundi 2022 (928) on page 6, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6533498, {"references":["Crespo P. 2021. Tarantula-hawk Wasps (Tribe Pepsini). Available at https: // www. inaturalist. org / observations / 88758718. (Last accessed 27 July 2021).","Cruz G. 2021. Genus Batazonellus. Available at https: // www. inaturalist. org / observations / 97500200. (Last accessed 8 October 2021)."]}

Tachypompilus pallidus (Banks) BRAZIL: Goiás State, Sierra dos Pireneus; 9 February 2020; L. Vitorino. Host: Phoneutria ? eickstedtae Bertani, subadult female. The wasp grasped the immobilized armed spider near the base of its right pedipalp with her mandibles and dragged it backwards across the ground and debris, dorsal side upward (Vitorino 2020)., Published as part of Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia & Pitts, James P., 2022, Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), pp. 1-32 in Insecta Mundi 2022 (928) on page 17, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6533498, {"references":["Vitorino L. 2020. Vespa cacadora em batalha com a tarantula na Sierra dos Pireneus - Golias. Available at https: // www. facebook. com / urologia. minimamente. invasiva / photos / 2562836613985678. (Last accessed 28 January 2021)."]}

Entypus unifasciatus urichi (Banks) COLOMBIA: Bolívar Department, Santa Rosa; 7 March 2020, 1436 EST; J. Steamer. Host: Phoneutria boliviensis (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge) (Ctenidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp grasped the immobilized armed spider by the base of its left chelicera, dorsal side upward, and, dragging it, walked backwards on the ground (Fig. 4; Steamer 2020). ECUADOR: Pichincha Province, Quito; 31 January 2021, 1937; M. E. Guerrero Salazar: Host: Lycosa sp. (Lycosidae), adult female. The wasp grasped the immobilized wolf spider by the bases of its chelicerae with her mandibles, maintained it dorsal side upward, and walked backwards across a hard-packed gravel path or road (Guerrero Salazar 2021)., Published as part of Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia & Pitts, James P., 2022, Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), pp. 1-32 in Insecta Mundi 2022 (928) on page 8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6533498, {"references":["Steamer J. 2020. Phoneutria boliviensis. Available at https: // www. inaturalist. org / observations / 41143296. (Last accessed 7 February 2021).","Guerrero Salazar ME. 2021. Milde's Tarantula-hawk Wasp (Pepsis mildei). Available at https: // www. inaturalist. org / observations / 69028439. (Last accessed 4 February 2021)."]}

Auplopus viridis (Smith) COLOMBIA: Valle de Cauca Department, Santiago de Cali; 16 January 2021; V. Vieda. Host: Unidentified species (Anyphaenidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp grasped the immobilized ghost spider’s spinnerets with her mandibles while straddling it venter to venter. The left hindleg and right hind-, third and second legs were amputated at the coxa-trochanter joints (Vieda 2021). The description of A. viridis reported from Colombia by Banks (1946) and represented in our host record may not be the same A. viridis (Smith, 1864) originally described from São Paulo, Brazil, as discussed by Banks (1946). (Waichert 2021 pers. obs.)., Published as part of Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia & Pitts, James P., 2022, Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), pp. 1-32 in Insecta Mundi 2022 (928) on page 11, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6533498, {"references":["Vieda V. 2021. Mud-nesting Spider Wasps (Tribe Ageniellini). Available at https: // www. inaturalist. org / observations / 68163274. (Last accessed 19 January 2021).","Banks N. 1946. Studies of South American Psammocharidae. Part I. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 96: 311 - 525.","Smith F. 1864. Descriptions of new species of Brazilian Pompilidae. Journal of Entomology 2: 263 - 270."]}

Tachypompilus banksi Colomo de Correa ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires Province, 20 km SE of Olavarria; 2 January 2010; R. Ruiz. Host: Polybetes pythagoricus (Holmberg) (Sparassidae), adult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed huntsman spider backwards up a vertical brick wall, holding it dorsal side upward and grasping its left pedipalp with her mandibles (Ruiz 2010). This wasp was initially identified as Tachypompilus erubescens (Taschenberg) in Kurczewski et al. (2020b). ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires Province, 4 km N of San Clemente del Tuyú; 26 December 2014; J. F. Romero. Host: Polybetes pythagoricus, adult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed huntsman spider backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping its right pedipalp with her mandibles (Romero 2014). This wasp was initially identified as Tachypompilus erubescens in Kurczewski et al. (2020b). ARGENTINA: Neuquén Province, Pichilemu; 30 December 2014; M. Belgrano. Host: Polybetes pythagoricus, adult or subadult female. The wasp examined the paralyzed huntsman spider with her antennae as it laid dorsal side upward on the ground (Belgrano 2014). This wasp was initially identified as Tachypompilus erubescens by Kurczewski et al. (2020b), Published as part of Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia & Pitts, James P., 2022, Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), pp. 1-32 in Insecta Mundi 2022 (928) on page 14, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6533498, {"references":["Ruiz RO. 2010. Arana vs avispa. Available at https: // www. flickr. com / photos / roruiz / 5107766300 / in / dateposted /. (Last accessed 14 January 2021).","Kurczewski FE, West RC, Waichert C, Kissane KC, Ubick D, Pitts JP. 2020 b. New and unusual host records for North American and South American spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Zootaxa 4891: 1 - 112.","Romero JF. 2014. Supervivencia - The Winner. Available at https: // www. flickr. com / photos / juliofromero / 15971305028 / in / dateposted /. (Last accessed 14 January 2021).","Belgrano M. 2014. La avispa (San Jorge) y la arana. Available athttps: // www. flickr. com / photos / 130186250 @ N 07 / 15762656873 / in / photostream. (Last accessed 14 January 2021)."]}

Sphictostethus xanthopus (Spinola) CHILE: Araucanía Region, Cautín Province, Pucón, Huerguehue National Park; 25 February 2021; G. Andrés. Host: Unidentified species (Anyphaenidae), adult or subadult female. The first photograph shows S. striatulus standing over the paralyzed ghost spider as it laid on the ground, ventral side upward, grasping its left forecoxa with her mandibles. The second photograph shows S. xanthopus pulling the spider in the opposite direction of S. striatulus, grasping the trochanter of the third left leg with her mandibles, while S. striatulus grasps the spider’s right forepatella or forefemur with her mandibles. The third photograph shows the two wasps grappling atop the spider while it laid, ventral side upward, on the ground with S. xanthopus attempting to sting and bite S. striatulus with her mandibles. The S. striatulus is grasping the patella of the spider’s second right leg (Andrés 2021)., Published as part of Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia & Pitts, James P., 2022, Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), pp. 1-32 in Insecta Mundi 2022 (928) on page 8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6533498, {"references":["Andres G. 2021. Batalla. Available at https: // www. flickr. com / photos / fotografiasgerald / with / 50991254266 /. (Last accessed 14 April 2021)."]}

Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia, Pitts, James P. (2022): Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2022 (928): 1-32, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6533498, {"references": ["Acuna ST. 2021. Avispa mata tarantulas. Available at https://www.instagram.com/p/CU7jwRZg5hK/. (Last accessed 14 November 2021).", "Alayo PD. 1976. Introduccion al estudio de los himenopteros de Cuba-Vespoidea. Serie Biologia 62: 1-37.", "Alayon G. 1982. Observaciones conductuales en Poecilopompilus mundus (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Miscellania Zoologica 13: 3-4.", "Alexander SW. 2014. We're almost there! Come with me! Available at https://bosque-santa.blogspot.com/2014/07/werealmost-there.html (Last accessed 31 January 2021).", "Alexander SW. 2017. Spider wasp. Available at https://bosque-santa.blogspot.com/2017/12/spider-wasp.html (Last accessed 31 January 2021).", "American Arachnological Society. 2003. Common Names of Arachnids. 2003. Fifth Edition. Available at https://www. americanarachnology.org/fileadmin/documents/arachnids/arachnid_common_names2003.pdf (Last accessed 15 December 2020).", "Andrades H. 2020. Genus Tachypompilus. Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/66834206. (Last accessed 21 December 2020).", "Andres G. 2021. Batalla. Available at https://www.flickr.com/photos/fotografiasgerald/with/50991254266/. (Last accessed 14 April 2021).", "Armas LF de, Alayon G. 1976. Depredadores parasitoides de Argiope trifasciata (Araneae: Araneidae) en el sur de la Habana. Ciencia Biologica 16: 114-117.", "Auko TH, Silvestre R, Pitts JP. 2013. Nest camouflage in the spider wasp Priochilus captivum (Fabricius, 1804) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), with notes on the biology. Tropical Zoology 26: 140-144.", "Avenengo C. 2020. Tarantula hawk-Wasps and Allies (Subfamily Pepsinae). Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/ observations/66039828. (Last accessed 15 December 2020).", "Banks N. 1946. Studies of South American Psammocharidae. Part I. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 96: 311-525.", "Baran S. 2021. Spider Wasps (Family Pompilidae). Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/88185282. (Last accessed 22 July 2021).", "Barthelemy C. 2010. Preliminary description of the predatory and nesting behavior of Tachypompilus analis (Pompilidae: Pompilinae) in Hong Kong, China. Hong Kong Entomological Bulletin 4: 3-9.", "Bedoya TC. 2020. Pepsis caridei. Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/65771570. (Last accessed 5 December 2021).", "Belgrano M.2014.La avispa(San Jorge) y la arana.Available athttps://www.flickr.com/photos/130186250@N07/15762656873/ in/photostream. (Last accessed 14 January 2021).", "Bell M. 2020. Entypus unifasciatus. Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/61402698. (Last accessed 3 October 2020).", "Berrio S. 2021. Spider Wasps (Family Pompilidae). Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/72842605. (Last accessed 5 April 2021).", "Bertner P. 2021. Spider wasp (Pompilidae) with jumping spider prey. Available at https://www.flickr.com/photos/ rainforests/51663333057/in/album-72157625475420352/. (Last accessed 15 December 2021).", "Boerekamps J-P. 2004. Tribe Pompilini. Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/69715438. (Last accessed 18 February 2021).", "Brookshire T. 2020. False Tarantula (Calisoga longitarsis). Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/60148424. (Last accessed 30 November 2020).", "Buck M. 2021. Ammosphex michiganensis. Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/79085468. (Last accessed 19 May 2021).", "Burini JP. 2009. Parasitism 1-3. Available at https://www.flickr.com/photos/techuser/albums/72157603166802298. Last accessed 29 March 2021.", "Camancho PJC. 2021a. Hymenoptera > Pompilidae (??) - Avispon. Available at https://www.facebook.com/2701Pedro JoseCardonaCamacho/photos/366387848169534. (Last accessed 5 December 2021).", "Camancho PJC. 2021b. Hymenoptera > Pompilidae (??) - Avispon. Available at https://www.facebook.com/2701Pedro JoseCardonaCamacho/photos/366387808169538. (Last accessed 5 December 2021).", "Camancho PJC. 2021c. Hymenoptera > Pompilidae (??) - Avispon. Available at https://www.facebook.com/2701Pedro JoseCardonaCamacho/photos/366387771502875. (Last accessed 5 December 2021).", "Cambra-Torok RA, Quintero Arias D, Miranda RJ. 2004. Presas, compartamiento de anidacion y neuvos registros de distribucion en Pompilidos Neotropicas (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Tecnociencia 6: 95-109.", "Campos J. 2021. Tarantula-hawk Wasps (Subfamily Pepsinae). Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/694249 25. (Last accessed 12 February 2021).", "Carlinhos C. 2015a. Casca Carlinhos-at Parque de Lavras Salto Sp. Available at https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=91 1920582234737&set=pb.100002504118609.-2207520000. (Last accessed 28 March 2021).", "Carlinhos C. 2015b. Casca Carlinhos-at Parque de Lavras Salto Sp. Available at https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=91 1920562234739&set=pb.100002504118609.-2207520000. (Last accessed 28 March 2021).", "Carvalho-Filho F, Auko T, Waichert, C. 2015. Observations on the nesting behaviour of the spider wasp Eragenia congrua (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), with the first record of the host. Journal of Natural History 49: 1-10.", "Casper H. 2021. Spider Wasps (Family Pompilidae). Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/90415681. (Last accessed 17 August 2021).", "Castilleja J. 2021. Spider Wasps (Family Pompilidae). Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/82627859. (Last accessed 12 June 2021).", "Chieffo F. 2021. Spider Wasps (Family Pompilidae). Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/99647987. (Last accessed 31 October 2021).", "Cocucci AA. 2021. Spider Wasps (Family Pompilidae). Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/75367732. (Last accessed 27 April 2021).", "Colomo de Correa MV. 1998. Analisis cladistico del genero Poecilopompilus Howard (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) y clave para las especies. Insecta Mundi 12: 102-112.", "Contreras JM. 2017. Nuevos registros de caza de Entypus unifasciatus dumosus (Spinola, 1851) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) en Chile. Arquivos Entomologicos 18: 253-258.", "Contreras JM, Tellez F. 2017. Primer registro de caza de Sphictostethus striatulus Roig-Alsina (Hymenoptera:Pompilidae) sobre Tomopisthes horrendus (Nicolet) (Araneae: Anyphaenidae). Revista Chilena de Entomologia 42: 91-94.", "Coolidge M. 2021. Peregrinity. Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/102266486. (Last accessed 5 December 2021).", "Coyle FA. 1971. Systematics and natural history of the mygalomorph spider genus Antrodiaetus and related genera (Araneae: Antrodiaetidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 141: 269-402.", "Crespo P. 2021. Tarantula-hawk Wasps (Tribe Pepsini). Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/88758718. (Last accessed 27 July 2021).", "Cristobal Miranda EY. 2021. Spider Wasps (Family Pompilidae). Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/ observations/80197825. (Last accessed 22 June 2021).", "Cruz G. 2021. Genus Batazonellus. Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/97500200. (Last accessed 8 October 2021).", "da Cruz Pereira D. 2015. Tachypompilus sp. Spider vs Wasp (Pompilinae) spider. Available at https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=8fqoDy2RWT0. (Last accessed 20 August 2021).", "Dantas S. 2019. Spider Wasps (Family Pompilidae). Available online at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/35581719. (Last accessed 25 January 2021).", "Dantas S. 2020a. New World Tarantula-hawk Wasps (Genus Pepsis). Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/ 65914491. (Last accessed 27 December 2020).", "Dantas S. 2020b. Subfamily Pompilinae. Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/66302211. (Last accessed 9 December 2020).", "Dantas S. 2021. New World Tarantula-hawk Wasps (Genus Pepsis). Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/ observations/76675120. (Last accessed 3 May 2021).", "Da Silva LE, dos Santos EF, Ferreira ENL, Noll FB. 2015. New records of three species of Pompilocalus (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) from Brazil and Chile. Check List 11: 16-19.", "De Schrijver D. 2021. New World Tarantula-hawk Wasps (Genus Pepsis). Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/ observations/94728655. (Last accessed 13 September 2021).", "Dias R. 2020. Spider Wasps (Family Pompilidae). Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/66696414. (Last accessed 17 December 2020).", "Dias R. 2021a. Vespa prepara aranha capturada PNTijuca. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg_ ajWnFm4Y&feature=youtu.be. (Last accessed 10 February 2021).", "Dias R. 2021b. Vespa carregando aranha capturada PNTijuco. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GODxwLlA Yts&feature=youtu.be. (Last accessed 10 February 2021.", "Dias R. 2021c. Spider Wasps (Family Pompilidae). Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/70005895; https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N-NJNFJYQU (Last accessed 23 February 2021).", "Dias R. 2021d. Tribe Pompilini. Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/74780472. (Last accessed 22 April 2021).", "Dickson S. 2015. Dando de comer a los animales de la chacra pelea Arana Vs Avispa. Available at https://m.facebook.com/ photo.php?fbid=852064918168182&id=100000940450435&set=a.852063881501619. (Last accessed 25 January 2021).", "dos Santos EF, Noll BF. 2010. Additions to the known distribution of Epipompilus aztecus (Cresson, 1869) and E. excelsus (Bradley, 1944) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Psyche 2010: 562869.", "dos Santos EF, Waichert C., dos Santos CPS. 2017. Behavioural notes on the Neotropical parasocial spider wasp Ageniella (Lissagenia) flavipennis (Banks) (Hymenoptra: Pompilidae), with host association. Ecological Entomology 42: 96-99.", "Durocher R. 2015. Pompilidae Poecilopompilus vs Metazygia. Available at https://facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=101526718 00816589&id=534406588&set=a.10153890802541589. (Last accessed 25 January 2021).", "Encisoa O. 2020a. Spider Wasps (Family Pompilidae). Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/65434458. (Last accessed 23 November 2020).", "Encisoa O. 2020b. Genus Entypus. Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/66204996. (Last accessed 7 December 2020).", "Evans HE. 1950. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part I. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 75: 133-270.", "Evans HE. 1951. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part III. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 77: 203-340.", "Evans HE. 1953. Comparative ethology and the systematics of spider wasps. Systematic Zoology 2: 155-172.", "Evans HE. 1965. Studies on Neotropical Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) I. The genus Agenioideus Ashmead in South America. Breviora 234: 1-7.", "Evans HE. 1966. A revision of the Mexican and Central American spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 20: 1-422.", "Evans HE. 1967. Studies on the Neotropical Pompilidae (Hymenoptera). III. Additional Notes on Epompilus Kohl. Breviora 273: 1-15.", "Evans HE. 1976. Studies on Neotropical Pompilidae (Hymenoptera). X. Supplementary Notes. Psyche 83: 263-270.", "Evans HE. 1997. Spider wasps of Colorado (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae): An annotated checklist. Great Basin Naturalist 57: 189-197.", "Evans HE, Yoshimoto CM. 1962. The ecology and nesting behavior of the Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) of the northeastern United States. Miscellaneous Publications of the Entomological Society of America 3: 67-119.", "Farriols Sarabia F. 2020a. Tribu Pompilini. Available at https://www.naturalista.mx/observations/54879488. (Last accessed 5 May 2021).", "Farriols Sarabia F. 2020b. Genero Auplopus. Available at https://www.naturalista.mx/observations/61240459. (Last accessed 6 May 2021).", "Fernandez FC. 2000. Avispas cazadoras de aranas (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) de la Region Neotropical. Biota Colombiana 1: 3-24.", "Ferreira EA. 2017. Vespa cacadora de aranha. Available at http://www.biofaces.com/post/103796/vespa-cacadora-dearanha/. (Last accessed 15 January 2021).", "Garcia J. 2019. #Spider#Arana#Avispa. Available online at https://www.instagram.com/p/BtZdX43nV9y/. (Last accessed 25 January 2021).", "Gasperin E. 2021. Genus Tachypompilus. Available at http://portugal.inaturalist.org/observations/100430648. (Last accessed 7 November 2021).", "Genaro JA. 1993. Conducta de nidificacion de algunas especies de Pompilidos (Hymenoptera). Revista Biologia 7: 108-112.", "Genise JF. 1983. Comportamiento de nidificacion de Tachypompilus erubescens (Tasch.) y T. mendozae (D. T.) (Hym.: Pompilidae) con la descripcion de un nuevo tipo de nido multicellular. Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina 42: 305-312.", "Gomez Benitez A. 2020.Spider Wasps (Family Pompilidae). Available at https://www.naturalista.mx/observations/65648782. (Last accessed 11 December 2020).", "Grandi G. 1961. Studi di un entomologo sugli Imenotteri superiori. Bollettino dell'Istituto di Entomologia delia Universita degli Studi di Bologna 25: 1-659.", "Greefpool N. 2020a. Genus Tachypompilus. Available at http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/64324930. (Last accessed 11 November 2020).", "Greefpool N. 2020b. Genus Tachypompilus. Available at http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/64821463. (Last accessed 14 November 2020).", "Grespan G. 2009. Killer\u2026 Available at https://www.flickr.com/photos/guilhermegrespan/3347118603/in/album- 72157604321718087/. (Last accessed 6 January 2021).", "Gros E, Durand F. 2013. Les Pompiles. Comportement/Cle des Genres. Bulletin de l'Association Entomologique d'Arvernsis 1: 1-183.", "Guerrero Salazar ME. 2021. Milde's Tarantula-hawk Wasp (Pepsis mildei). Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/ observations/69028439. (Last accessed 4 February 2021).", "Hammond TL. 2015. Genus Pepsis. Available online at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1942939. (Last accessed 16 September 2021).", "Hannawacker R. 2021. New World Tarantula-hawk Wasps (Genus Pepsis). Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/ observations/97399844. (Last accessed 18 December 2021).", "Harrington K. 2022. Xerochares expulsus. Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/107217649. (Last accessed 22 February 2022).", "Harris AC. 1999. The life histories and nesting behaviour of the Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) in New Zealand: A comparative study. Species Diversity 4: 143-235.", "Hernandez Gonzalez VA. 2021. Spider Wasps (Family Pompilidae). Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/ 86775766. (Last accessed 3 September 2021).", "Holmberg EL. 1878. Escenas pintorescas de la vida de algunos insectos de Buenos Aires. El Naturalista Argentino 1: 257-262.", "Hurd PD Jr. 1952. Revision of the Nearctic species of the pompilid genus Pepsis (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 98(4): 257-334.", "Hurd PD Jr., Wasbauer MS. 1956. New host records for North American spider-wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 29: 168-169.", "Ibarra-Grasso A. 1938. El aranon y su enemigo el avispon colorado. Revista Geografica Americana 10: 45-50.", "Janvier H. 1930. Recherches biologiques sur les predateurs du Chili. Annales des Sciences Naturelles (10)13: 235-354.", "Kawakami K. 2021. Tarantula-hawk Wasps (Tribe Pepsini). Available at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/69532844. (Last accessed 14 February 2021).", "Kimmerling L. 2020. Entypus sp.? - Entypus fulvicornis - Female. Available at https://bugguide.net/node/view/1846106/ bgimage. (Last accessed 9 May 2021).", "Kimsey LS. 1980. Notes on the biology of some Panamanian Pompilidae, with a description of a communal nest (Hymenoptera). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 56: 98-100.", "Knaepen W. 2020. Saul. Available at https://www.instagram.com/p/B_ud_LaAJI2/. (Last accessed 25 November 2021).", "Krombein KV. 1979. Family Pompilidae. p. 1523-1570. In: Krombein KV, Hurd PD Jr., Smith DR, Burks BD (eds.). Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Vol. 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press; Washington, DC. 2209 p.", "Kurczewski FE. 1981. Observations on the nesting behaviors of spider-wasps in southern Florida (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Florida Entomologist 64: 424-437.", "Kurczewski FE. 1989. Ecology, mating and nesting of Tachypompilus ferrugineus nigrescens (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Great Lakes Entomologist 22: 75-78.", "Kurczewski FE. 1995. Ageniella evansi, a cavernicolous spider wasp. Sphecos 29: 10-12.", "Kurczewski FE. 1999. Comparison of spider wasp faunas from two ecologically distinct sites in Erie County, Pennsylvania (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 72: 339-360.", "Kurczewski FE. 2001. Comparative nesting behavior of Episyron quinquenotatus (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) in the northeastern United States. Northeastern Naturalist 8: 403-426.", "Kurczewski FE. 2010. Prey and nesting behavior of some North American spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Northeastern Naturalist 17: 115-124.", "Kurczewski FE, Edwards GB. 2012. Hosts, nesting behavior, and ecology of some North American spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Southeastern Naturalist 11 (Monograph 4): 1-71.", "Kurczewski FE, Edwards GB, Pitts JP. 2017. Hosts, nesting behavior, and ecology of some North American spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), II. Southeastern Naturalist 16 (Monograph 9): 1-82.", "Kurczewski FE, Kiernan DH. 2015. Analysis of spider wasp host selection in the eastern Great Lakes Region (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Northeastern Naturalist 22 (Monograph 11): 1-88.", "Kurczewski FE, Kurczewski EJ. 1968a. Host records for some North American Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) with a discussion of factors in prey selection. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 41: 1-33.", "Kurczewski FE, Kurczewski EJ. 1968b. Host records for some North American Pompilidae (Hymenoptera). First Supplement. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 41: 367-382.", "Kurczewski FE, Kurczewski EJ. 1972. Host records for some North American Pompilidae, Second Supplement. Tribe Pepsini. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 45: 181-193.", "Kurczewski FE, Kurczewski EJ. 1973. Host records for some North American Pompilidae (Hymenoptera). Third supplement. Tribe Pompilini. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 46: 65-81.", "Kurczewski FE, Kurczewski EJ. 1987. Nest and prey of Ageniella (Leucophrus) fulgifrons (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Great Lakes Entomologist 20: 75-80.", "Kurczewski FE, Kurczewski EJ, Norton RA. 1987. New prey records for Nearctic species of Pompilidae (Hymenoptera). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 60: 467-475.", "Kurczewski FE, Pitts JP, Elliott NB. 2013. Annotated list of spider wasps from the Bahamas, with description of a new species of Tachypompilus (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Caribbean Naturalist 5: 1-28.", "Kurczewski FE, Snyder NFR. 1964. Observations on the nesting of Pompilus (Ammosphex) michiganensis (Dreisbach) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 77: 215-222.", "Kurczewski FE, Spofford MG. 1985. Observations on the nesting and unique cachement behavior of Calicurgus hyalinatus (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Great Lakes Entomologist 18: 41-44.", "Kurczewski FE, Spofford MG. 1986. Observations on the behaviors of some Scoliidae and Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) in Florida. Florida Entomologist 69: 638-644.", "Kurczewski FE, West RC, Crews SC, Jenzen-Jones NR. 2020a. Selenopidae (Arachnida: Araneae), a new host family for the spider wasp Tachypompilus ferrugineus (Say) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae: Pompilinae). Insecta Mundi 0824: 1-6.", "Kurczewski FE, West RC, Waichert C, Kissane KC, Ubick D, Pitts JP. 2020b. New and unusual host records for North American and South American spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Zootaxa 4891: 1-112.", "LaPergola J. 2

Pepsis limbata Guéri CHILE: O’Higgins Region, Colchagua Province, Sierras de Bellavista; 12 October 2021; S. T. Acuña. Host: Homoeomma chilensis Montenegro & Aguilera (Theraphosidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula backwards across the ground and through low vegetation, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its second left leg with her mandibles (Acuña 2021). CHILE: Valparaiso Region, Valparaiso Province, Zapallar, Cerro de la Cruz; 3 July 2021; M. P. Roa. Host: Thrixopelma sp. (Theraphosidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its left foreleg with her mandibles (Roa 2021)., Published as part of Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia & Pitts, James P., 2022, Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), pp. 1-32 in Insecta Mundi 2022 (928) on page 6, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6533498, {"references":["Acuna ST. 2021. Avispa mata tarantulas. Available at https: // www. instagram. com / p / CU 7 jwRZg 5 hK /. (Last accessed 14 November 2021).","Roa MP. 2021. Cazandoimagenes. Available at https: // www. instagram. com / p / CQ 3 p 9 v 5 sXBn /. (Last accessed 5 December 2021)."]}

Pepsis egregia Mocsáry COLOMBIA: Antioquia Department, 4 km N. Cañon del Río Claro Natural Reserve; 1 December 2021; J. Pruett. Host: Linothele sericata (Karsch) (Dipluridae), adult or subadult female. The wasp stood by the front right of the paralyzed curtain-web spider, examining it with her antennae, as it laid dorsal side upward on the ground (Pruett 2021; Pruett, Rochester, Minnesota, USA, 2021 pers. comm.). ECUADOR: Morona Santiago Province, Gualaquiza Canton, Chuchumblezo; 1 August 2021, 1544 PM; H. Casper (Caspersomeghost). Host: Diplura sp. (undescribed) (Dipluridae), adult or subadult female. The wasp examined the immobilized curtain-web spider with her antennae and mouthparts as it laid dorsal side upward on the ground surface (Casper 2021). VENEZUELA: Capital District, Caracas, El Hatillo; 26 July 2021; C. Rocha. Host: Diplura petrunkevitchi (Caporiacco), adult or subadult female. The wasp proceeded backwards on the ground, fanning its wings and grasping the immobilized curtain-web spider by its right pedipalp, at first, and, later, right forecoxa with her mandibles while maintaining it dorsal side upward (Rocha 2021; Rocha, El Hatillo, Caracas, Venezuela, 2021 pers. comm.)., Published as part of Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia & Pitts, James P., 2022, Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), pp. 1-32 in Insecta Mundi 2022 (928) on page 5, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6533498, {"references":["Pruett J. 2021. Wasp has paralyzed tarantula. Available at https: // www. flickr. com / photos / 108136608 @ N 06 / 51760154507 / in / dateposted /. (Last accessed 31 December 2021).","Casper H. 2021. Spider Wasps (Family Pompilidae). Available at https: // www. inaturalist. org / observations / 90415681. (Last accessed 17 August 2021).","Rocha C. 2021. Spider Wasp with Spider. Available at https: // www. instagram. com / p / CRy 5 _ bLn 1 iD /. (Last accessed 8 September 2021)."]}

Epipompilus aztecus (Cresson) MEXICO: México State, Ixtapan de la Sal; 20 November 2020; A. Gómez Benítez. Host: Ariadna pilifera O. P.-Cambridge (Segestriidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp pulled the immobilized tube-dwelling spider backwards, dorsal side upward, across the ground for 60 cm, grasping its loose posterior abdominal cuticle with her mandibles (Fig. 1; Gómez Benítez 2020; Gómez Benítez 2020 pers. comm.)., Published as part of Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia & Pitts, James P., 2022, Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), pp. 1-32 in Insecta Mundi 2022 (928) on page 10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6533498, {"references":["Gomez Benitez A. 2020. Spider Wasps (Family Pompilidae). Available at https: // www. naturalista. mx / observations / 65648782. (Last accessed 11 December 2020)."]}

Priochilus sericeifrons (Fox) COLOMBIA: Cundinamarca Department, Nocaima; 6 December 2020, 1214 EST; O. Encisoa. Host:? Spinoctenus sp. (Ctenidae), adult or penultimate male. The wasp examined the immobilized wandering spider with her mouthparts and antennae as is laid, dorsal side upward, on the pavement (Encisoa 2020b)., Published as part of Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia & Pitts, James P., 2022, Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), pp. 1-32 in Insecta Mundi 2022 (928) on page 18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6533498, {"references":["Encisoa O. 2020 b. Genus Entypus. Available at https: // www. inaturalist. org / observations / 66204996. (Last accessed 7 December 2020)."]}

Herbstellus pachylopus (Kohl) CHILE: Coquimbo Region, Elqui Province, La Serena; 13 January 2021; S. Torres (Fotos de Vultur). Host: Lycinus sp. (Nemesiidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp grasped the immobilized spider’s left foretrochanter with her mandibles, and maintaining it dorsal side upward, walked backwards on the ground (Fig. 14; Torres 2021; Torres Zañartu, Santiago, Chile, 2021 pers. comm.)., Published as part of Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia & Pitts, James P., 2022, Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), pp. 1-32 in Insecta Mundi 2022 (928) on page 4, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6533498, {"references":["Torres S. 2021. Tribe Aporini. Available at https: // www. inaturalist. org / observations / 78718593. (Last accessed 31 December 2021)."]}

Tachypompilus vulpes (Dalla Torre) (det. M. Buck) BRAZIL: Mato Grosso State, Novo Mundo, Cristalino Jungle Lodge; 8 December 2020, 1718; S. Dantas. Host: Nolavia sp. (Sparassidae), adult female [det. C. A. Rheims, Instituto Butantan, Laboratório Especial de Coleções Zoológicas, São Paulo, Brasil]. The spider wasp and huntsman spider were both photographed in a dorsal side upward position on a shellacked piece of plywood. The wasp’s wings are raised at a ~45° angle upward and outward above the dorsum (Dantas 2020b). BRAZIL: Pará State, Santarém, Bosque Santa Lucia; 30 July 2014, 8 December 2017; S. W. Alexander. Host: Sadala sp. (Sparassidae), adult or subadult female [det. C. A. Rheims 2020 pers. comm.]. Three photographs taken at different times and during different years show two wasps (1) grasping an immobilized huntsman spider by its left pedipalp, dorsal side upward, with the mandibles and, with it in tow, walking backwards; (2) grasping the paralyzed huntsman spider with the mandibles by the tibia of its third leg; and (3) standing next to different huntsman spiders after stinging and immobilizing them. Both wasps’ wings are raised at a ~45° angle upward and outward above the dorsum (Alexander 2014, 2017). BRAZIL: State of São Paulo, Guapiaçu; 26 November 2018; E. Matos. Host: Caayguara sp. (Sparassidae) [det. C. A. Rheims 2020 pers. comm.], adult or subadult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed huntsman spider up a vertical wall, dorsal side upward, grasping its right chelicera with her mandibles (Matos 2018). BRAZIL: Sáo Paulo State, Ubatuba; 6 January 2021, 1401; M. Mariquitto. Host: Polybetes ? rabidus (Keyserling), adult female. The spider is 1.04 X the wasp in body length. The wasp stood on a wooden plank with wings raised at a ~45° angle upward and outward above the dorsum, facing the photographer, while the immobilized huntsman spider laid nearby on the plank, dorsal side upward, with legs spread outward (Mariquitto 2021)., Published as part of Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia & Pitts, James P., 2022, Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), pp. 1-32 in Insecta Mundi 2022 (928) on page 17, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6533498, {"references":["Dantas S. 2020 b. Subfamily Pompilinae. Available at https: // www. inaturalist. org / observations / 66302211. (Last accessed 9 December 2020).","Alexander SW. 2014. We're almost there! Come with me! Available at https: // bosque-santa. blogspot. com / 2014 / 07 / werealmost-there. html (Last accessed 31 January 2021).","Alexander SW. 2017. Spider wasp. Available at https: // bosque-santa. blogspot. com / 2017 / 12 / spider-wasp. html (Last accessed 31 January 2021).","Matos E. 2018. hymenoptera spider. Available at https: // www. instagram. com / p / Bqps 3 pqFRU 0 /. (Last accessed 14 January 2021).","Mariquitto M. 2021. Spider Wasps (Family Pompilidae). Available at https: // www. inaturalist. org / observations / 67966943. (Last accessed 13 January 2021)."]}

Priocnemella hexagona (Fox) BRAZIL: Rondônia State, National Forest of Jamari; 23 May 2021; P. P. M. Nascimento. Host: Phoneutria ? fera Perty (Ctenidae), juvenile. The wasp straddled and carried the delimbed paralyzed banana spider, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its chelicera with her mandibles. She walked over leaf litter, then, holding the spider, disappeared into a small hole in the ground (Fig. 12; Nascimento 2021; Nascimento, Machadinho d’Oeste, State of Rondônia, Brazil, 2021 pers. comm.)., Published as part of Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia & Pitts, James P., 2022, Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), pp. 1-32 in Insecta Mundi 2022 (928) on page 13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6533498, {"references":["Nascimento PPM. 2021. Flona do Jamari. Available at https: // www. instagram. com / p / CPOja 3 vjTC 3 /. (Last accessed 20 November 2021)."]}

Pepsis martini Vardy BRAZIL: Mato Grosso State, Alto Floresta, Cristalino Lodge; 2 May 2021, 1515; S. Dantas. Host: Diplura nigra (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge) (Dipluridae), adult or subadult female [det. R. Bertani]. The immobilized curtain-web spider laid dorsal side upward on the ground with legs outstretched, while the wasp stood next to it. A second photograph shows the wasp pulling the spider backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the trochanter of its second right leg with her mandibles (Fig. 9; Dantas 2021; Dantas, Novo Mundo, Mato Grosso, Brazil, 2021 pers. comm.)., Published as part of Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia & Pitts, James P., 2022, Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), pp. 1-32 in Insecta Mundi 2022 (928) on page 6, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6533498, {"references":["Dantas S. 2021. New World Tarantula-hawk Wasps (Genus Pepsis). Available at https: // www. inaturalist. org / observations / 76675120. (Last accessed 3 May 2021)."]}

Poecilopompilus rubricatus (Smith) BRAZIL: State of Rio Grande do Sul, Colinos; 27 December 2009; G. Mazzarollo. Host: Argiope argentata (Fabricius) (Araneidae) (Silver argiope), adult female. The wasp grasped the paralyzed orb-weaver by the base of the coxa of its 1 st or 2 nd left leg during transport (Mazzarollo 2009)., Published as part of Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia & Pitts, James P., 2022, Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), pp. 1-32 in Insecta Mundi 2022 (928) on page 14, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6533498, {"references":["Mazzarollo G. 2009. Wasp eating spider. Available online at https: // www. flickr. com / photos / gmazza / 4220003664 / in / album- 72157622606261722 /. (Last accessed 7 April 2021)."]}