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.).