Pepsis varipennis Lepeletier

BRAZIL: State of Bahia, Paramirim; 22 February 2016; L. C. M. Cardoso. Host:? Iridopelma sp. ( Theraphosidae),

female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula backwards, ventral side upward, on the ground through low vegetation and leaf litter, grasping a coxa with her mandibles (Cardoso 2016).

BRAZIL: State of Paraiba, Teixeira; 13 March 2018; J. Gomes (josegomespb). Host: Unidentified species ( Theraphosidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula on the ground, ventral side upward, grasping its left hindleg with her mandibles (Gomes 2018) .