Pepsis pretiosa Dahlbom

BRAZIL: State of Bahia, Cachoeira, Paraguaçu River Valley; 11 July 2010; D. Ru. Host:? Trechona sp. ( Dipluridae) (Curtain-web spider), adult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed curtain-web spider backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping its right pedipalp with her mandibles (Ru 2010).

BRAZIL: State of Paraná, Curitiba: 10 April 2020; B. K. de Souza (Aventurando_pakm). Host: Trechona rufa Vellard (Dipluridae), adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed curtain-web spider backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its left front foreleg with her mandibles (Souza 2020; R. Bertani, IBB, S„o Paulo, Brazil, 2020 pers. comm.; Denis Pedroso, UFRJ. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2020 pers. comm.).