taxonID	type	description	language	source
FA37986CFF87F748FF14004F9A4AFD75.taxon	materials_examined	MEXICO: Zacatecas State, Susticacán Municipality, El Chiquihuite; 8 July 2023, 1349 CDT; M. Sykes. Host: Eucteniza? panchovillai Bond and Godwin (Euctenizidae), adult female. The wasp walked backwards on the ground, maintaining the immobilized spider ventral side upward, while grasping the patella of its left hindleg with her mandibles. She pulled the spider up a soil embankment holding it dorsal side upwards and sideways, released it on its right side next to its trapdoor, raised the trapdoor with her mandibles and forelegs, and entered the opening upside down. She exited from beneath the flap several seconds later, grasped and pulled the spider, ventral side upward, into its burrow by its spinnerets with her mandibles (Fig. 1; Sykes 2023 a, b).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF86F748FF1405BF9F14FBC1.taxon	materials_examined	ARGENTINA: Santa Cruz Province, Rió Chico County, Meseta del Lago Strobel; 14 January 2023, 1753 PM; E. Racker. Host: Acanthogonatus patagonicus (Simon) (Pycnothelidae), subadult female. The wasp stood atop the trapdoor spider as she stung it in the underside of its cephalothorax, examined it with her antennae and mouthparts, and rested. She then pulled the immobilized spider backwards, dorsal side upward, across the ground, grasping the patella of its right foreleg with her mandibles (Racker 2023). Acanthogonatus patagonicus (Pycnothelidae) is a new host family, genus, and species for Chirodamus hirsutulus. This is only the second record of a South American Chirodamus Haliday with a host spider, the first prey being a Lycosa sp. (Lycosidae) for an unidentified Chirodamus sp. in Chile (Kurczewski et al. 2020).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF86F748FF1405BF9F14FBC1.taxon	description	Pepsis rubra species-group (Vardy 2000)	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF86F748FF1403C899F1FA00.taxon	materials_examined	BRAZIL: Minas Gerais State, Betim; 1 December 2020, 14 March 2023; V. F. Rodrigues. Host:? Actinopus sp. (Actinopodidae), adult or subadult female. Photographs show the wasp standing beside or straddling the paralyzed mouse spider, venter to dorsum, while examining it with her antennae as it laid dorsal side upward on the ground. Two videos show the wasp manipulate, then grasp the host spider’s leg with the mandibles, and drag the spider backwards (Rodrigues 2023 a, b, c, d). This is the first host record and new host family and genus for Pepsis albocincta and indicates a selectivity for species of Actinopodidae (mouse spiders).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF86F748FF14028A9A39F961.taxon	materials_examined	FRENCH GUIANA: Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, Saül; 20 November 2022; G. Léotard. Host: Theraphosa blondi (Latreille) (Theraphosidae) (Goliath birdeater), subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula backwards across forest floor leaf litter, dorsal side upward, grasping the underside base of its second right leg (Léotard 2022). This is the second Pepsis heros host record for Theraphosa blondi from French Guiana (Kurczewski et al. 2020).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF86F74AFF1401AB9F06FE92.taxon	materials_examined	PERU: Chiclayo Province, Lambayeque Department, Chaparri Ecological Reserve; 22 October 2013; C. Díaz. Host: Tmesiphantes sp. (Theraphosidae), adult male. The wasp examined the paralyzed tarantula with her antennae as it laid on the ground, dorsal side upward (Díaz 2013). Tmesiphantes Simon is a new host genus for Pepsis petitii. The only previous host record for this pompilid species is for the genus Linothele Karsch (Dipluridae) (Kurczewski et al. 2022 b).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF84F74AFF14058F99C0FB3A.taxon	materials_examined	BRAZIL: Mato Grosso do Sul State, Bonito; 2 January 2023; C. D. Timm. Host: Lycosa erythrognathus Lucas (Lycosidae), adult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed wolf spider backwards across the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its left pedipalp with her mandibles (Timm 2023).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF84F74AFF14058F99C0FB3A.taxon	materials_examined	BRAZIL: Paraiba State, Santa Rita; 2 December 2021; M. Soares de Lucena. Host: Acanthoscurria natalensis Chamberlin (Theraphosidae) [det. R. Bertani], immature. The wasp ran across the ground, chased, grappled with, and stung the tarantula between the third and fourth right coxae. She then, momentarily, examined the immobilized tarantula before dragging it backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping its right foreleg with her mandibles. The tarantula fell to a ventral side upward position, after which the wasp released her grasp and proceeded to imbibe regurgitated fluid from its mouthparts (Soares de Lucena 2021). This is the first host record for Pepsis elevata.	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF84F74AFF1403E49F64FAD6.taxon	materials_examined	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: San Cristobal; 14 January 2022; A. M. Peguero. Host: Phormictopus sp. (Theraphosidae), immature [det. A. Tosto]. The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula backwards across the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its right foreleg with her mandibles (Pequero 2022 a). This is the first record of this host association from the Dominican Republic.	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF84F74AFF14061F9F1CFD05.taxon	materials_examined	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: San Cristobal; 28 January 2022; A. M. Peguero. Host: Phormictopus sp. (Theraphosidae), immature. A series of photographs and a short video show the wasp pulling the paralyzed tarantula backwards up a vertical wooden wall, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its right pedipalp with her mandibles (Peguero 2022 b). This is the first host record for P. rubra from the Dominican Republic and for the genus Phormictopus Pocock. Previous host records for P. rubra from other Caribbean Islands are for the genus Cyrtopholis Simon (Kurczewski et al. 2020). Pepsis elevata species-group (Vardy 2002)	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF84F745FF1402C39F03FEB2.taxon	materials_examined	BRAZIL: Pará State, Novo Progresso; 3 January 2023; T. S. Peper. Host: Acanthoscurria theraphosoides (Doleschall) (Theraphosidae) [det. R. Bertani], adult female. A short video shows the wasp pulling the paralyzed tarantula backwards up a freshly excavated slope, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its left pedipalp with her mandibles (Peper 2023). ECUADOR: Napo Province, Tena, Parque Amazonico “ La Isla ”; 4 October 2022, 1651 PM; E. Hjalmarson. Host: Acanthoscurria theraphosoides, adult female. One photograph shows the wasp grasping the tarantula by its second left leg tibia / patella joint with her mandibles as it laid dorsal side upward on the leaf-covered rainforest floor. A second photograph shows the wasp standing in front of the paralyzed tarantula. A third photograph shows the wasp re-grasped the tarantula by the base of its second left leg with her mandibles and pulled it backwards across the ground (Hjalmarson 2022).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF8BF745FF1401C9993BF837.taxon	materials_examined	COSTA RICA: San Jose Province, Cerro de Escazu Protected Zone; 29 March 2023; A. Delgado. Host: Megaphobema peterklaasi Scmidt (Theraphosidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its left pedipalp with her mandibles (Delgado 2023 a, b). The only previous host record for P. atalanta is Aphonopelma seemanni (F. O. P. - Cambridge) (Theraphosidae) (Kurczewski et al. 2020).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF8BF745FF14059B9F24FC4F.taxon	materials_examined	PANAMA: Panamá Province, Chepo District, San Francisco Reserve; 22 January 2023; H. Vandevoorde. Host: Ancylometes bogotensis (Keyserling) (Ctenidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed wandering spider backwards across the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping its chelicerae with her mandibles (Fig. 2; Vandevoorde 2023).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF8BF745FF14067A9F74FD13.taxon	materials_examined	PERU: Madre de Dios Region, Manú Province, Manú National Park, Manú Research Learning Research Center; 5 December 2019; J. Shorma. Host: Linothele fallax (Mello-Leitão) (Dipluridae) (curtain web spider), adult or subadult female. “ Seen attempting to hunt a Linothele fallax. It found the web and ran inside the burrow. Shortly after, the spider ran out and went to safety. ” (Shorma 2019).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF8BF745FF14037499FFFAA2.taxon	materials_examined	BRAZIL: Amazonas State, 40 km N Manaus, INPA Experimental Station - ZF 2; 31 January 2023; T. Mahlmann. Host: Bumba horrida (Schmidt) (Theraphosidae) (Brazilian redhead tarantula), adult or subadult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed tarantula backwards across low branches, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its right foreleg with her mandibles (Mahlmann 2023). There is a previous host record from French Guiana for P. plutus with an armed spider of the genus Phoneutria Perty (Ctenidae) (Kurczewski et al. 2022 b).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF8BF745FF14026D9F1AF9C1.taxon	materials_examined	COLOMBIA: Cundinamarca Department, Tequendama Province, San Antonio del Tequendama; 8 October 2021; B. L. C. Bonilla. Host: Pamphobeteus 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 (Bonilla 2021). There are several other host records for P. sumptuosa from Colombia with various genera of Theraphosidae (Kurczewski et al. 2020). Pepsis inclyta species-group (Vardy 2005)	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF8AF744FF14046798F3FB5C.taxon	materials_examined	ARGENTINA: Marcos Juárez Department, Córdoba Province, Cruz Alta; May 2017; G. Paoloni. Host: Actinopus cordobensis Rio-Tamayo and Goloboff (Actinopodidae), adult female (BL, ~ 20 mm). A series of six photographs shows the wasp (Fig. 7) attacking the mouse spider as it walked across the grass; (Fig. 8) atop, beside and in front of the spider as she repositioned herself to sting and immobilize it; (Fig. 9) transporting it to its nearby burrow, grasping it with her mandibles by different legs as she moved it; (Fig. 10) positioning its abdomen near the opening; and (Fig. 11) entering its burrow, turning around inside, grasping the immobilized spider by its left hindleg with her mandibles, and (Fig. 12) pulling it slowly into its burrow (Fig. 7 – 12; Paoloni 2017). BOLIVIA: Santa Cruz Department, Amboro National Park; February 2014; M. A. Jiménez. Host: Actinopus? cochabamba Ríos-Tamayo, adult or subadult female. The wasp held the paralyzed mouse spider ventral side upward as it laid on the ground, grasping the base of its right rear leg with her mandibles (Jiménez 2014).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF8AF744FF1407B79E73FE03.taxon	materials_examined	ARGENTINA: Misiones Province, Ruiz de Montoya; 12 December 2018; B. Fengler. Host: Vitalius paranaensis Bertani (Theraphosidae), subadult female. The wasp struggled to pull the paralyzed tarantula backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its left pedipalp with her mandibles (Fengler 2018). Vitalius paranaensis (Theraphosidae) is a new host genus and species for Pepsis inclyta. The only previous host record for P. inclyta is Acanthoscurria? musculosa Simon (Theraphosidae) (Kurczewski et al. 2020).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF8AF744FF14068A9F75FCBF.taxon	materials_examined	SURINAME: Para District, Zanderij, Palulu Camping Jungle Resort; 1 March 2022; K. Lashley. Host: Avicularia avicularia (Linnaeus) (Theraphosidae), male. The wasp initially engaged the wandering pinktoe tarantula in the foliage, then followed it when it defensively dropped to the ground. In the video, the wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula along the ground, ventral side upward, grasping the base of its left foreleg with her mandibles (Lashley 2022). Vardy (2005) reported P. xanthocera from Muyuna, Napo Province, Ecuador pinned with an? Avicularia sp. [det. A. Smith]. Pepsis menechma species-group (Vardy 2005)	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF8AF746FF14015A9F1FFEB2.taxon	materials_examined	BRAZIL: Rio Grande do Sul State, Rio Grande County; 27 August 2017, 1328 – 1500 PM; V. S. Domingues. Host: Unidentified species (Pycnothelidae) [det. R. Bertani], adult or subadult female. The wasp stung the funnel-web trapdoor spider in its ventral cephalothorax near the base of its left foreleg as it laid on its left side on the bare sand. She then dragged the immobilized trapdoor spider across the sand for 3 m, leaving an impression trail in the sand surface, grasping the base of its left hindleg with her mandibles. She released the funnel-web trapdoor spider on the sand, during transport, and examined it with her antennae (Domingues 2023).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF88F746FF1405F69E93FC07.taxon	materials_examined	PERU: Madre de Dios Region, Tambopata Province; 3 October 2023, 0741 AM; G. Gallice. Host: Unidentified species of Dipluridae, adult or subadult female. The wasp grasped the immobilized curtain web spider, dorsal side upward, by the base of its second right leg with her mandibles and dragged it backwards across the soil (Gallice 2023). Although unidentified, Dipluridae from Peru probably represents a new host genus and species for Pepsis completa. Pepsis completa from Brazil and Venezuela is rather polyphagous in host selection with previous host records for Dipluridae, Pycnothelidae, Nemesiidae, Theraphosidae, and Ctenidae (Kurczewski et al. 2020, 2022 b).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF88F746FF14015F9A2EF833.taxon	materials_examined	COSTA RICA: Guanacaste Province, Abangares; 24 October 2019, 1013 AM; H. Lopez. Host: Sericopelma sp. (Theraphosidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp grasped the immobilized tarantula by its right pedipalp, dorsal side upward, and dragged it backwards across the ground through vegetation (Lopez 2019). Sericopelma is a new host genus for the common spider wasp Pepsis mildei (orange-winged variant). MEXICO: Hidalgo State, El Chico National Park, near Mirador de la Peña viewpoint; 18 July 2023, 1730 CDT; D. Barrales. Host: Hemirrhagus sp. (undescribed species) (Theraphosidae) [det. J. Mendoza], adult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula backwards across leaf litter, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its second left leg with her mandibles (Barrales 2023). Undescribed troglobitic species of Hemirrhagus is a new host tarantula species for P. mildei (orange-winged variant).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF88F746FF14048E989AFB3B.taxon	materials_examined	COLOMBIA: Antioquia Department, Puerto Nare; 30 March 2023; H. de la Peña. Host: Linothele sp. (Dipluridae), adult or subadult female. The wasp entered and exited a preexisting burrow in the ground while the paralyzed curtain-web spider laid, dorsal side upward, beside the burrow (de la Peña 2023). This is the first host record for P. montezuma from Colombia.	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF88F746FF1403E29F0CFA57.taxon	materials_examined	BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro State; Nova Iguaçu; Tinguá Biological Reserve; 16 December 2022; D. Luiz. Host: Idiops camelus (Mello-Leitão) (Idiopidae), adult female. The wasp stood beside the immobilized armored trapdoor spi- der and examined it with her antennae and mouthparts as it laid ventral side upward or on its right side on the ground (Luiz 2022). The genus Idiops Perty has been captured by Pepsis smaragdina before in Brazil (Vardy 2005). Idiops camelus, however, is a new host species for P. smaragdina. Pepsis ruficornis species-group (Vardy 2005)	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF88F746FF14067A9F7BFDCE.taxon	materials_examined	BRAZIL: São Paulo State, Rifaina; 31 August 2021; F. Baraldi. Host: Vitalius dubius (Mello-Leitão, 1923) (Theraphosidae), subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula backwards across the ground and low vegetation, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its second left leg with her mandibles. She released the spider in the entrance, entered the burrow, reappeared in the entrance, grasped the tarantula in the same manner, and dragged it inside (Baraldi 2021). There are two previous host records for P. varipennis, both species of Theraphosidae (Kurczewski et al 2020). Vitalius dubius is a new host genus and species for P. varipennis. Pepsis montezuma species-group (Vardy 2005)	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF8FF741FF1401D6980CF8C4.taxon	materials_examined	ARGENTINA: Córdoba Province, San Javier; 18 February 2021; P. Scazzina. Host: Plesiopelma longisternale (Schiapelli and Gerschman) (Theraphosidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp examined the paralyzed tarantula as it laid on its left side on the ground. She then dragged the paralyzed tarantula backwards across a dirt road, grasping the base of its right foreleg with her mandibles (Scazzina 2022). Pepsis aciculata has been reported previously with Plesiopelma longisternale and Grammostola vachoni Schiapelli and Gerschman in Argentina (Copperi et al. 2011).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF8FF741FF1407B7991DFD0E.taxon	materials_examined	HONDURAS: Cortes Department, Cusuco National Park (1300 meters); 25 July 2023; L. Díaz. Host: Longilyra sp. (undescribed species) (Theraphosidae) [det. S. Longhorn], adult or subadult female. The wasp struggled to drag the paralyzed tarantula across the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its right pedipalp with her mandibles (Díaz 2023). Longilyra Gabriel is a new host record, genus, and species for Pepsis mildei (black-winged variant). MEXICO: Yucatan State, Merida; 16 January 2023; C. A. Benitez Rosado. Host: Tliltocatl epicureanus (Chamberlin), adult or subadult female. The wasp approached the partly paralyzed tarantula from its right side as it laid, dorsal side upward, on the ground. She walked over the tarantula, grasped its left hind patella with her mandibles, dragged it backwards for a short distance, and released it on the ground on its left side (Benitez Rosado 2023). Tliltocatl epicureanus is a new host species for Pepsis mildei (black-winged variant). Tliltocatl Mendoza and Francke is a common host genus for this black-winged variant of P. mildei in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico (Kurczewski et al. 2020).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF8FF741FF1405B699E7FC02.taxon	materials_examined	PUERTO RICO: Ponce; 20 June 2016; J. A. Torres. Host: Caribena laeta (C. L. Koch) (Theraphosidae), immature. The wasp straddled the paralyzed tarantula, venter to dorsum, as it laid on the leaf-littered ground (Torres 2016).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF8FF741FF14048D9F18F9EE.taxon	materials_examined	FRENCH GUIANA: Cayenne arrondissement, Kourou Commune; 1 October 2017; V. Fogliani. Host: Avicularia avicularia (Linnaeus) (Theraphosidae), adult male. After engaging and paralyzing the male tarantula, the wasp dragged the immobilized spider backwards through low vegetation, ventral side upward, grasping its ventral pedicel with her mandibles (Fogliani 2017). Avicularia avicularia is a first-time host record and new host family, genus, and species for Pepsis viridisetosa. The male spider wandered in search of a sexually receptive female in her arboreal tubular silken retreat on the side of a tree or human structure near a shaded forest. The wasp likely encountered the male in the aboveground vegetation. The male instinctively dropped to the ground to avoid capture with the wasp in pursuit (West, pers. obs.). FRENCH GUIANA: Kourou Commune, 40 km S on the bank of the Kourou River; 9 November 2019; F. and J. Launay. Host: Amazonicus germani Cifuentes and Bertani (Theraphosidae) (orange tree spider), subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula backwards up the side of a tree, ventral side upward, grasping the base of its right hindleg with her mandibles (Launay and Launay 2019; J. Launay, pers. comm.). This is the second host record and new host genus and species for Pepsis viridisetosa. The two host records we present for Avicularia avicularia indicates this pompilid hunts arboreal theraphosids in their tubular silken retreats on the sides of trees and among leafy foliage above ground. Pepsis viridis species-group (Vardy 2005)	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF8EF740FF1407B7991DFE62.taxon	materials_examined	MEXICO: Veracruz, Huatusco; 27 June 2020, 1143 CDT; G. U. Tejada Sartorius. Host: Cupiennius salei Keyserling (Trechaleidae), adult or subadult male. The wasp pursued the potential host spider on the ground through dense undergrowth (Tejada Sartorius 2020). Five of six host records for H. toussainti from Costa Rica and Mexico are for species of Ctenidae or Trechaleidae, including Cupiennius (Kurczewski et al. 2020). There is one other record of Cupiennius salei from Pueblo, Mexico (Kurczewski et al. 2020).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF8EF740FF1406AD9FD5FCBD.taxon	description	UTAH: Utah County, N of Eagle Mountain; 9 July 2020, 0945 MDT; K. Densley. Host: Agelenopsis sp. (Agelenidae), adult female (gravid). The wasp just dismounted and is grasping the grass spider by its left chelicera as they laid side-by-side on a concrete sidewalk or patio (Densley 2020). These are the first host records and new host family and subfamily for Priocnessus apache.	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF8EF740FF1404659F99FABC.taxon	description	Kurczewski and Kiernan (2015) reported eight host records for five different species of Agelenopsis Giebel (Agelenidae) for Priocnessus nebulosus, indicating a high degree of prey specificity. Sossipes floridanus (Lycosidae) is a new host family, genus, and species for P. nebulosus. Sossipus Simon is the only wolf spider (Lycosidae) genus that makes a sheet-web with a funnel-shaped retreat, similar to the funnel web of Agelenidae. Sossipus is apparently filling an ecological niche in certain areas in replacing Agelenopsis as host spider for P. nebulosus. The method of prey transport of P. nebulosus whereby the wasp straddles the spider, grasps its chelicera with her mandibles, and walks forward on the ground without amputating the prey’s legs at the coxa-trochanter joints is a highly unusual method in the Pompilidae (Evans and Yoshimoto 1962; Kurczewski 2010).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF8EF740FF14026798ABF8C5.taxon	description	This is the first host record and new host family, genus, and species for Priocnessus nuperus. KENTUCKY: Jessamine County, 4 km NW Wilmore; 31 July 2013; R. Miller. Host: Rabidosa punctulata (Hentz) (Lycosidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed wolf spider, dorsal side upward, across the ground, grasping the base of a chelicera with her mandibles, interspersed with periodic antenna examinations in the low grasses as the spider laid in a ventral side upward position (Miller 2023). This is the second host record for Rabidosa punctulata at a site a few miles from the first record. NORTH CAROLINA: Orange County, Brumley Nature Preserve North Section; June 2022; C. Darnell. Host: Agelenopsis sp. (Agelenidae), juvenile. The immobilized grass spider laid ventral side upward on a broad leaf above ground level. The wasp had just “ incapacitated ” it by stinging and is imbibing hemolymph from the sting puncture wound on the underside of its cephalothorax. The wasp is squeezing the underside of the spider’s cephalothorax with her mandibles to increase the amount of exuding hemolymph (Darnell 2022). This is a new host family and genus for Priocnessus nuperus.	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF8DF743FF1406AC9A37FC23.taxon	description	OHIO: Wyandot County, Harpster, Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area; 1317 EST; I. Adams. Host: Tigrosa helluo (Walckenaer) (Lycosidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp grasped the immobilized wolf spider by its right chelicera and, retaining this grasp, dragged it backwards through dense foliage (Adams 2020).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF8DF743FF1404EA9AB6FB5A.taxon	materials_examined	MEXICO: Baja California Sur State, La Paz; 17 September 2022, 0925 MDT; C. Lim. Host: Olios giganteus Keyserling (Sparassidae), adult or subadult female. A series of photographs shows the wasp (1) atop the dorsal side upward giant crab spider in a stinging posture; (2) examining the immobilized spider with her antennae as it lies, dorsal side upward, on the ground surface; and (3) dragging the spider, dorsal side upward, backwards across the ground, grasping its right chelicera with her mandibles (Lim 2022). This is only the second record of an Entypus unifasciatus californicus - Olios giganteus host association from the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico. Sparassidae is a rare host family (3.1 %) for Entypus unifasciatus (Kurczewski et al. 2022 a).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF8DF742FF1402449F24FE90.taxon	materials_examined	MEXICO: Sonora State, Agua Prieta / Cabullona; 9 July 2022, 1758 MST; H. D. Pinto Santana. Host: Syspira sp. (Miturgidae) [det. D. T. Candia Ramírez], adult female. Two photographs show the wasp examining the immobilized spider with her antennae as it laid dorsal side upward on the sand with its legs spread outward; and the wasp dragging the immobilized spider, dorsal side upward, backwards across sand and stones of a desert, grasping its left pedipalp with her mandibles (Pinto Santana 2022). Syspira sp. (Miturgidae) is an extremely rare host spider for Entypus unifasciatus cressoni with only two of 1087 (<0.2 %) E. unifasciatus host records for this spider genus, both from southern California deserts (Kurczewski et al. 2022 a). The genus Syspira Simon sorely needs taxonomic revision.	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF8DF743FF1407B79F19FE62.taxon	materials_examined	COLOMBIA: Magdalena State, Sana Marta County; 14 August 2023, 1130 AM; R. D. Wilcox. Host: Undescribed genus and species (Corinnidae) [det. R. C. West], adult or subadult female. The wasp grasped the immobilized spider by the base of its right chelicera with her mandibles and walked forward across the ground (Wilcox 2023).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF8CF742FF14061A99A4FDE8.taxon	materials_examined	COLOMBIA: Quindío State, La Tebaida County; 12 March 2023, 1414 PM; E. A. Rodriguez. Host: Phoneutria depilata (Strand) (Ctenidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp grasped the immobilized armed spider by its left chelicera and dragged it backwards, dorsal side upwards, through dense grasses. She paused during transport several times and examined the spider with her antennae (Rodriguez 2023).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF8CF742FF1405D29A67FC47.taxon	materials_examined	BRAZIL: Minas Gerais State, Lagoa Formosa; 1 July 2014, 1615 PM; L. Rabelo de Almeida. Host: Phoneutria nigriventer (Keyserling) (Ctenidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp stood beside and examined the immobilized Brazilian wandering spider with her antennae as it laid, dorsal side upward, on the ground (Rabelo de Almeida 2014). BRAZIL: Minas Gerais State, Lagoa Formosa; 29 November 2017, 1745 PM; L. Rabelo de Almeida. Host: Phoneutria nigriventer, adult or subadult female. The wasp stood next to and examined the immobilized Brazilian wandering spider with her antennae and mouthparts as it laid, dorsal side upward, on the ground and dragged it backwards, dorsal side upward, grasping its right chelicera with her mandibles (Rabelo de Almeida 2017). Phoneutria nigriventer (Ctenidae) is the first host record and new host family, genus, and species for Entypus velutinus.	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF8CF742FF1402429EA3F992.taxon	materials_examined	COLOMBIA: Risaralda Department. Marsella County, Belalcazar Municipality, Caldas; 24 January 2023, 1437 PM; J. D. Arango. Host: Strophaeus sp. (Barychelidae), juvenile. The wasp entered the spider’s burrow with the trapdoor partly open and must have enticed or chased the brush-footed trapdoor spider onto the ground surface whereupon she stung and immobilized it. The wasp then grasped the spider by its right hind coxa-trochanter joint with her mandibles and began dragging it backwards across the ground, possibly into its own burrow (Arango 2023 a).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF93F75DFF14067B993DFDCC.taxon	materials_examined	FRENCH GUIANA: Cayenne State, Matoury County; 30 July 2023, 1303 PM; C. Marty. Host: Macrinus sp. (Sparassidae), sex undetermined due to detached pedipalps. The wasp straddled the huntsman spider dorsal side upward, grasped its right chelicera with her mandibles, and proceeded forwarded across the ground (Fig. 4; Marty 2023). This is the first host record and new family and genus for Auplopus comparatus. Prey transport in Auplopus Spinola species is always forward and nearly always ventral side upward, the female grasping the spider’s spinnerets with her mandibles (Evans and Yoshimoto 1962; Kurczewski et al. 2020, 2022 b). Neotropical Auplopus diversity is large enough that divergent prey transport behavior is expected in some of the species, as in this observation of A. comparatus.	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF93F75DFF1405F49E67FCC3.taxon	materials_examined	COLOMBIA: Valle del Cauca Department, Cartago County; 23 February 2023; J. D. Arango. Host: Lyssomanes? viridis (Walckenaer) (Salticidae) (magnolia green jumper), adult or subadult female. The wasp held the delimbed paralyzed jumping spider, mainly by its pedicel, venter to venter, on the surface of a large leaf (Arango 2023 b).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF93F75DFF1404CB9EAAFBD7.taxon	materials_examined	PERU: Cusco Department, Manu National Park, Coche Cashu Biological Station; 25 October 2021; P. Bertner. Host: Unidentified species (Salticidae), adult or subadult species. The wasp straddled the immobilized jumping spider, ventral side upward, and grasped its spinnerets with her mandibles. She amputated all but the prey’s hindlegs at the coxa-trochanter joints to facilitate forward transport (Bertner 2021). This species was erroneously identified as Poecilopompilus mixtus (Fabricius) in Kurczewski et al. (2022 b).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF92F75CFF14061B9A51FD2D.taxon	materials_examined	COLOMBIA: Valle del Cauca Department, Cartago County; 17 July 2023, 1319 PM; J. D. Arango. Host: Undescribed species (Trechaleidae), immature. The wasp held the immobilized banana spider, dorsal side upward, grasping its left chelicera with her mandibles as she walked forward across dried leaves (Arango 2023 e). COLOMBIA: Valle del Cauca Department, Cartago County; 3 August 2023, 1456 PM; J. D. Arango. Host: Undescribed species (Trechaleidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp straddled the immobilized banana spider, ventral side upward, and grasped its spinnerets with her mandibles as she walked up the vertical substrate (Arango 2023 f). These are the first two host records and new host family, genus, and species for Ageniella (Ameragenia) sanguinolenta.	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF92F75CFF1403729F5FFAE4.taxon	description	Pimoa curvata (Pimoidae) represents a new host family, genus, and species for Agenioideus (Agenioideus) humilis. Pimoidae is a first-time host spider family for the family Pompilidae. The recently reassigned host family Pimoidae Wunderlich is closely related to the family Linyphiidae Blackwall. Linyphiidae is a host family of Agenioideus (Agenioideus) sericeus (Vander Linden) in Europe (Gros and Durand 2013).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF92F75CFF14047E9AD4FC4A.taxon	materials_examined	BRAZIL: Mato Grosso State, Nova Ubiratã; 16 November 2021; A. G. Medina. Host: Unidentified species (Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae), immature. The wasp dragged the paralyzed immature tarantula backwards on the ground, left side upward, grasping the base of its rear leg with her mandibles (Fig. 6; Medina 2021). Unidentified theraphosine tarantula is the first host record and new host family and subfamily for the tropical genus Aridestus Banks.	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF92F75CFF14022C9E91F961.taxon	description	ILLINOIS: Lake County, Illinois Beach State Park; 31 July 2020; S. Ivanov. Host: Unidentified species (Salticidae), adult or subadult female (wasp, 12 mm). The wasp rested on a broadleaf, above ground level, and grasped the jumping spider, dorsal side upward, by the base of a chelicera with her mandibles (Ivanov 2020).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF92F75FFF1401A89F36FED4.taxon	description	The nominate subspecies, Episyron b. biguttatus, has been host-associated with species of Neoscona several times (Evans and Yoshimoto 1962; Krombein 1979; Kurczewski and Edwards 2012; Kurczewski et al. 2017). Neoscona arabesca is a new host species for Episyon biguttatus californicus, although N. oaxacensis (Keyserling) is a previous congeneric host record from California (Kurczewski et al. 2017).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF91F75FFF1406DC9FEAFD0E.taxon	materials_examined	PERU: Huánuco Region, Puerto Inca Province, Panguana Conservation Area; 21 September 2022, 1624 – 1700 PM; D. Schulten. Host: Alpaida bicornuta (Taczanowski) (Araneidae), adult female, ~ 8 – 9 mm. The wasp grasped the immobilized spider by the base of its first or second right leg with her mandibles and, holding it in a perpendicular position, dragged it backwards across the ground, eventually releasing it dorsal side upward in the entrance (Schulten 2022).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF91F75FFF1405B69910FC46.taxon	materials_examined	CANADA: Saskatchewan Province, Division No. 18; 10 June 2023; 1525 CST; L. Mikolayenko. Host: Araneus gemmoides Chamberlin and Ivie (Araneidae), adult female. The wasp grasped two long thin leaves with its tarsi, above ground level, while holding the immobilized orb-weaver, dorsal side upward, by the base of its left forecoxa with her mandibles (Fig. 13; Mikolayenko 2023).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF91F75FFF14034E993BF897.taxon	materials_examined	BRAZIL: Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Universidade de Brasilia, Campus Darcy Riberio; 26 February 2022; J. P. F. T. Cavalcanti. Host: Araneus horizonte Levi (Araneidae), adult female. Capture and immobilization of the host spider was not seen. The wasp cached the paralyzed spider, dorsal side upward with legs spread, on a large broad leaf, many centimeters above the ground. She walked around the spider with wings raised at> 45 ° angle, cleaned her face and mouthparts as they extended downward, and cleaned her stinger with her hind tarsi. She flew to the ground and began loosening the reddish soil surface with her mandibles and moving the soil backwards using her forelegs alternately, depositing the soil in front of the excavation. She continued to use her mandibles considerably to loosen the soil as she dug deeper and raked the soil backwards with the forelegs moving alternately, holding her wings at a 45 ° angle as she backed from the opening. After several minutes of digging, she paused and flew to the immobilized spider, then to the ground surface holding the orb-weaver, and, without hesitation, dragged it rapidly backwards across the ground and released it on the ground near her burrow, keeping her wings raised at a> 45 ° angle. During transport she held the spider dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its third right leg with her mandibles. She entered and re-inspected the burrow, emerged quickly, grasped the spider with her mandibles by the tibia of its third right leg and pulled it downward into the burrow. It is likely that the wasp grasped the spider by its spinnerets to pull it further down and into the ovoid cell. After several minutes, the wasp appeared headfirst in the burrow as she flung soil backward into the opening, using her forelegs alternately. She finished the nest closure by vigorously hammering the soil fill with the apex of her metanotum, her entire body and wings shaking vigorously in the process (Cavalcanti 2022 a, b, c, d). Araneus horizonte is a new host family, genus, and species for Poecilopompilus costatus. Martins (1991) reported P. algidus fervidus capturing and provisioning nests with Trichonephila clavipes (Linnaeus) (Nephilidae) in June and Parawixia sp., Argiope argentata Linnaeus, and Araneus sp. (all Araneidae) later in the year at Rio Claro, São Paulo State, Brazil.	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF97F759FF1407B49888FD2C.taxon	materials_examined	ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires Province, Magdalena; 4 December 2022, 3: 06 PM; M. Arregui. Host: Araneus lathyrinus (Holmberg) (Araneidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp stood on a leaf above ground level grasping the immobilized orb-weaver by the base of its left foreleg with her mandibles, retaining it in a perpendicular position (Fig. 14; Arregui 2023). This is the first host record for Poecilopompilus costatus oenochrous, Araneus lathyrinus, which is the typical host spider family for most species in this genus (Kurczewski et al. 2020, 2022 b). ARGENTINA: Santa Fe Province, Nueve de Julio County; 3 March 2023, 1703 PM; I. M. Churruarin. Host: Ocrepeira venustula (Keyserling) (Araneidae), adult female. The wasp, clinging upside down to an upright narrow stem, held the orb-weaver cephalothorax upward, grasping the base of its left foreleg with her mandibles (Churruarin 2023). Ocrepeira venustula (Keyserling) (Araneidae) is a new host genus and species for Poecilopompilus costatus oenochrous. This is the second host record for P. costatus oenochrous.	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF97F759FF1405949F69FC64.taxon	materials_examined	PARAGUAY: Guairá State, Independencia District, Salto Suizo; 12 March 2023, 1410 PM; A. Berger. Host: Misumenops sp. (Thomisidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed crab spider backwards, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its left foreleg with her mandibles. She kept her wings raised at more than a 45 ° angle to her body during transport (Berger 2023).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF97F759FF1404AC9A69FAE0.taxon	materials_examined	ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires Province, Fatima; 26 December 2022, 1109 AM; I. Laravidal. Host: Parawixia audax (Blackwall) (Araneidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp grasped the immobilized orb-weaver by the base of its third left leg with her mandibles. She raised and kept her wings at a> 45 ° angle during backward prey transport (Laravidal 2022). BRAZIL: Mato Grosso State, Cotriguaçu, Fazenda São Nicolau; 3 September 2019, 1644 PM; A. Hopkins. Host: Parawixia sp. (Araneidae), adult female. The wasp stood beside the immobilized orb-weaver, with raised wings, as the spider laid dorsal side upward atop a fallen log (Hopkins 2019). Parawixia audax and P. sp. (Araneidae) are the first host records and new genus and species for Poecilopompilus fervidus.	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF97F758FF1400669A66FED5.taxon	materials_examined	PANAMA: Herrera Province, Patria District, Patria; 28 May 2021; A. D. Ortiz. Host: Cyrtophora citricola (Forskål) tent-web spider as it laid dorsal side upward on low vegetation above the ground. She later grasped the spider, ventral side upward, by its foreleg with her mandibles while still on vegetation to move it elsewhere (Ortiz 2021).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF96F758FF1406DC99DCF940.taxon	materials_examined	BRAZIL: Rio Grande do Sul State, São Martinho da Serra; 2 February 2009, 1948 EST; P. Reck. Host: Misumenops callinurus Mello-Leitão (Thomisidae), adult female. The wasp examined the immobilized crab spider with its antennae and mouthparts as it laid dorsal side upward on a large rock. She grasped the spider by its right pedipalp or chelicera with her mandibles, dorsal side upward, and dragged it backwards across the ground (Reck 2009). Misumenops callinurus is a new host species and uncommon family for Poecilopompilus mixtus. Poecilopompilus mixtus is unusual among congeners in provisioning nests with immobilized Araneidae or Thomisidae in Brazil, Costa Rica, and Dominican Republic (Kurczewski et al. 2022 b). BRAZIL: São Paulo State, São Sebastião da Grama; 27 March 2023; P. L. C. Dias. Host: Nephilingis cruentata (Fabricius) (Araneidae) (African hermit spider), immature. The wasp stood on the ground holding the paralyzed African hermit spider, ventral side upward, grasping its chelicera with her mandibles. The wasp would have found this introduced and established species of spider in its arboreal web, engaged it, and chased it to the ground. (Dias 2023). Nephilingis cruentata is a new host araneid genus and species for Poecilopompilus mixtus. COLOMBIA: Cundinamarca Department, Tena Municipality; 17 July 2022, 1247 PM; D. Amaya. Host:? Wagneriana sp. (Araneidae), adult female. The wasp grasped the immobilized orb-weaver by its left forecoxa-trochanter joint with her mandibles and walked backwards through a tangle of grasses, holding the spider in a cephalothorax upward position (Amaya 2022).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF96F758FF1406DC99DCF940.taxon	materials_examined	COLOMBIA: Valle de Cauca Department, Cartago; 4, 8 June 2023, 1323 – 1700 PM; J. D. Arango. Host: Metazygia laticeps (O. P. - Cambridge) (Araneidae), adult male. The wasp stood atop the surface of a leaf holding the paralyzed orb-weaver, left side upright, grasping the coxal joint of its left foreleg with her mandibles and stood over the immobilized male orb-weaver as it laid ventral side upward (Arango 2023 c). Metazygia laticeps is a new host species for Poecilopompilus mixtus. COSTA RICA: Alajuela Province, San Ramón, Soltis Center; 9 May 2022; S. Marshall. Host: Eustala sp. (Araneidae) [det. C. Viquez], adult female. There are three photographs of this wasp with an immobilized orb-weaver on a broad leaf plant above ground level. The wasp’s wings are held upward at a 45 – 60 ° angle above her dorsum. The smaller orb-weaver is retained ventral side upward or on its left or right side. In the first photograph, the wasp is lapping up regurgitated fluid from the spider’s mouthparts using her own mouthparts. The second and third photographs show the wasp grasping the coxa-trochanter joint of the spider’s left foreleg or second left leg with her mandibles (Marshal 2022; S. Marshall, pers. comm.).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF96F758FF1406DC99DCF940.taxon	materials_examined	HAITI: Ouest Department, Croix-des-Bouquets Arrondissement, Thomazeau Commune; 11 January 2015; R. Durocher. Host: Metazygia? gregalis (O. P. - Cambridge) (Araneidae) [det. R. C. West, A. Tosto], adult female. The wasp stood beside the paralyzed orb-weaver as it laid, dorsal side upward, on low grasses (Durocher 2015). Metazygia? gregalis, a new host genus and species for P. mixtus from Haiti, was the correct host but wrong location information in Kurczewski et al. (2022 b).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF96F75AFF14004B98ABFBD8.taxon	description	This is the first host record for T. ferrugineus for the family Amaurobiidae of ~ 3000 Western Hemisphere host records (Kurczewski, pers. obs.). Amaurobius ferox is usually found near man-made structures. The host spider prefers dark areas, such as underneath logs or inside cellars, and often lives in moist, shaded crevices underneath stones or dilapidated walls. Tachypompilus ferrugineus frequently nests in openings in man-made structures (Kurczewski 2022 a). NEW YORK: Kings County, Brooklyn, Greenwood Heights; 17 August 2022; 1354 – 1414 EDT; M. Wills. Host: Tigrosa helluo (Walckenaer) (Lycosidae) [det. G. B. Edwards], subadult female and juvenile. The first wasp pulled the much smaller T. helluo backwards up and over a 1.5 m-high tombstone and disappeared into a shrub behind it. She grasped the spider by it right fore patella with her mandibles while retaining it dorsal side upward throughout the transport. This wasp was twice the body length of the juvenile spider. Twenty minutes later and 70 m away, another wasp attacked and stung a much larger T. helluo of equal size, ~ 20 mm long. She stood on her mid- and hindlegs, positioned her entire abdomen underneath her head and thorax, and stung the spider several times in the underside of its abdomen. The spider staggered away in partial paralysis, probably because it was stung in its abdomen instead of the usual place, in the underside of the cephalothorax near the leg bases. The wasp flew away as the spider continued to walk around in a sluggish manner (Wills 2022 a, b, c, d). Tigrosa helluo (Lycosidae) is not a new host record for Tachypompilus ferrugineus (Kurczewski et al. 2022). However, the observations of the wasps and host spiders were so unusual that they were deemed recordable. Kurczewski (1989) reported on an aggregation of T. ferrugineus that was capturing wolf spiders and nesting underneath an upright cemetery monument in Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, NY. NORTH CAROLINA: Stokes County, Meadows; 12 August 2023; 1920 EDT; C. Hicks. Host: Agelenopsis naevia (Walckenaer) (Agelenidae), adult male. The wasp grasped the grass or funnel-weaver spider by its left or right pedipalp with her mandibles and dragged it backwards across mostly barren ground (Hicks 2023). This is the first T. ferrugineus host record for Agelenidae from the eastern United States. Agelenidae is a very rare host spider family for T. ferrugineus. We are aware of only five Agelenopsis (Agelenidae) host records of ~ 3000 total host records for this Western Hemisphere spider wasp species, all others being from the western U. S. and Mexico (Kurczewski et al. 2022 a, pers. obs.). VIRGINIA: Henrico County, near Richmond; 21 July 2022, 1056 EDT; A. Harris. Host: Agelenopsis Giebel, Calilena Chamberlin and Ivie, or Melpomene O. Pickard-Cambridge sp. [det. R. Bradley], adult or subadult female. The wasp grasped the grass spider by its right pedipalp with her mandibles and, maintaining it dorsal side upward, dragged it backwards across the ground, stones, pavement, and dried leaves (Harris 2022). This is only the second agelenid host record for T. ferrugineus from the eastern United States of ~ 3000 host records for this spider wasp species (Kurczewski, pers. obs.).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF96F75AFF14004B98ABFBD8.taxon	materials_examined	BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro State, Itatiaia County; 9 November 2011. 1220 PM; P. Romano, Host: Enoploctenus cyclothorax (Bertkau) (Ctenidae) [det. R. Bertani], adult or subadult female. The wasp grasped the left pedipalp of the wandering spider with her mandibles and, maintaining it dorsal side upward, pulled it backwards across a concrete patio or sidewalk (Romano 2011). This is the third host record for Enoploctenus cyclothorax of ~ 3000 total host records for Tachypompilus ferrugineus in the Western Hemisphere. Both males and females of E. cyclothorax are captured (Kurczewski 2022 b). BRAZIL: Santa Catarina State, Garopaba County; 20 January 2023, 1647 PM; L. Zanella. Host: Phoneutria keyserlingi (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge) (Ctenidae), adult female. The wasp examined the immobilized armed spi- der with her antennae from several different positions as it laid on the sand dorsal side upward. She attempted to drag the very large spider backwards across the ground, dorsal side upward, by grasping its left chelicera or left pedipalp with her mandibles. She may have been unable to transport the much larger spider because of its overwhelming size and weight as it continued to lie on the sand (Zanella 2023). There is one other host record for Phoneutria keyserlingi by Tachypompilus ferrugineus in Brazil (Kurczewski et al. 2022 a). The genus Phoneutria Perty is a predominant host genus of T. ferrugineus in Brazil (Kurczewki et al. 2022 a). ECUADOR: Pastaza Province, Pastaza Canton; 27 November 2004, 1116 AM; S. H. BrØndum. Host: Sadala? rufa (Keyserling) (Sparassidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp walked backwards up a tree trunk, grasping the left pedipalp of the huntsman spider with her mandibles while retaining it in a dorsal side upward position (BrØndum 2004). Sadala? rufa (Sparassidae) is a new host genus and species for T. ferrugineus. Tachypompilus ferrugineus is polyphagous in host selection, capturing mainly lycosoid spiders (Lycosidae, Pisauridae, Trechaleidae, Ctenidae) and, rarely, other cursorial hunting spiders. Sparassidae constituted the host family for T. ferrugineus in only 36 (1.6 %) of 2300 host records (Kurczewski et al. 2022 a). MEXICO: Chihuahua State, Satevó Municipality; 5 July 2022, 1936 MDT; R. Torres. Host: Olios giganteus Keyserling (Sparassidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp grasped the immobilized huntsman spider by its left pedipalp with her mandibles and, retaining it dorsal side upward, walked backwards across a concrete ledge (Torres 2022).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF96F75AFF14004B98ABFBD8.taxon	materials_examined	MEXICO: Colima State, Comala; 1 March 2023; C. Joel. Host: Selenops actophilus Chamberlin (Selenopidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp straddled the wall crab spider, venter to dorsum, and stung it near its right chelicera and pedipalp. She dismounted and walked around the paralyzed spider, periodically examining it with her antennae, as it laid dorsal side upward on the ground (Castillo 2023).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF96F75AFF14004B98ABFBD8.taxon	materials_examined	MEXICO: Michoacán State, Morelia; 2 July 2022, 1840 CDT; M. Riensche. Host: Zorocrates fuscus Simon (Zoropsidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp grasped the immobilized false wolf spider, dorsal side upward, by the tibia of its left foreleg and pulled it backwards across bare soil and a sidewalk (Riensche 2022). Previous records for Zorocrates fuscus as host spider of T. ferrugineus from Mexico are from the States of Guanajuato, México, and Oaxaca (Kurczewski et al. 2020, 2022 b).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF94F75AFF1403C39A26FA31.taxon	materials_examined	PERU: Ancash Region, Huaylas Province, 2 km N Caraz; 17 October 2022; J. Ubillas. Host: Unidentified genus and species (Theraphosidae, Ischnocolinae), adult or subadult female. The wasp walked backwards on the ground with the tarantula, grasping the base of the spider’s right foreleg with her mandibles (Ubillas 2022). Theraphosidae and Ischnocolinae are a surprisingly new host family and subfamily for Tachypompilus pallidus and the second record of the use of a mygalomorph spider for this spider wasp genus (Kurczewski et al. 2022 b).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF94F75AFF1402F99A77F8D1.taxon	materials_examined	COLOMBIA: Nariño Department, Samaniego; 23 September 2023. 11: 22 PM?; N. Jimenez. Host: Unidentified Sparassidae [det. G. B. Edwards], adult or subadult female. The wasp grasped the immobilized huntsman spider by the end of its left pedipalp with her mandibles, and maintaining it dorsal side upward, pulled it up a stucco wall (Jimenez 2023).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF94F75AFF1402F99A77F8D1.taxon	materials_examined	MEXICO, Jalisco State, Tolimán; 5 August 2023, 1343 CDT; A. Bastian. Host: Loxosceles? colima Gertsch (Sicariidae), adult male. The wasp grasped the immobilized recluse spider by its right fore trochanter with her mandibles and pulled it backwards up a vertical stucco wall (Bastian 2023).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF9BF755FF1402CB9921F9D7.taxon	materials_examined	BRAZIL: Amazonas State, Iranduba; 31 December 2022; R. F. Sobreiro. Host: Unidentified species (Theraphosidae), immature. The wasp dragged the paralyzed immature tarantula up the side of a tree, venter to dorsum, grasping its left foreleg with her mandibles (Sobreiro 2022). The unidentified tarantula represents the first host record and new family, genus, and species for Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus)? vividus.	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF9BF755FF1405D398C2FB8B.taxon	description	Until recently, Anoplius carolina was reportedly host specific only on species of Amaurobiidae (Evans 1951; Evans and Yoshimoto 1962; Krombein 1979; Kurczewski and Kiernan 2015; Kurczewski et al. 2017). Then, Kurczewski and West (In Rev.) surprisingly recorded Anoplius carolina with an immobilized trapdoor spider, Antrodiaetus unicolor (Hentz) complex (Antrodiaetidae). Trachelas tranquillas (Trachelidae) is yet another new family, genus, and species for this primarily deciduous forest spider wasp.	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF9BF755FF1403339E05FAC3.taxon	materials_examined	BRAZIL: Minas Gerais State, Diamantina; 22 July 2023, 1353 PM; A. Ferreira Righi. Host: Pavocosa sp. (Lycosidae), adult or subadult male. The wasp grasped the third left coxa of the immobilized wolf spider with her mandibles and dragged in across bare ground, retaining the spider in a perpendicular position relative to the wasp’s body position (Fig. 16; Ferreira Righi 2023). This is the second host record and new host family, genus, and species for Anoplius triquetrus. The first observation of A. triquetrus implicated the host spider as being an unidentified species of Pisauridae (fishing spider) (Rapoza et al. 2019). Lycosidae and Pisauridae are both families in the superfamily Lycosoidea.	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF9BF755FF1407B49A07FDEB.taxon	materials_examined	BRAZIL: Minas Gerais State; Itambacuri; 12 August 2021; P. Aranã. Host: Polybetes? pythagoricus (Holmberg) (Sparassidae), adult or subadult female. A series of photographs show the wasp positioned in front of the paralyzed huntsman spider as it laid, dorsal side upward, on a fallen leaf and, then, dragging the huntsman spider off the leaf and over low ground vegetation, dorsal side upward, grasping its right pedipalp with her mandibles (Fig. 15; Aranã 2021).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF9AF754FF14063A9FDAFCB3.taxon	description	The family Cybaeidae is reported for the first time as a pompilid host spider. Species of Calymmaria are common in cool, damp forests of the West Coast, and their webs can be found along streams (Heiss 2004). Anoplius imbellis is particularly abundant on the West Coast (Wasbauer and Kimsey 1985). This spider wasp is quite small, averaging 7.5 (5 – 10) mm long (Evans 1951). The typical host spider of A. imbellis, Pardosa ramulosa McCook, lives near water and hunts aquatic insects. Anoplius imbellis hunts this spider along the margins of still water. Species of Pardosa C. L. Koch have long legs and are called “ thin-legged wolf spiders. ” Calymmaria Chamberlin and Ivie also has long legs and wandering males may visually resemble Pardosa ramulosa.	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF9AF754FF1403119E90F911.taxon	materials_examined	MEXICO: Morelos State, Cuernavaca; 5 November 2022, 1532 CST; M. Schmidt and G. Born-Schmidt. Host: Curicaberis minax (O. Pickard-Cambridge) (Sparassidae), penultimate male. The wasp grasped the immobilized giant crab spider by the base of its right pedipalp or base of left foreleg with her mandibles and, maintaining it in an upright or dorsal side upward position, dragged it backwards across a large rock (Fig. 17; Schmidt and Born-Schmidt 2022). There are two prior host records for Xerochares expulsus, Olios giganteus (Keyserling), juvenile, and Curicaberis? culiacan Rheims, adult female (both Sparassidae) (Kurczewski et al. 2022 b). The wasp with Curicaberis? culiacan also grasped the immobilized spider’s pedipalp with her mandibles during transport, whereas the wasp with the larger Olios giganteus grasped the trochanter of its left foreleg with her mandibles during transport (Kurczewski et al. 2022 b). MEXICO: Sonora State, Álamos Municipality; 19 January 2023, 1253 MST; J. Gorey. Host: Curicaberis abnormis (Keyserling), adult female. The wasp stood atop the immobilized huntsman spider and examined it with her antennae as it laid, dorsal side upward, on leaf litter. She, then, grasped the spider by its left chelicera with her mandibles and started to drag it backwards, dorsal side upward, through the duff (Gorey 2023). Curicaberis abnormis is a new host species for Xerochares expulsus. This is the third host record of the genus Curicaberis Rheims for X. expulsus, all from Mexico (Kurczewski et al. 2022). The four known host records reported for X. expulsus are for species of Sparassidae (huntsman or giant crab spiders) (Kurczewski et al. 2022 b).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF9AF757FF1401999F54FD9F.taxon	materials_examined	COLOMBIA: Magdalena State, Santa Marta; 18 February 2023, 1252 PM; R. de Minca. Host: Unidentified species (Ctenidae), adult female. The wasp examined the wandering spider with her mouthparts as it laid ventral side upward on the ground surface. She then lapped up hemolymph from the sting puncture wound near the base of the spider’s left hind leg. She transported the spider backwards across the bare ground in a cephalothorax upright position, grasping it’s left hind coxa with her mandibles (De Minca 2023).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF99F757FF1402A49E1BF896.taxon	materials_examined	BOLIVIA: La Paz Department, Ingavi Province, Tiwanaku; 23 January 2023; F. Romano and N. A. Marting Vidarre. Host: Hogna? rufimanoides (Strand) (Lycosidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp pulled the wolf spi- der across the ground in an upright position, grasping its ventral coxal area with her mandibles (Fig. 18; Romano and Marting Vidaurre 2023). PERU: Puno Region, Puno Province; 13 November 2013; S. Littledale. Host: Hogna? rufimanoides (Strand) (Lycosidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp examined the paralyzed wolf spider with her antennae as it laid ventral side upward with legs spread laterally on the ground (Littledale 2022). These are the first host records and new family, genus, and species for Arachnospila titicacaensis.	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF99F757FF14032B9AA0FA7D.taxon	materials_examined	ARGENTINA: Mendoza Province, Las Heras; 24 August 2022, 2: 54 PM; D. Ganime. Host: Lycosa erythrognatha Lucas (Lycosidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp grasped the immobilized wolf spider by the base of its left pedipalp with her mandibles and pulled it backwards, dorsal side upward, across stones and large rocks. She interrupted prey transport to move into grasses to groom herself before resuming transport of the spider (Ganime 2022). This is the first host record and new host family, genus, and species for Arachnospila trochilinus, if it is that species. The host spider is the same as for A. imitatrix, Lycosa erythrognatha, reported simply as? Lycosa sp. (Kurczewski et al. 2020). In that paper, the wasp captor was erroneously reported as Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) sobrinus (Spinola).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF98F756FF1407B49FC3FE62.taxon	materials_examined	PERU: San Martín Province, Tarapoto; 22 October 2022, 1135 AM; M. Montag. Host: Enoploctenus sp. (Ctenidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp stood beside the immobilized wandering spider as it laid dorsal aide upward with legs spread laterally on a large leaf. She then straddled the spider headfirst and grasped its left pedipalp or chelicera with her mandibles (Montag 2022).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF98F756FF1406AD9853FD5B.taxon	materials_examined	BRAZIL: Mato Grosso State, Alta Floresta; 12 August 2022; J. C. Sullivan. Host: Fufius sp. (Cyrtaucheniidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp grasped the wafer trapdoor spider near the end of its left pedipalp with her mandibles, straddled it dorsal side upward, and walked forward, using its wings for added thrust (Sullivan 2022).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
FA37986CFF98F756FF140443986AFB93.taxon	materials_examined	ECUADOR: El Oro Province, Piñas, Reserva Buenaventura, Umbrellabird Lodge; 10 February 2023; J. Higgott. Host: Ctenus sp., adult or subadult female. The wasp straddled the wandering spider, its body being perpendicular to that of the spider, as she stung it in its cephalothorax between the bases of its left foreleg and second leg. The spider stood on the ground, dorsal side upward, as it was being stung (Higgott 2023).	en	Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia (2024): New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 2024 (34): 1-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10793331
