Poecilopompilus algidus (Smith)

FL: Volusia County, New Smyrna Beach; 27 August 2015; T. Valle (nsbskatepark). Host: Araneus cf cavaticus (Keyserling) (Barn orbweaver) ( Araneidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed barn orbweaver backwards on the ground, ventral side upward, grasping its left hind coxa with her mandibles (Valle 2015).

: State of S„o Paulo, Rio Claro, Horto Florestal Edmundo Navarro de Andrade; 11 March 1976; F. A. Matthiesen. Host: Trichonephila clavipes (Linnaeus) (Golden silk orbweaver) ( Araneidae), subadult female. The wasp was collected with the host spider and deposited in the S„o Paulo State University (UNESP) entomological collection (V. Ghirotto, UNESP, S„o Paulo, Brazil, 2018 pers. comm.) .