Sericopompilus neotropicalis (Cameron)

NM: De Baca County, east side of Lake Sumner, off Hwy US-84; 2 August 2019; C. McKenzie (mckcolin). Host: Neoscona oaxacensis (Keyserling) (Western garden orbweaver) ( Araneidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp held the paralyzed orbweaver on a branch, ventral side upward, grasping its chelicera with her mandibles (McKenzie 2019).