Pepsis terminata Dahlbom, 1843

Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia & Pitts, James P., 2022, Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), Insecta Mundi 2022 (928), pp. 1-32 : 4-5

Pepsis terminata Dahlbom

BRAZIL: Minas Gerais State, Lassance, Harmony Farm; 21 November 2017; M. A. F. Malacco. Host:? Idiops sp. (Idiopidae) [det. R. Bertani, IBB, São Paulo, Brazil], adult or subadult female. The wasp stood over the immobilized armored trapdoor spider as it laid ventral side upward on the ground ( Malacco 2017).

BRAZIL: Pernambuco State, Buíque; 28 August 2020, 1544 EDT; C. Avenengo. Host: Acanthoscurria ? natalensis Chamberlin ( Theraphosidae ), adult male [det. R. Bertani,]. The wasp grasped the Natal brown birdeater by the base of the femur of its right foreleg with her mandibles and dragged it, dorsal side upward, across the ground ( Avenengo 2020).

COLOMBIA: Tolima Department, Ibagué, Vereda El Gallo trail; 27 April 2017; A. R. Reinoso. Host: Pamphobeteus sp. (Theraphosidae) , adult or subadult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed tarantula backwards across the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its pedipalp with her mandibles ( Reinoso 2017).

ST. LUCIA: Praslin Quarter, 1 km NW Praslin; 10 June 2007; J. LaPergola. Host: Tapinauchenius polybote Hüsser (Theraphosidae) , adult female. The wasp examined the immobilized tarantula with her mouthparts and antennae as it laid, dorsal side upward, on the bare ground ( LaPergola 2007).