Anoplius (Notiochares) amethystinus amethystinus (Fabricius)

Kurczewski, Frank E., West, Rick C., Waichert, Cecilia, Kissane, Kelly C., Ubick, Darrell & Pitts, James P., 2020, New and unusual host records for North American and South American spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), Zootaxa 4891 (1), pp. 1-112 : 56

Anoplius (Notiochares) amethystinus amethystinus (Fabricius)

COSTA RICA: Puntarenas Province, Oso Peninsula, Corcovado National Park, Sirena Biological Station ; 28 July 2017; C. A. Perez. Host:? Hogna sp., adult or subadult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed wolf spider into the spider’s retreat or a previously prepared nest cell, grasping its right coxa with her mandibles ( Perez 2017) .

PERU: Department of Loreto, Iquitos, Quistococha ; 18 November 2019; D. Fenolio. Host: Unidentified species ( Ctenidae ), adult or subadult female. Two photographs show the wasp standing over the paralyzed wandering spider as it laid on the ground, dorsal side upward (D. Fenolio, San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, TX, 2019 pers. comm.) .