Pepsis ruficornis (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 : 21

Pepsis ruficornis (Fabricius)

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: Tortola , 1 km SE of Chalwell; 22 November 2019; D. Lichota (dlichota). Host:? Cyrtopholis sp., adult or subadult female. The wasp stood by the paralyzed tarantula as it laid on the ground, ventral side upward ( Lichota 2019) .

CUBA: Pinar del Río Province, Viñales Valley ; posted 13 January 2017; C. Ó. Fathaigh. Host: Phormictopus sp., adult or subadult female. The wasp stood near the paralyzed tarantula as it laid on the ground, dorsal side upward, and examined it with her antennae ( Fathaigh 2017) .

GUADELOUPE: Guadeloupe National Park, Massif de la Soufrière: March 2014; S. Pédurthe. Host: Holothele cf sulfurensis Maréchal ( Theraphosidae ), adult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its right foreleg with her mandibles ( Pédurthe 2014).

GUADELOUPE: La Soufrière; 22 September 2016; Groupe d’Etude des Arachnides. Host : Holothele cf sulfurensis, adult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping its left forecoxa with her mandibles (Groupe d’Etude des Arachnides 2016) .