Pepsis equestris Erichson

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 : 10

Pepsis equestris Erichson

VENEZUELA: Falcon State, Coro; 8 March 2011; E. Petit. Host: Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens (Strand) (Greenbottle blue tarantula) ( Theraphosidae ), juvenile. The wasp grasped the paralyzed tarantula by the base of its right forecoxa with her mandibles and pulled the spider backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward ( Petit 2011).

VENEZUELA: Falcon State, Paraguana Peninsula, Judibana ; 20 January 2014; X. Guerrero (@xionland). Host: Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens , juvenile. The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula backwards on the ground by the base of its left forecoxa, dorsal side upward, grasping it with her mandibles ( Guerrero 2014) .