Pepsis completa Smith, 1855

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 : 5-6

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6533498
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:48EC3DE6-45D1-40E2-8C4D-2D8788058CAC
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6533508
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AA87D0-FFF3-FF9B-FF71-F92CFB525651
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Pepsis completa Smith
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Treatment

Pepsis completa Smith View in CoL

BRAZIL: São Paulo State, Salto, Parque de Lavras; 21 October 2015; C. Carlinhos. Host: Unidentified species ( Pycnothelidae ), adult or subadult female [det. R. Bertani]. The wasp grasped the immobilized spider by the base of its left hindfemur with her mandibles as it laid ventral side upward on the ground. She also stood next to the paralyzed spider as it laid on the ground on its left side ( Carlinhos 2015a, 2015b).

BRAZIL: Sergipe State, Ribeirópolis ; 21 November 2021; Í. Lorran. Host: Unidentified genus/species ( Nemesiidae ), adult or subadult female. A series of photographs shows the wasp examining the paralyzed funnel-web trapdoor spider with her antennae as it laid on its right side on the ground ( Lorran 2021)