Tachypompilus mendozae (Dalla Torre)

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 : 51-53

Tachypompilus mendozae (Dalla Torre)

ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires Province, Buenos Aires Metropolitan Region ; 22 March 2009; C. Borasit. Host: Lycosa erythrognatha , subadult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed wolf spider backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the patella of its 1 st or 2 nd left leg with her mandibles ( Borasit 2009) .

ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires Province, Buenos Aires Metropolitan Region; posted 3 November 2016; Bicho del Cesto 123. Host: Lycosa sp., adult or subadult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed wolf spider backwards up and over the top of a vertical brick wall, dorsal side upward, grasping its left pedipalp with her mandibles ( Bicho del Cestro 123 2016a) .

ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires Province, Buenos Aires Metropolitan Region; posted 3 November 2016; Bicho del Cesto 123. Host: Lycosa sp., adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed wolf spider backwards on the ground, dorsal side upwards, grasping its right foreleg with her mandibles, before dropping and re-grasping its right pedipalp and pulling the spider along the vertical base of an adobe wall ( Bicho del Cestro 123 2016b) .

ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires Province, Buenos Aires Metropolitan Region ; 31 January 2018; M. Guardia (mariel. guardia). Host: Lycosa sp., adult or subadult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed wolf spider up a vertical wall, dorsal side upward, grasping its right pedipalp with her mandibles ( Guardia 2018) .

ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires Province, Dique Luján ; 29 October 2017; L. Rubio. Host: Lycosa erythrognatha , adult or subadult female. The wasp stood near the paralyzed wolf spider as it laid on the ground on its left side ( Rubio 2017b) .

ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires Province, La Plata; 13 January 2008; T. Duca. Host: Unidentified species ( Lycosidae ), adult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed wolf spider backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping its chelicerae with her mandibles ( Duca 2008) .

ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires Province, La Plata ; 28 November 2011; U. Marziali. Host: Unidentified species ( Lycosidae ), adult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed wolf spider backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping its left pedipalp with her mandibles ( Marziali 2011) .

ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires Province, La Plata, City Bell; 11 January 2015; R. Battaglia. Host: Unidentified species ( Lycosidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed wolf spider backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the patella of its left foreleg with her mandibles ( Battaglia 2015) .

ARGENTINA: Córdoba Province, Córdoba; 21 May 2018; L. Rodriguez (@lucianarodriguezfotografias). Host: Lycosa cf erythrognatha , adult or subadult female. The wasp stood near the paralyzed wolf spider, dorsal side upward, grasping its left 3 rd leg with her mandibles (Rodriquez 2018).

ARGENTINA: Córdoba Province, Villa Giardino; 2015; J. C. Gilardi. Host: Lycosa pampeana Holmberg , adult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed wolf spider backwards across a screen, dorsal side upward, grasping its left or right pedipalp with her mandibles ( Gilardi 2015).

ARGENTINA: Mendoza Province, General Department San Martin, New California; 16 December 2017; P. Yamin. Host: Lycosa cf erythrognatha , adult or subadult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed wolf spider backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping its right pedipalp with her mandibles ( Yamin 2017).

ARGENTINA: Pampas Region, Sierra de la Ventana; 15 April 2018; M. Solaris (maisolaris). Host: Lycosa cf erythrognatha , adult or subadult female. The wasp held the paralyzed wolf spider vertically on glass, dorsal side upward, grasping its right pedipalp with her mandibles ( Solaris 2018).

ARGENTINA: Tucuman Province, San Miguel de Tucumán; 10 March 2018; G. Vdz (gonzalovdz). Host: Lycosa cf erythrognatha , adult or subadult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed wolf spider up a vertical wooden surface, dorsal side upward, grasping its left pedipalp with her mandibles (Vdz 2018).

BOLIVIA: Eustaquio Méndez Province, Tarija Department, Coimata ; 10 November 2018; S. P. Martínez (the.life. of.sophiee). Host: Lycosa sp., adult or subadult female. The wasp walked around a paralyzed wolf spider and examined it with her antennae as it laid, ventral side upward, on the ground ( Martínez 2018) .

BOLIVIA: Obispo Santistevan Province, Santa Cruz Department, Montero ; 24 November 2017; K. Dominguez (@ missboomi). Host: Lycosa sp., adult ot subadult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed wolf spider along the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping its left pedipalp with her mandibles ( Dominguez 2017) .

BRAZIL: State of Paraná, Curitiba ; 10 August 2010; R. Santos. Host: Lycosa sp., adult or subadult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed wolf spider backwards, dorsal side upward, through low vegetation, grasping its left pedipalp with her mandibles (Santos 2010) .

BRAZIL: State of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Natal Dunes State Park ; 14 January 2008; Graco Entomo. Host: Lycosa sp., adult female. The wasp examined the paralyzed wolf spider with her antennae. Shen then grasped its right pedipalp with her mandibles and pulled it backwards, dorsal side upward, through vegetation ( Graco Entomo 2008) .

BRAZIL: State of S„o Paulo, Metropolitan Region of Campinas, Holambra; January 2009; J. Mendes, Jr. and A. C. Mendes. Host: Unidentified species ( Lycosidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed wolf spider up the vertical concrete wall of a large square flower box, dorsal side upward, grasping its left pedipalp with her mandibles. Once inside the flower box, she excavated 2 large cup-shaped depressions in the loose crumbly soil, using her mandibles and forelegs alternately. She used her mandibles several times to remove large clods of soil, always walking backwards with the soil. The spider laid dorsal side upward next to one of the depressions during the excavation. She walked into the 2 nd depression and tamped the soil vigorously with the end of her abdomen prior to pulling the spider inside. Using her mandibles, she rearranged the spider several times, eventually placing it in a ventral side upward position inside the depression. Positioning her body beneath that of the spider at a 90º angle and taking several seconds, she oviposited on the spider’s abdomen. She walked from this position and used her forelegs alternately to fling loose clods of soil around and atop the spider. When enough soil was deposited atop the spider to conceal it, she began hammering the fill with the bent end of her abdomen. From the beginning of prey transport to the end of the closure took approximately 9 minutes ( Mendes and Mendes 2009).

BRAZIL: State of S„o Paulo, Metropolitan Region of Campinas, Itatiba; 10 August 2016; G. Quintana (os_recortes_de_quintana). Host: Lycosa cf erythrognatha , adult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed wolf spider backwards up a vertical wooden surface, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its right pedipalp with her mandibles ( Quintana 2016).

BRAZIL: State of S„o Paulo, Piracicaba; 1 September 2011; T. Graco. Host: Lycosa cf erythrognatha , adult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed wolf spider backwards through low vegetation on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping its right pedipalp with her mandibles ( Graco 2011).

BRAZIL: State of S„o Paulo, S„o Paulo; 24 October 2014; M. C. Ribeiro (antiaction_skateboards_). Host: Lycosa sp., adult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed wolf spider backwards up a vertical wall, dorsal side upward, grasping its left pedipalp base with her mandibles ( Ribeiro 2014).

BRAZIL: State of S„o Paulo, S„o Paulo; 26 March 2017; H. Kaus (holgerkaus). Host: Lycosa sp., adult or subadult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed wolf spider up the vertical surface of a tree, dorsal side upward, grasping its right pedipalp with her mandibles ( Kaus 2017).

BRAZIL: State of S„o Paulo, Nova Campina; 23 October 2016; M. Tonini. Host:? Lycosa sp., juvenile male. The wasp pulled the paralyzed wolf spider backwards, dorsal side upward, to the entrance of a ground chamber, grasping its left pedipalp base with her mandibles. She released the spider, entered and examined the opening. The wasp then emerged and attempted to drag the wolf spider backwards into the chamber, without success. She re-emerged and repositioned the spider with her mandibles before pulling it backwards inside by its left foreleg ( Tonini 2016).

COLOMBIA: Antioquia Department, Girardota; 24 April 2018; D. Longas. Host: Phoneutria cf boliviensis , adult or subadult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed wandering spider, dorsal side upward, by its left pedipalp, along the ground and up a vertical brick wall before climbing back down the wall with the spider and dragging it behind a pipe in the corner base of the wall ( Longas 2018).

COLOMBIA: Magdalena Department, Santa Marta , 1 km NW Arimaca; 15 April 2020; D. Bruxby (nomadic844). Host: Cupiennius coccineus , adult or subadult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed banana spider vertically up a plaster wall, dorsal side upward, grasping its right pedipalp with her mandibles ( Bruxby 2020) .

COLOMBIA: Tolima Department, San Antonio ; posted 25 February 2017; O. Santiago C. S. Host: Unidentified species ( Lycosidae ), adult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed wolf spider backwards, dorsal side upward, up a vertical wall, grasping its left pedipalp with her mandibles ( Santiago 2017) .

PANAMA: Colón Province, Colón District, Sabanitas; 18 April 2020; Y. Frutos (yetsenia). Host: Cupiennius coccineus , adult or subadult female. A series of photographs shows the wasp pulling the paralyzed banana spider backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping its right pedipalp with her mandibles ( Frutos 2020; Y. Fruto, Colón, San Carlos District, Panamá Oeste Province, Panama, 2020 pers. comm.) .

URUGUAY: Colonia Department, Camelo ; 15 March 2016; P. Pegazzano. Host: Lycosa erythrognatha , subadult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed wolf spider backwards, dorsal side upward, up a vertical wall, grasping its left pedipalp with her mandibles ( Pegazzano 2016) .

VENEZUELA: Lara State, Barquisimeto, Bararida Zoological and Botanical Park ; 13 November 2018; Leonel Ovalle Moleiro (leoxom). Host: Unidentified species ( Lycosidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed wolf spider backwards on the ground and up a vertical wall, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its foreleg with her mandibles ( Moleiro 2018) .