Tachypompilus xanthopterus (Rohwer)

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 : 55

Tachypompilus xanthopterus (Rohwer)

BRAZIL: State of S„o Paulo, Guapiaçu; 26 November 2018; E. Matos (eduzematos). Host: Unidentified species ( Sparassidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed huntsman spider up a vertical wall, dorsal side upward, grasping its right chelicera with her mandibles ( Matos 2018) .

BRAZIL: State of S„o Paulo, Ubatuba; 18 November 2018; G. Ayroza. Host: Polybetes cf germaini Simon ( Sparassidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed huntsman spider through low vegetation on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping its right pedipalp with her mandibles (R. Bertani, A. Brescovit and C. Rheims, IBB, S„o Paulo, Brazil, 2018 pers. comm .).

BRAZIL: State of S„o Paulo, Ubatuba; 10 December 2018; G. Ayroza. Host: Polybetes cf germaini Simon ( Sparassidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp stood next to a paralyzed huntsman spider as it laid, dorsal side upward, under the overhang of a rock wall ( R. Bertani, IBB, S„o Paulo, Brazil, 2019 pers. comm .).

BRAZIL: State of S„o Paulo, Ubatuba; 12 December 2018; G. Ayroza. Host: Polybetes cf germaini Simon ( Sparassidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed huntsman spider up a vertical brick wall, dorsal side upward, grasping its left pedipalp with her mandibles ( R. Bertani, IBB, S„o Paulo, Brazil, 2019 pers. comm .).