Pompilocalus caupolican Roig-Alsina

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 : 33-34

Pompilocalus caupolican Roig-Alsina

CHILE: Biobío Region, Arauco Province, 16 km E of Cañete at the Butamalal River; late November 2012; D. Fenolio. Host: Phrixotrichus cf scrofa (Molina) (Chilean yellowrump tarantula) ( Theraphosidae ), adult female. The wasp examined the paralyzed tarantula with her antennae and mouthparts as it laid on its right side ( Fig. 2 , D. Fenolio, San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, TX, 2017 pers. comm.).

CHILE: Biobío Region, Concepción Province, Concepción ; 23 November 2018; C. A. M. Rosales (ieremiel). Host: Phrixotrichus sp., adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula along the ground, ventral side upward, grasping its pedicel with her mandibles ( Rosales 2018) .

CHILE: Maule Region, Curicó Province, Molina, Itahue ; 14 October 2007; T. J. Sepúlveda. Host:? Euathlus sp. (in part, formerly Paraphysa ) ( Theraphosidae ), juvenile. The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula backwards on the ground, grasping its right hind coxa with her mandibles and holding it upright ( Sepúlveda 2007).

CHILE: O’Higgins Region, Cachapoal Province, Pichidegua ; 13 October 2018; cachapoalsalvaje. Host:? Euathlus sp., subadult female. The wasp held the paralyzed tarantula off the ground, ventral side upward, grasping its right hind coxa with her mandibles ( Cachapoalsalvaje 2018) .

CHILE: Santiago Metropolitan Region, Santiago Province, Quebrada la Plata, Maipú ; 16 October 2010; T. Poch. Host: Grammostola cf rosea, juvenile. The wasp examined the paralyzed tarantula with her antennae and mouthparts as it laid ventral side upward on the ground ( Poch 2010) .

CHILE: Santiago Metropolitan Region, Santiago Province, Santiago ; 3 October 2018; O. Montes (orlandomontes). Host: Grammostola cf rosea, immature. The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula along the ground, ventral side upward, grasping its pedicel with her mandibles ( Montes 2018) .

CHILE: Valparaíso Region, Valparaíso Province, Valparaíso; 18 September 2010; ñaca-ñaca. Host:? Euathlus sp., adult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed tarantula backwards, dorsal side upward, up a tree trunk, grasping its left hind coxa ( Ñaca-ñaca 2010) .

Figures

FIGURES 1–8. 1. Pepsis sumptuosa, female, with immobilized unidentified species (Theraphosidae), adult or subadult female, Los Alcázares Ecopark, Manizales, Caldas Department, Colombia. Photograph: © J. F. L. Duque, Manizales, Caldas Department, Colombia. 2. Pompilocalus caupolican, female, with immobilized Phrixotrichus cf scrofa (Theraphosidae), adult or subadult female, 16 km E of Cañete at the Butamalal River, Arauco Province, Biobío Region, Chile. Photograph: © D. Fenolio, San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, Texas, United States. 3. Sphictostethus gravesii, female, with immobilized unidentified species (Nemesiidae), adult male, Nahuelbuta National Park, Malleco Province, La Araucania Region, Chile. Photograph: © P. V. Betancourt, Valparaíso, Valparaíso Province, Valparaíso Region, Chile. 4. Sphictostethus xanthopus, female, with immobilized Lycosa sp. (Lycosidae), adult or subadult female, Talcahuano, Concepción Province, Biobío Region, Chile. Photograph: © D. M. Pereira, Talcahuano, Concepción Province, Biobío Region, Chile. 5. Auplopus auripilus, female, with immobilized unidentified species (Anyphaenidae), adult or subadult female, Hacienda Barú Lodge, Guapil, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica. Photograph: © S. Marshall, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. 6. Eragenia coerulipes, female, with immobilized Corinna sp. (Corinnidae), adult or subadult female, Drake Bay, Osa Peninsula, Punatenas Province, Costa Rica. Photograph: © G. Gómez and T. Stice, Drake Bay, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica. 7. Poecilopompilus mixtus, female, with immobilized unidentified species (Araneidae), adult female, Misahualli, Napo Province, Ecuador. Photograph: © A. Kay, Puyo, Pastaza Province, Ecuador. 8. Priochilus gloriosum, female, with immobilized unidentified species (Sparassidae), subadult male, opposite embankment of Amazon River, Cumaceba Lodge, Loreto, Peru. Photograph: © W. Lamar, Tyler, Texas, United States.