Sphictostethus xanthopus (Spinola)

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 : 37

Sphictostethus xanthopus (Spinola)

ARGENTINA: Rio Negro Province; Lloa Lloa Municipal Park, Bosque De Arrayanes ; 20 January 2017; M. Contini (mariano_mnc). Host: Unidentified species ( Ctenidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed wandering spider backwards on the ground, right side upward, grasping its pedicel region with her mandibles ( Contini 2017) .

CHILE: Biobío Region, Concepción Province ; 1 January 1980; T. Paloma. Host: Unidentified species ( Ctenidae ), adult male. The wasp examined the paralyzed wandering spider with her antennae and mouthparts as it laid ventral side upward on the ground ( Paloma 1980) .

CHILE: Biobío Region, Concepción Province ; 10 October 2010; R. Ferreira. Host: Unidentified species ( Ctenidae ), adult female. The wasp grasped the paralyzed wandering spider by its chelicera with her mandibles and, holding it dorsal side upward, walked backwards on the ground ( Ferreira 2010) .

CHILE: Biobío Region; Concepción Province; Talcahuano ; 3 September 2018; D. M. Pereira (daniel_mora.p). Host: Lycosa sp., adult or subadult female. The wasp held the paralyzed wolf spider upright and backwards on the ground, grasping its pedicel with her mandibles ( Fig. 4 , Pereira 2018) .

CHILE: Los Lagos Region, Chiloé Province, Chonchi ; 14 February 2008; J. Cárdenas. Host: Unidentified species ( Lycosidae ), adult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed wolf spider backwards over rocks and debris, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its right foreleg with her mandibles ( Cárdenas 2008) .

CHILE: Los Lagos Region, Llanquihue Province, Puerto Montt ; 3 May 2019; B. Javiera M. (barb.suinda). Host: Unidentified species ( Lycosidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp held the paralyzed wolf spider upright on the ground, grasping its ventral pedicel with her mandibles ( Javiera 2019) .

CHILE: Maule Region, Talca Province, 28 KM EW Colbún, Parque Natural Trichahue; 2 January 2020; C. Chappuzeau (catachappuseaur). Host:? Tomopisthes sp. ( Anyphaenidae ), adult or subadult female. A short video shows the wasp pulling the paralyzed ghost spider upright and backwards on the ground, grasping its ventral pedicel with her mandibles ( Chappuzeau 2020).

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.