Poecilopompilus mixtus (Fabricius)

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 : 44

Poecilopompilus mixtus (Fabricius)

MEXICO: Jalisco State, Puerto los Mazos ; 25 July 1989; R. Ayala ( EMUS). Host: Eriophora sp., adult female .

COSTA RICA; Alajuela Province, Birmania; 26 August 2014; S. Gust. Host: Epiophora sp. or Neoscona sp. ( Araneidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp stood nearby and examined the paralyzed orbweaver above ground on a leaf. She then held the spider upright, grasping the underside of its chelicera with her mandibles ( Gust 2014).

COSTA RICA: Alajuela Province, 5 km N of Alejuela ; 7 February 2002; A. Schlabach. Host: Unidentified species ( Araneidae ). The wasp grasped the paralyzed orbweaver and carried it, dorsal side upward, with her mandibles across the ground and after bamboo, ( Schlabach 2002; A. Schlabach, Ardmore, PA, 2018 pers. comm.) .

COSTA RICA: Cartago Province, El Copal Nature Preserve, 20 km E of Cartago; 17 August 2010; zimbu8707. Host: Eriophora sp. or Neoscona sp., adult female. The wasp placed the paralyzed orbweaver on vegetation above ground, grasping it by the base of a leg with her mandibles (Zimbu8707 2010).

COSTA RICA: Heredia Province, Central Volcanic Conservation Area, La Selva Biological Station; 8 June 2016; C. A. Perez. Host:? Eriophora or? Eustala sp., adult or subadult female. The wasp grasped the paralyzed orbweaver on a leaf, left side upward, by a forecoxa with her mandibles ( Perez 2016c).

COSTA RICA: Heredia Province, near Puerto Viejo de Sarapiquí, La Selva Biological Station; 17 August 2018; J. Gruber. Host: Verrucosa sp. ( Araneidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp grasped the paralyzed orbweaver on the ground, ventral side upward, by the base of its chelicera with her mandibles ( Gruber 2018).

ECUADOR: Napo Province, Misahualli; 2013; A. Kay. Host: Unidentified species ( Araneidae ), adult female. The wasp examined the paralyzed orbweaver as it laid ventral side upward on a large leaf ( Fig. 7 , Kay 2013b).

ECUADOR: Pichincha Province, San Miguel de los Bancos, Un poco del Chocó Nature Reserve; 2 February 2019; D. Dolman (donnydolman). Host:? Alpaida sp. ( Araneidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp grasped the base of the right foreleg of the paralyzed orbweaver as it laid, right side upward, on a leaf above ground ( Dolman 2019).

FRENCH GUIANA: Saint-Laurent du Maroni, Gite Moutouchi; 28 January 2017; J. Brodeur. Host:? Eriophora or? Eustala sp. ( Araneidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp examined the paralyzed orbweaver as it laid ventral side upward on a leaf ( Brodeur 2017).

PERU: Departement of Loreto, Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Reserve ; 23 November 2014; K. Kroeker (myrockytop). Host: Unidentified species ( Araneidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp stood near the paralyzed orbweaver as it laid, dorsal side upward, on a leaf ( Kroeker 2014a) .

PERU: Tambopata Province, Madre de Dios, Tambopata Research Center; 30 January 2019; P. Bertner. Host:? Wagneriana sp. ( Araneidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp grasped the base of the left foreleg of the paralyzed orbweaver, dorsal side upward, as it laid on a leaf ( Bertner 2019).

PERU: Tambopata Province, Puerto Maldonado; 20 February 2016, H. Zou (ryhenzo). Host:? Parawixia sp. ( Araneidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp stood over the paralyzed orbweaver as it laid, dorsal side upward, on a leaf ( Zou 2016).

PUERTO RICO: Barceloneta, Cambalache State Forest ; 11 December 2008; A. D. Colón Archilla. Host: Eriophora sp., adult female. The wasp examined the paralyzed orbweaver as it laid dorsal side upward on a leaf ( Colón Archilla 2008) .

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.