Pepsis atripennis Fabricius, 1804

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 : 22

Pepsis atripennis Fabricius

BRAZIL: State of Pará , Anapu; posted 6 January 2017; S. Mendes. Host:? Acanthoscurria sp., adult or subadult female. The wasp stung and examined the paralyzed tarantula, venter to venter, using her mouthparts and antennae. She then pulled the paralyzed tarantula across the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping its right foreleg with her mandibles (Mendes 2017 a–b) .

FRENCH GUIANA: Macouria Commune , Malmaison; posted 1 January 2011; A. Vinot (alapi973). Host:? Neostenotarsus sp., subadult. The wasp returned to the paralyzed tarantula lying on the ground, ventral side upward, then grasped a rear coxa and pulled it backwards on the ground ( Vinot 2011) .

FRENCH GUIANA: Roura Commune , Kaw Mountains; 9 February 2004; P. Macquet (Bio-scene.org). Host: Neostenotarsus guianensis (Caporiacco) , adult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed tarantula backwards on the ground and through low vegetation, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of a foreleg with her mandibles ( Macquet 2004) .

FRENCH GUIANA: Roura Commune , Kaw Mountains, Camp Caiman; 22 April 2009; S. Uriot. Host:? Neostenotarsus sp., adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula backwards on the ground, ventral side upward, grasping a left coxa with her mandibles ( Uriot 2009) .