Calopompilus pyrrhomelas (Walker)

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 : 7

Calopompilus pyrrhomelas (Walker)

CA: Trinity County, Klamath Mountains, Pacific Crest Trail; 8 July 2018; L. Mazur (nelruzam). Host: Antrodiaetus cf pacificus (Simon) (Antrodiaetidae) (Folding trapdoor spider), adult or subadult female. The wasp stood near the paralyzed spider as it laid on the ground, dorsal side upward, examining it with her antennae ( Mazur 2018).

CA: Trinity County, Klamath Mountains, Pacific Crest Trail; 8 July 2018; C. Collier (naturechris). Host: Antrodiaetus cf pacificus , adult or subadult female. The wasp straddled and stung the folding trapdoor spider, dorsal side upward, as it laid on the ground ( Collier 2018).

OR: Benton County, Corvallis , McDonald forest; 7 April 1966 or 1967; F. Coyle. Host: Antrodiaetus pugnax (Chamberlin) , adult female. One folding trapdoor spider was collected and labeled in the study as the “prey of Dinocnemis (= Calopompilus )”, no further data ( Coyle 1971) .