Pepsis purpureipes Packard, 1869
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Pepsis purpureipes Packard View in CoL
COLOMBIA: Chocó Department, Condoto ; 23 February 2020; M. Zieger. Host: Unidentified species ( Theraphosidae ), adult male. A series of photographs shows the wasp dragging the paralyzed tarantula backward on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its right foreleg with her mandibles ( Zieger 2020; M. Zieger, Stuttgart, Germany, 2020 pers. comm.) .
ECUADOR: Pichincha Province, Nanegal, Santa Lucía Ecolodge ; 17 August 2012; H. Beck (holgerbeck). Host: Unidentified species ( Theraphosidae ), early instar juvenile (~ 15–20 mm). The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its left foreleg with her mandibles ( Beck 2012) .
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