Entypus unifasciatus cressoni (Banks)

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 : 29-31

Entypus unifasciatus cressoni (Banks)

AZ: Cochise County, Bonnie Blink, Sierra Vista; 6 May 2012; S. L. Williamson. Host: Rabidosa santrita (Chamberlin and Ivie) (Lycosidae) , adult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed wolf spider backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping its right pedipalp with her mandibles ( Williamson 2012).

AZ: Cochise County, 11 km E of Sierra Vista, along the San Pedro River; 17 April 2019; R. Westcott. Host: Arctosa littoralis (Hentz) (Beach wolf spider) ( Lycosidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the spider along the ground of the riverbank, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its foreleg with her mandibles (R. L. Westcott, Entomologist Museum, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Salem, OR, 2019 pers. comm.).

AZ: Maricopa County, Gilbert Riparian Reserve; 6 October 2012; K. Gibson. Host: Olios giganteus Keyserling (Golden huntsman spider) ( Sparassidae ), adult female. The wasp and giant crab spider were equal in body length, although the spider weighed considerably more than the wasp. The wasp pulled the spider backwards, dorsal side upward, grasping its right chelicera with her mandibles ( Gibson 2012; K. Gibson, Gilbert, AZ, 2017 pers. comm.).

AZ: Pima County, Madera Canyon; 1 May 2008; C. Marcum. Host: Olios giganteus , adult or subadult female. The wasp examined then dragged the paralyzed huntsman spider backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its chelicera with her mandibles ( Marcum 2008).

AZ: Yavapai County, Montezuma Castle National Monument ; 12 April 2013; United States National Park Service. Host: Olios giganteus , adult or subadult female. The wasp examined the paralyzed huntsman spider with her antennae as it laid dorsal side upward on the ground ( U. S. National Park Service, Montezuma Castle National Monument, AZ, 2017 pers. comm.) .

CO: El Paso County, Colorado Springs, Sondermann Park ; 12 August 2016; M. Sartain. Host: Hogna carolinensi s, adult or subadult male. The wasp pulled the paralyzed wolf spider backwards up a vertical wall, grasping its left pedipalp with her mandibles ( Sartain 2016) .

NM: Bernalillo County; 15 August 2017; J. Taulman. Host: Hogna carolinensis species group, adult or subadult female, 29 mm (wasp, 25 mm). The wasp immobilized the wolf spider by stinging it. She then grasped the spider by its chelicerae and dragged it backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, for 18 m directly to a concealed burrow into which she pulled it. Prey transport took 9 minutes through a “tangle of grasses and forbs.” ( Taulman 2017).

NM: Sandoval County, Bernalillo; 13 July 2010; D. Schneider. Host: Hogna cf antelucana , adult female. The wasp grasped the wolf spider, dorsal side upward, by its chelicerae with her mandibles and walked backward up and across a security sign ( Schneider 2010).

NV: Clark County, Las Vegas; 3 June 2014; D. George (whosedannygeorge). Host: Hogna cf carolinensis , adult or subadult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed wolf spider along the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its right foreleg with her mandibles ( George 2014).

TX: Dallas County, Coppell, Denton Creek, Andy Brown Park; 25 April 2009; R. Murphy. Host: Hogna cf antelucana , adult or subadult female. The wasp grasped the paralyzed wolf spider by its right pedipalp or chelicera with her mandibles and walked backwards on the ground, keeping the spider dorsal side upward ( Murphy 2009).

TX: Denton County, Lewisville; 15 May 2018; R. Thomas. Host: Dolomedes tenebrosus Hentz (Dark fishing spider) ( Pisauridae ), adult female. The wasp straddled the paralyzed fishing spider as it laid on the ground, dorsal side upward, and examined it with her antennae ( Thomas 2018).

TX: Howard County, Big Spring; 2 July 2017, 2111 (CDT); A. Walleck. Host: Olios giganteus , juvenile or immature. The wasp grasped the giant crab spider by its right pedipalp with her mandibles and walked backwards, vertically up a wooden fence, holding the paralyzed spider dorsal side upward ( Walleck 2017).

TX: Parker County, Cool; 27 July 2014; B. K. Forest. Host: Rabidosa rabida , adult or penultimate female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed wolf spider backwards up the side of a house, grasping it with her mandibles by its left pedipalp. She occasionally lost some momentum but still progressed slowly ( Forest 2015; B. K. Hoffman, Cool, TX, 2017 pers. comm.).

TX: Taylor County, Abilene; July 2004; J. Cox. Host: Tigrosa sp., adult or subadult male. The wasp examined the paralyzed wolf spider as it laid dorsal side upward on the ground ( Cox 2004).

TX: Travis County, Austin, Crystal Downs Cove; 20 April 2017, 1920 (CDT); G. Messaro. Host: Rabidosa punctulata (Hentz) (Dotted wolf spider), adult or subadult female. The wasp stung and paralyzed the wolf spider after which it laid dorsal side upward on the ground ( Messaro 2017).

TX: Uvalde County, Uvalde, Cook’s Slough Nature Park ; 25 June 2017; T. Davenport. Host: Rabidosa rabida , adult female. The wasp grasped the paralyzed wolf spider’s left chelicera with her mandibles and pulled it backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward ( Davenport 2017) .

UT: Summit County, Park City, Jeremy Ranch Road; 9 July 2017; B. Brown. Host: Hogna cf antelucana , adult or subadult female. The wasp grasped the paralyzed wolf spider’s chelicera with her mandibles and pulled it backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward ( Brown 2017).

UT: Tooele County, Tooele; 28 August 2007; Utahsportsbikerental. Host: Tigrosa grandis (Banks) , adult female. The wasp grasped the paralyzed wolf spider by its right pedipalp with her mandibles, dorsal side upward, and dragged it backwards along a concrete curb and low wall (Utahsportsbikerental 2007).

UT: Washington County, St. George; 27 July 2018; R. Henke (@sublimelobc). Host: Hogna cf antelucana , adult or subadult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed wolf spider through low vegetation pulling it into a crevice in a garden rockery, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its chelicera with her mandibles before pulling it into the crevice ( Henke 2018a).

UT: Washington County, St. George; 19 August 2018; R. Henke (@sublimelobc). Host: Hogna cf antelucana , adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed wolf spider over rocks on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of a chelicera with her mandibles ( Henke 2018b).

UT: Washington County, Washington; summer 2015; M. W. Bourgoin. Host: Tigrosa sp., adult or subadult female. The wasp grasped the paralyzed wolf spider by the base of its left pedipalp or chelicera with her mandibles and dragged it backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward. She nested in an opening in a rock garden ( Bourgoin 2015; M. W. Bourgoin, Washington, UT, 2017 pers. comm.) .

COSTA RICA: Limón Province, Suerre ; 2 February 2019; J. A. P. Masis (jorgetourguide_1020). Host:? Kiekie sp., adult or subadult female. The wasp straddled the paralyzed wandering spider as it laid on the ground, dorsal side upward, and re-stung it between the 2 nd and 3 rd right coxa ( Masis 2019) .

COSTA RICA: Puntarenas Province, Monteverde Biological Reserve (1500 m); 14 June 2000; M. Buck. Host: Cupiennius sp., subadult female, 23 mm (wasp, 23 mm). The wasp chased the banana spider in treefall. Wasp and spider were both collected, preserved and housed at the University of Guelph, Guelph, ON insect collection (M. Buck, Royal Alberta Museum, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 2018 pers. comm.; S. M. Paiero, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, 2018 pers. comm.; C. Víquez, Heredia, Costa Rica, 2018 pers. comm.).

HONDURAS: El Paraíso, 5 km NW of San Lucas ; 14 July 2014, posted 6 April 2020; D. Jonathan (delmer). Host:? Rabidosa sp., adult or subadult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed wolf spider backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping its right pedipalp with her mandibles ( Jonathan 2020) .

MEXICO: Chihuahua State, Municipalities of Benavides and Ojinaga, Santa Elena Canyon ; 24 November 2017; A. Balam. Host: Tigrosa sp., adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed wolf spider backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its right foreleg with her mandibles ( Balam 2017, A. Balam, Chihuahua, Mexico, 2018 pers. comm.).

MEXICO: Jalisco State, Tequila; 14 November 2009; C. Lloyd (cjlloyd). Host:? Ctenus sp. ( Ctenidae ), subadult male. The wasp dragged the paralyzed wandering spider along the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its left chelicera with her mandibles ( Lloyd 2009).

MEXICO: Mexico State, Mexico City; 24 August 2017; B. Namur (borisnamur). Host: Unidentified species ( Lycosidae ), adult or subadult female. The wasp struggled to drag the heavy paralyzed wolf spider into a crevice between concrete slabs ( Namur 2017) .

MEXICO: Mexico State, Mexico City, near Bosque de Tlahuac ; 20 March 2017; R. M. Fbian (monjarazfbian). Host: Zorocrates sp., adult or subadult female. The wasp pulled the paralyzed false wolf spider backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its chelicera with her mandibles ( Fbian 2017) .

MEXICO: Mexico State, Santa María Apaxco ; 22 July 2017; A. R. Hernández (micoali23). Host:? Ctenus sp., adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed wandering spider backward on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its chelicera with her mandibles (Hernández 2017) .

MEXICO: Mexico State, Tepotzotlán ; 6 July 2018; S. Juasa (expresionismo5). Host: Zorocrates cf fuscus Simon, adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed false wolf spider backwards along a gutter, ventral side upward, grasping the base of its chelicera with her mandibles ( Juasa 2018) .

MEXICO: Oaxaca State, Sierra Mazateca, Municipality of Huautla de Jiménez, Plan Carlota; 15 April 2016; D. Barrales. Host: Unidentified species ( Ctenidae ), adult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed wandering spider backwards through vegetation, dorsal side upward, grasping its left pedipalp or chelicera with her mandibles ( Barrales 2016).

MEXICO: Puebla State, Amozoc ; 6 April 2018; L. Fuentes. Host:? Ctenus sp., adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed wandering spider backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping its chelicera with her mandibles ( Fuentes 2018) .

MEXICO: Puebla State, Zihuateutla, Bosque M esófilo Xecotepec ; 3 August 2015; A. D. Hernández-Saint Martin. Host: Cupiennius salei , adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed banana spider backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping its chelicerae with her mandibles ( Hernández-Saint Martin 2015) .

MEXICO: Querétaro State, near El Llano; 14 June 2019; J. Laffitte C. (jeanlc). Host: Schizocosa mccooki , adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed wolf spider backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping its chelicera with her mandibles ( Laffitte 2019) .

MEXICO: Tamaulipas State, Ejido El Ebano ; 16 January 2014; J. Cruzado Cortes. Host: Tigrosa sp., adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed wolf spider, dorsal side upward, backwards over rocks and stones, grasping its right chelicera with her mandibles ( Cruzado Cortes 2014) .

MEXICO: Veracruz State, Xico ; posted 1 January 2018; E. Town. Host: Cupiennius salei , adult or subadult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed banana spider backwards on the ground, dorsal side upward, grasping the base of its left foreleg with her mandibles ( Town 2018) .