Calopompilus heiligbrodtii (Cresson)

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 heiligbrodtii (Cresson)

TX: Bexar County, San Antonio; 20 November 2019; B. Wier (bobby_wier). Host: Eucteniza cf relata (O. P.-Cambridge) ( Euctenizidae ) (Wafer-lid trapdoor spider), adult male. The wasp straddled the paralyzed spider as it laid on the ground, dorsal side upward ( Wier 2019).

TX: Tarrant County, Fort Worth; 26 April 2020, cpowel. Host: Myrmekiaphila comstocki Bishop and Crosby (Euctenizidae) , adult or subadult female. The photograph shows the wasp attacking the wafer-lid trapdoor spider on the ground ( Cpowel 2020; A. Dean, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX, 2020 pers. comm.; R. Godwin, University of California, Davis, CA, 2020 pers. comm.).