Pepsis thisbe Lucas, 1895

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 : 12

Pepsis thisbe Lucas

AZ: Pima County, Tucson; 20 May 2011; pgrin. Host: Aphonopelma cf chalcodes , adult female. The wasp examined the paralyzed tarantula with her antennae and mouthparts as it laid ventral side upward on the ground ( Pgrin 2011).

AZ: Pima County, Tucson, University of Arizona Boyce Thompson Arboretum; 13 October 2016; D. Crummey. Host: Aphonopelma cf chalcodes , subadult female or immature. The wasp grasped the paralyzed tarantula by its left foreleg or pedipalp with her mandibles and dragged it backwards on the ground, the spider being in an almost upright position ( Crummey 2016).

TX: Ellis County, Red Oak; 20 September 2016; O. Goodrich. Host: Aphonopelma cf hentzi , adult female. The wasp examined the paralyzed tarantula as it laid dorsal side upward on the ground with legs spread outward ( Goodrich 2016).

MEXICO: Sonora State, San Carlos Nuevo Guaymas, Lower Sonoran Desert ; 20 November 2010; C. A. Hooker. Host: Aphonopelma sp., adult female. The wasp dragged the paralyzed tarantula backwards on the ground, grasping the base of its left foreleg with her mandibles ( Hooker 2010) .