Poecilopompilus mixtus

Poecilopompilus mixtus (Fabricius)

MEXICO: Jalisco State, Puerto los Mazos; 25 July 1989; R. Ayala (EMUS). Host: Eriophora sp., adult female.

COSTA RICA; Alajuela Province, Birmania; 26 August 2014; S. Gust. Host: Epiophora sp. or Neoscona sp. (Araneidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp stood nearby and examined the paralyzed orbweaver above ground on a leaf. She then held the spider upright, grasping the underside of its chelicera with her mandibles (Gust 2014).

COSTA RICA: Alajuela Province, 5 km N of Alejuela; 7 February 2002; A. Schlabach. Host: Unidentified species (Araneidae). The wasp grasped the paralyzed orbweaver and carried it, dorsal side upward, with her mandibles across the ground and after bamboo, (Schlabach 2002; A. Schlabach, Ardmore, PA, 2018 pers. comm.).

COSTA RICA: Cartago Province, El Copal Nature Preserve, 20 km E of Cartago; 17 August 2010; zimbu8707. Host: Eriophora sp. or Neoscona sp., adult female. The wasp placed the paralyzed orbweaver on vegetation above ground, grasping it by the base of a leg with her mandibles (Zimbu8707 2010).

COSTA RICA: Heredia Province, Central Volcanic Conservation Area, La Selva Biological Station; 8 June 2016; C. A. Perez. Host:? Eriophora or? Eustala sp., adult or subadult female. The wasp grasped the paralyzed orbweaver on a leaf, left side upward, by a forecoxa with her mandibles (Perez 2016c).

COSTA RICA: Heredia Province, near Puerto Viejo de Sarapiquí, La Selva Biological Station; 17 August 2018; J. Gruber. Host: Verrucosa sp. (Araneidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp grasped the paralyzed orbweaver on the ground, ventral side upward, by the base of its chelicera with her mandibles (Gruber 2018).

ECUADOR: Napo Province, Misahualli; 2013; A. Kay. Host: Unidentified species (Araneidae), adult female. The wasp examined the paralyzed orbweaver as it laid ventral side upward on a large leaf (Fig. 7, Kay 2013b).

ECUADOR: Pichincha Province, San Miguel de los Bancos, Un poco del Chocó Nature Reserve; 2 February 2019; D. Dolman (donnydolman). Host:? Alpaida sp. (Araneidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp grasped the base of the right foreleg of the paralyzed orbweaver as it laid, right side upward, on a leaf above ground (Dolman 2019).

FRENCH GUIANA: Saint-Laurent du Maroni, Gite Moutouchi; 28 January 2017; J. Brodeur. Host:? Eriophora or? Eustala sp. (Araneidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp examined the paralyzed orbweaver as it laid ventral side upward on a leaf (Brodeur 2017).

PERU: Departement of Loreto, Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Reserve; 23 November 2014; K. Kroeker (myrockytop). Host: Unidentified species (Araneidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp stood near the paralyzed orbweaver as it laid, dorsal side upward, on a leaf (Kroeker 2014a).

PERU: Tambopata Province, Madre de Dios, Tambopata Research Center; 30 January 2019; P. Bertner. Host:? Wagneriana sp. (Araneidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp grasped the base of the left foreleg of the paralyzed orbweaver, dorsal side upward, as it laid on a leaf (Bertner 2019).

PERU: Tambopata Province, Puerto Maldonado; 20 February 2016, H. Zou (ryhenzo). Host:? Parawixia sp. (Araneidae), adult or subadult female. The wasp stood over the paralyzed orbweaver as it laid, dorsal side upward, on a leaf (Zou 2016).

PUERTO RICO: Barceloneta, Cambalache State Forest; 11 December 2008; A. D. Colón Archilla. Host: Eriophora sp., adult female. The wasp examined the paralyzed orbweaver as it laid dorsal side upward on a leaf (Colón Archilla 2008).