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Hymenoptera - Colocistis crassa - male

Hymenoptera - Colocistis crassa - Male
Tonopah, Arizona, USA
June 30, 2016
Ant? Wasp?

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Hymenoptera - Colocistis crassa - male Hymenoptera - Colocistis crassa - male

Moved
Moved from Colocistis.

Moved
Moved from Brachycistidinae.

11 flagellomeres = ♂
It is very difficult to see most of his wing veins, but I can just barely trace enough to place him in this genus. The rest of his visible features are consistent with this genus.
He looks nearly identical to the two males that I filmed in this same county.

Moved

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

First thought was a mutillid...



...but I can't rule out something more exotic:



We'll need to wait for the experts.

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