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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea sans Anthophila – Apoid Wasps » Square-headed Wasps, Sand Wasps, and Allies (Crabronidae) » Pemphredoninae » Psenini » Mimumesa » Mimumesa clypeata
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Small Wasp - Mimumesa clypeata
Copyright © 2018 Jim Moore

Small Wasp - Mimumesa clypeata
Mountain Meadows Reservoir area next to Westwood, elevation 5050ft, Lassen County, California, USA
August 22, 2016
Size: Body length 7mm
Any further ID help for this wasp is appreciated - Thanks.

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Contributed by Jim Moore on 21 January, 2018 - 12:24am
Last updated 9 February, 2020 - 5:12pm

Moved
Moved from Psenini. Identifiable because ventral view is provided. It shows the complete acetabular carina of the thorax that separates this species from Mimesa.
… Matthias Buck, 9 February, 2020 - 5:12pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Apoid Wasps (Apoidea)- traditional Sphecidae.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 21 January, 2018 - 8:21am login or register to post comments

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