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Spider Wasp - Anoplius - female
Copyright © 2008 Tim Loh

Spider Wasp - Anoplius - Female
Nosehill Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
August 4, 2008
Size: 14 mm long
Keyed this to Pompilidae..Collected from open prairie-type habitat..any idea what genus or species?

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Contributed by Tim Loh on 7 December, 2008 - 4:47pm
Last updated 11 December, 2008 - 7:15pm

Moved
Moved from Blue-Black Spider Wasps.
… Tim Loh, 11 December, 2008 - 7:15pm login or register to post comments

pompilid
Arachnospila, i think... i do not have a key to species... yet. also, i would wait until Nick Fensler has a look at this so you can be sure of the genus... and probably get species.
… edward trammel, 9 December, 2008 - 8:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Anoplius?
I've been using some of the keys from the Pompilid Project and judging from the bristly appearance of the last abdominal tergite, I suspect it's this genus
… Tim Loh, 10 December, 2008 - 1:43pm login or register to post comments

 
pomp
i enlarged the picture and did see there were a few bristles on the pygidium. i could be wrong, i do not have the wasp to look at, however, if you do see a number of strong bristles, it is certainly Anoplius.
… edward trammel, 10 December, 2008 - 9:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Anoplius
The petiolate third submarginal strongly indicates the subgenus Pompilinus, although occasionally members of the subgenus Arachnophroctonus will have petiolate SMC3. All black Pompilinus are extremely difficult to identify.
… Nick Fensler, 11 December, 2008 - 4:01pm login or register to post comments

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