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Wasp - Ephuta
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Wasp - Ephuta
Boxborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 27, 2005
This was running around on top of a leaf.
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Contributed by tom murray on 28 August, 2005 - 6:33pm
Last updated 5 November, 2005 - 8:08am

Mutillidae: Ephutinae
the large tegulae and heavy scultpure give away the subfamily.
… Doug Yanega, 2 November, 2005 - 9:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Great find!
The eye shape is also a great indicator for Ephuta. Ovate and notched like a Timulla, unlike the circular eyes of Dasymutilla and other Sphaeropthalminae. Unlike Dasymutilla and the nocturnal mutillids, most of the Ephuta diversity is in the East. It would be pretty difficult to ID this species, even with the specimen on hand.
… Kevin Williams, 5 November, 2005 - 12:43am login or register to post comments

 
Ephuta
Kevin, thanks for taking the identification down to the genus.
… tom murray, 5 November, 2005 - 8:09am login or register to post comments

 
No problem
Well, Dr. Yanega did the hard part, there is only one North American genus of Ephutinae, unless you count Xenochile as a real genus, but it only lives in Arizona.
… Kevin Williams, 5 November, 2005 - 6:37pm login or register to post comments

Tiphiid wasp?
I'd be willing to bet this is actually a tiphiid wasp, but hard to tell conclusively without the specimen.
… Eric R. Eaton, 30 August, 2005 - 12:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Tiphiid
Looks like a tiphiid to me, too.
… Ronald D. Hennessey, 23 August, 2006 - 2:09am login or register to post comments

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