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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) » Bembicinae » Sand Wasps (Bembicini) » Stictiellina » Steniolia
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Solitary Wasp, Steniolia elegans? - female - Steniolia - female
Copyright © 2010 Scott Peden

Solitary Wasp, Steniolia elegans? - female - Steniolia - Female
Little Basin, field area, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
August 1, 2010

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Solitary Wasp, Steniolia elegans? - female - Steniolia - female Solitary Wasp, Steniolia elegans? - female - Steniolia - female
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Contributed by Scott Peden on 11 September, 2010 - 12:25am
Last updated 28 January, 2012 - 2:12am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 25 September, 2010 - 7:07pm login or register to post comments

These are very tough to get to species.
You're certainly solid to genus, but I wouldn't claim species on this one. Perhaps an expert will comment. However, very few Steniolia are IDed to species here.

(I mention this, as I've been chastised for inaccurate wasp species IDs in the past. Also, there are state-by-state differences in paper wasps, at least. And, in at least some cases, thorax markings don't appear in keys.)

Put a question mark after "elegans" and you're home free!
… Ron Hemberger, 11 September, 2010 - 7:32pm login or register to post comments

 
? mark
Ahh, I wasn't thinking, the ? was after female, and I felt that was the whole ID. I'll make it clear now as you've pointed out.
… Scott Peden, 11 September, 2010 - 7:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Perfect
:-)
… Ron Hemberger, 11 September, 2010 - 8:03pm login or register to post comments

appears to be this one
It appears to be this one, the pattern on the back seems to be rather rare on the submitted photos page of Steniolia.
Photo#415193
Sand wasp in flight - Steniolia elegans - female
still haven't mastered how to get the thumbnail;
http://bugguide.net/node/view/415193
… Scott Peden, 11 September, 2010 - 2:48am login or register to post comments

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