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Wasp? - Myzinum - female
Copyright © 2006 Ray Simpson

Wasp? - Myzinum - Female
Charleston, South Carolina, USA
August 9, 2006

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Contributed by Ray Simpson on 9 August, 2006 - 5:15pm
Last updated 11 August, 2006 - 1:55pm

Tiphiid
I think this is a Tiphiid. Some of the Campsomerine Scoliids are superficially similar. Technically the best way to tell them apart is by getting a look at the mesosternum, which has two posterior lobes in the Tiphiidae. The wings of Scoliids have numerous fine longitudinal wrinkles along the margins. Neither of those characters are visible but it does have the gestalt of a Tiphiid, which also means I could be wrong.
… Nick Fensler, 9 August, 2006 - 7:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Confirmed.
This is a female Myzinum sp. The very short antennae help to ID her. Otherwise, I would have thought for sure this was a male scoliid!
… Eric R. Eaton, 10 August, 2006 - 3:57pm login or register to post comments

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