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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Spider Wasps, Velvet Ants and allies (Pompiloidea) » Spider Wasps (Pompilidae) » Pompilinae » Aporini » Psorthaspis » Psorthaspis legata
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Winged velvet ant - Psorthaspis legata
Copyright © 2012 Ben Gray

Winged velvet ant - Psorthaspis legata
Eno River State Park, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
September 13, 2012
A winged velvet ant found running around in a parking lot near the edge of a forest. Do the wings mean this is a male? And ID help is appreciated. Maybe a Timulla sp.? Pseudomethoca?
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Contributed by Ben Gray on 18 September, 2012 - 7:47am
Last updated 18 September, 2012 - 12:33pm

Moved
Moved from Psorthaspis.
… Ben Gray, 18 September, 2012 - 12:33pm login or register to post comments

Yes.
P. legata. The banded wings, orange head (usually...I have seen an occasional P. mariae with an orange head), and cream-colored stripes on the apical abdominal tergites separate this from other eastern Psorthapis.
… Nick Fensler, 18 September, 2012 - 12:25pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Based on Matt Edmonds' advice, and looking at images of this genus in the guide. I'm moving to genus because I'm not clear on species, but I'm fairly sure it is a wasp in this genus and not a velvet ant. Possibly P. legata or luctuosa? Legata seems more likely based on the images currently in the guide (this species has been seen before in NC), but I don't know the range of luctuosa (only reported in OK and AR in the guide).
… Ben Gray, 18 September, 2012 - 8:34am login or register to post comments

guess
When I saw this I thought it was a velvet ant male as well, but it isn't. Maybe yours is the same / related.
… Matt Edmonds, 18 September, 2012 - 8:17am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks, I think you're right, this looks like a much better match than any of the velvet ant photos I've seen. I'll move to genus to be conservative.
… Ben Gray, 18 September, 2012 - 8:38am login or register to post comments

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