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Ophion Wasp? - female
Copyright © 2012 Libby & Rick Avis

Ophion Wasp? - Female
Port Alberni, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
November 2, 2012
Is this clear enough? Best shot we have - fiddled around with it a bit on Photoshop to try to make it clearer. Alternatively, I can e-mail you the full size photo if it's easier for you.

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Ophion Wasp? - female Ophion Wasp? - female Ophion Wasp? - female
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Contributed by Libby & Rick Avis on 3 November, 2012 - 11:01pm

Thanks
This shows the scutellum to be different than I thought I was seeing. There might be a carina at the apex, but I would need the specimen to decide that, and I presume that you don't have that. Also, the description of fuliginatus doesn't have the light central stripe onthe mesoscutum and doesn't have the propodeum similarly light. Perhaps genus Astiphromma.
… Bob Carlson, 4 November, 2012 - 3:47am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Bob.
Unfortunately don't have the specimen. Showed up at our porch light a couple of nights ago. If I see one again, I'll keep it!
… Libby & Rick Avis, 4 November, 2012 - 10:07am login or register to post comments

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