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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea » Hornets, Yellowjackets; Paper, Potter, Mason, and Pollen Wasps; and Allies (Vespidae) » Potter and Mason Wasps (Eumeninae) » Leptochilus
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ID for a wasp? - Leptochilus
Copyright © 2013 nvhamlett@gmail.com

ID for a wasp? - Leptochilus
Claremont, Los Angeles County, California, USA
May 11, 2013
This wasp was spotted on a non-native mustard at the Claremont Colleges' Bernard Field Station. Any information about its identity will be greatly appreciated!

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ID for a wasp? - Leptochilus ID for a wasp? - Leptochilus ID for a wasp? - Leptochilus ID for a wasp? - Leptochilus
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Contributed by nvhamlett@gmail.com on 16 May, 2013 - 1:06am
Last updated 18 May, 2013 - 3:42pm

Moved
Moved from Potter and Mason Wasps.
… Matthias Buck, 18 May, 2013 - 3:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Cool!
Thanks for the ID! No wonder I didn't recognize this wasp – it's not one we've recorded at the field station previously. We have seen one other Leptochilus sp. (which you can see here), but this one is clearly different.
… nvhamlett@gmail.com, 19 May, 2013 - 10:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Wing venation
I am not sure the other one is a Leptochilus (check couplet 10 of my genus key http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/ejournal/bmc_05/key_eumeninae.html and associated Fig. 2.6). There seems to be no kink in vein M. Perhaps it is a Microdynerus but I am not certain.
… Matthias Buck, 20 May, 2013 - 11:32am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… John S. Ascher, 16 May, 2013 - 5:53pm login or register to post comments

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