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Wasp? - Gonatopus - female
Copyright © 2014 John Rosenfeld

Wasp? - Gonatopus - Female
Allison Park, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 4, 2014
Size: 5mm
Very ant-like but I'm guessing wasp since I also found a more wasp-like insect with the same odd claw on the forelegs.

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Contributed by John Rosenfeld on 8 August, 2014 - 11:04am
Last updated 12 March, 2016 - 12:40am

Gonatopus sp., female
Moved from Gonatopodinae. ID'd from specimen, now a photo-voucher. Thanks John.

Seems to key to G. harpax (Krombein) using Olmi 1984. Going to leave at genus level until I can compare against additional specimens.
… Brad Barnd, 12 March, 2016 - 12:40am login or register to post comments

 
Voucher specimen deposited in TAMUIC
… Brad Barnd, 12 September, 2023 - 9:14pm login or register to post comments

 
I'll keep an eye out for them
I wonder if it's the same as this one from Marie Schmidt, apparantly reared from a leafhopper -

Thanks for the ID's Brad!
… John Rosenfeld, 12 March, 2016 - 7:45am login or register to post comments

 
Could be the same
Identification seems to rely heavily on relative lengths of front tarsi and the microstructure of the modified front claw (shape, setal pattern, etc.).
… Brad Barnd, 14 March, 2016 - 11:13pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dryinids.
… John S. Ascher, 28 October, 2014 - 8:53am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.

Thanks Ross.
… John Rosenfeld, 8 August, 2014 - 11:51am login or register to post comments

Dryinid…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 8 August, 2014 - 11:18am login or register to post comments

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