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Photo#1029927
Copyright © 2014
MJ Hatfield
Bethylidae, dorsal -
Pristepyris
Spirit Knoll, Plymouth County, Iowa, USA
August 11, 2014
Size: 4 mm
sweep in a Loess Hills grassland with some prairie remnant
looking for hoppers, by-catch
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Contributed by
MJ Hatfield
on 31 December, 2014 - 3:20pm
Last updated 1 August, 2020 - 10:13pm
Moved
Moved from
Bethylidae
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Arturo Santos
, 1 August, 2020 - 10:13pm
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Thank you.
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MJ Hatfield
, 2 August, 2020 - 9:06am
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Moved
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Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps
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George Waldren
, 26 January, 2015 - 8:55pm
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MJ Hatfield
, 31 December, 2014 - 5:46pm
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Bethylidae?
Not an ant. I'm reasonably sure it belongs in the Bethylidae, but I've been fooled by apterous non-ant aculeates before.
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James C. Trager
, 31 December, 2014 - 4:26pm
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Thanks James,
when I first saw it I had no idea what it was and then it dawned on me (wrong) that it was an ant.
I think it looks like Bethylidae: Dissomphalus
It is a very cool insect.
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MJ Hatfield
, 31 December, 2014 - 5:50pm
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