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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea sans Anthophila – Apoid Wasps » Thread-waisted Wasps (Sphecidae) » Sphecinae » Sphecini » Grass-carrying Wasps (Isodontia) » Mexican Grass-carrying Wasp (Isodontia mexicana)
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Isodontia? - Isodontia mexicana - female
Copyright © 2015 Steve Scholnick

Isodontia? - Isodontia mexicana - Female
North Bethesda, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
August 15, 2014
I think this wasp is a member of the genus Isodontia, possibly Isodontia apicalis. It doesn’t have the “very large, blocky head, dark body hair” Eric Eaton has said characterizes I. philadelphica, nor does it have any reddish areas like I. elegans (beyond a small spot on the base of abdominal segment 1). However, I don’t know that I. mexicana can be ruled out especially since the Guide has a lot of images labeled “apicalis or mexicana”.

Is it possible to assign this individual to a single species? If so, which one? Thanks in advance for the help
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Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 4 January, 2015 - 5:47pm
Last updated 12 February, 2021 - 5:35am

Moved
Moved from apicalis or mexicana.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 12 February, 2021 - 5:35am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Grass-carrying Wasps.
… John S. Ascher, 26 May, 2015 - 8:32am login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.
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