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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Ants (Formicoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Ponerinae » Ponerini » Leptogenys » Leptogenys elongata
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wasp - Leptogenys elongata
Copyright © 2015 Valerie G. Bugh

wasp - Leptogenys elongata
Austin, Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center, Travis County, Texas, USA
May 14, 2015
Size: about 1 cm
This looked like an ichneumon or braconid at first glance, but the antennae are wrong. I've looked through some of the more obscure families, but just cannot find a match. Help is very much appreciated!

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Contributed by Valerie G. Bugh on 15 May, 2015 - 6:18pm
Last updated 27 July, 2019 - 4:03pm

Moved
Moved from Ponerini.
… Steven Wang, 27 July, 2019 - 4:03pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps.
… John S. Ascher, 21 May, 2015 - 11:48am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… John S. Ascher, 19 May, 2015 - 6:33am login or register to post comments

Maybe Rhopalosomatidae?
The big ocellar triangle reminds me of some of the Guide's Rhopalosomatid photos--like this one: .
… Peter Edelman, 15 May, 2015 - 8:11pm login or register to post comments

 
check the petiole
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… John S. Ascher, 19 May, 2015 - 6:32am login or register to post comments

 
Oh gosh!
Is this a male Leptogenys elongata? I'd looked through ants (because of the very feature you mentioned) and didn't find it. Because you drew attention to it, I noticed that it has just ONE node, which made me think of the tribe ponerini. Thank you for your patient guidance.
… Valerie G. Bugh, 19 May, 2015 - 7:20am login or register to post comments

This is as close as I could get


I'll be interested to see where this one lands.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 15 May, 2015 - 6:38pm login or register to post comments

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