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Photo#1159584
Copyright © 2015
Bob OKennon
Parancistrocerus leionotus -
Stenodynerus
Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge, Tarrant County, Texas, USA
June 14, 2014
This wasp was on Pediomelum tenuiflorum - Slender-Flower Indian-Breadroot
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Contributed by
Bob OKennon
on 26 October, 2015 - 3:19pm
Last updated 31 August, 2019 - 9:15pm
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Matthias Buck
, 31 August, 2019 - 9:15pm
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Parancistrocerus cf. vagus
The reddish tegula speaks against leionotus (in which the tegula should be yellow). Most likely this id P. vagus.
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Matthias Buck
, 29 December, 2015 - 6:29pm
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Matthias Buck
, 6 December, 2015 - 7:50pm
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This wasp appears to be
This wasp appears to be Parancistrocerus leionotus, but with a few differences: The antennae's first segment, the scape; scutum at the connection of the head to the thorax; the tegula where the wings attach to the thorax are orange as are the femur, tibia and tarsal segments on the hind legs. On all of the images I have seen of P. leionotus, the scape, scutum, and tegula are yellow, the femur on the hind legs are black and the tibia are yellow with darker, orange tarsals. I could not find a match for that or the clear patterns of yellow field marks on the head, thorax and abdomen. Could someone look carefully at this and see if this is another species.
Also, the “typical” species is apparently known only from far northeastern U.S. and Canada. Perhaps this is a subspecies not previously seen in Texas.
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Bob OKennon
, 28 October, 2015 - 2:39pm
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