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Red-belly Square-headed Wasp - Tachysphex - female

Red-belly Square-headed Wasp - Tachysphex - Female
Tonopah Desert, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
May 29, 2015
Size: 11mm
These are images of a Square-headed Wasp that I believe is most likely a female...?
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ID info:
Keying to Genus in Subtribe Gastrosericina:
1. - The large and light-green colored eyes, small eye-gap and short antennae length, fails for the genus Larropsis.
2. - The short, blunt abdominal apex with a wide pygidium, very small eye-gap and thick legs, are features that fail for the genus Tachysphex. Also, the two ocellar scars are club-shaped with long tails, but they are very hard to see.
3. - The overall body shapes, proportions, and the wing vein patterns suggest the genus Tachytes. (incorrect, see comments below)

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Moved
Moved from Tachytes. The long rake setae of the female fore tarsus and the shape of the anterior ocelli clearly rule out Tachytes (despite all that is said above).

Red-bellies ♂♀
These other images below, are here just for comparison purposes. (dark legs vs. red legs) Most these images remain unidentified, at this time.
Arizona, dark-legged: ♂ red-legged:
Colorado, dark-legged: ♀ California: red-legged: Navada: ♀?
New Mexico, dark-legged: ♀ Florida: Texas: red-legged:

Moved
Moved from ID Request.