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Mrs. P. rubra-group (lateral) - Pepsis thisbe - female
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Mrs. P. rubra-group (lateral) - Pepsis thisbe - Female
Tonopah Desert, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
May 30, 2015
Size: 41mm
Note, the shape of the profile of the large carina on the propodeum (in front of the first abdominal segment) and also, the lack of a tubercle on the lower edge of the mesopleuron. (above the mid-coxa)
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Mrs. P. rubra-group (ventral) - Pepsis thisbe - female Mrs. P. rubra-group (ventral thorax) - Pepsis thisbe - female Mrs. P. rubra-group (ventral head) - Pepsis thisbe - female Mrs. P. rubra-group (mandibles) - Pepsis thisbe - female Mrs. P. rubra-group (ventral abdomen) - Pepsis thisbe - female Mrs. P. rubra-group (wings) - Pepsis thisbe - female Mrs. P. rubra-group (dorsal thorax) - Pepsis thisbe - female Mrs. P. rubra-group (lateral) - Pepsis thisbe - female Mrs. P. rubra-group (lateral thorax) - Pepsis thisbe - female Mrs. P. rubra-group (hind-wing) - Pepsis thisbe - female Mrs. P. rubra-group (dorsal head) - Pepsis thisbe - female Mrs. P. rubra-group (eye lines) - Pepsis thisbe - female
Contributed by Bob Biagi on 4 May, 2016 - 8:57pm
Last updated 19 July, 2016 - 8:56am

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