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Paracyphononyx funereus - Paracyphononyx - male
Copyright © 2007 Nick Fensler

Paracyphononyx funereus - Paracyphononyx - Male
Whitehall, Oak Openings Metropark, Lucas County, Ohio, USA
August 23, 2003
Size: 18 mm
One of my typical mediocre images, but it serves to illustrate the fairly distinctive crenulate (or subserrate) antennae of the male of this species (blue lines). Very few other species of Pompilini have this character.
Contributed by Nick Fensler on 29 June, 2007 - 12:53pm

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