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Pseudomasaris vespoides (Vespidae) in Colorado Springs - Pseudomasaris vespoides - male
Copyright © 2007 Adalbert Goertz

Pseudomasaris vespoides (Vespidae) in Colorado Springs - Pseudomasaris vespoides - Male
Colorado Springs, Palmer Park at 6600 ft (N38° 52.6', W104° 46.335'), El Paso County, Colorado, USA
July 13, 2007
Size: L = 19 mm
Found on Penstemon secundiflorus.

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Pseudomasaris vespoides (Vespidae) in Colorado Springs - Pseudomasaris vespoides - male Pseudomasaris vespoides (Vespidae) in Colorado Springs - Pseudomasaris vespoides - male Pseudomasaris vespoides (Vespidae) in Colorado Springs - Pseudomasaris vespoides - male Pseudomasaris vespoides (Vespidae) in Colorado Springs - Pseudomasaris vespoides - male Pseudomasaris vespoides (Vespidae) in Colorado Springs - Pseudomasaris vespoides - male Pseudomasaris vespoides (Vespidae) in Colorado Springs - Pseudomasaris vespoides - male
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Contributed by Adalbert Goertz on 13 July, 2007 - 11:53pm
Last updated 5 October, 2009 - 9:56pm

Moved
Moved from Adalbert's Colorado Images.
… Charley Eiseman, 5 October, 2009 - 9:56pm login or register to post comments

I agree, Adalbert,
this is clearly a male vespoides , with antennal clubs concave beneath (& longer than 3rd segment), curved posterior basitarsus (being the most reliable characters acc. to O.W. Richards; see reference here: 1 .
… Hartmut Wisch, 14 July, 2007 - 1:55am login or register to post comments

 
male
Thanks, Hartmut.
… Adalbert Goertz, 14 July, 2007 - 10:40pm login or register to post comments

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