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Tiphiid Wasp with Primary Submarginal Isolation (thorax) - Colocistis crassa - male

Tiphiid Wasp with Primary Submarginal Isolation (thorax) - Colocistis crassa - Male
Tonopah Desert, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
May 24, 2015
Size: 16mm
Note, the lack of a scrobal sulcus (furrow) on the mesopluron. (side of thorax) According to the key to genera, in all of the brachycistidines, a scrobal sulcus is only present in Acanthetropis.
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Moved
Moved from Colocistis.

Moved
Moved from Brachycistidinae.

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