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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Spider Wasps, Velvet Ants and allies (Pompiloidea) » Spider Wasps (Pompilidae) » Pompilinae » Pompilini » Blue-black Spider Wasps (Anoplius) » Subgenus Lophopompilus (Anoplius Subgenus Lophopompilus)
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Large black wasp with orange on abdomen - Anoplius
Copyright © 2017 Martin R Lucas

Large black wasp with orange on abdomen - Anoplius
Lena Park, Starke County, Indiana, USA
August 14, 2016
Size: Large
Not a great side view, but I thought it might be helpful.

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Large black wasp with orange on abdomen - Anoplius Large black wasp with orange on abdomen - Anoplius
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Contributed by Martin R Lucas on 1 February, 2017 - 7:43am
Last updated 26 March, 2017 - 7:36pm

Moved
Moved from Spider Wasps. Leaning toward A. atrox because of the shallowness of the emargination on the clypeus but this is by no means an absolute character and this species is very difficult to distinguish from A. bengtssoni.
… Nick Fensler, 26 March, 2017 - 7:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Maybe A. semicinctus?
Maybe A. semicinctus?
… Silas J. Eckhardt, 21 November, 2021 - 8:52am login or register to post comments

 
Lophopompilus
No, the distinctive clypeal emargination of Lophopompilus is visible in this photo. A. semicinctus lacks this character.
… Nick Fensler, 21 November, 2021 - 5:18pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Martin R Lucas, 1 February, 2017 - 2:06pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
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