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Pepsini - Hemipepsis ustulata? - Hemipepsis ustulata - female
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Pepsini - Hemipepsis ustulata? - Hemipepsis ustulata - Female
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
April 15, 2017
Contributed by Steve Wells on 17 April, 2017 - 12:57pm
Last updated 17 April, 2017 - 2:08pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

10 flagellomeres = ♀
It's hard to trace most of the wing cells, but what I can see looks good. The lack of blue coloring on any part of the body and legs, rules out all of the genus Pepsis.
… Bob Biagi, 17 April, 2017 - 2:08pm

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