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Bembix americana spinolae
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Copyright © 2017
Erik Attaway
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Bembix americana
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Lockport Prairie Nature Preserve, Will County, Illinois, USA
July 15, 2017
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Contributed by
Erik Attaway
on 15 July, 2017 - 12:51pm
Last updated 15 July, 2017 - 2:58pm
Moved
Moved from
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7 abdominal segments = ♂
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Bob Biagi
, 15 July, 2017 - 2:58pm
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I'm aware that B. americana h
I'm aware that B. americana has several subspecies across its range, how did you ID this specimen as belonging to the B. a. spinolae subspecies?
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Erik Attaway
, 15 July, 2017 - 7:50pm
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Yes
The other subspecies,
Bembix americana comata
looks nearly identical, but is restricted to the western range.
BOLD has only one bin for this species, but they don't have very many specimens right now and might eventually split this into subspecies.
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Bob Biagi
, 15 July, 2017 - 8:34pm
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