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Bembix
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Copyright © 2017
Cor Zonneveld
Bembix, but which one? -
Bembix
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Coral Pink Sand Dunes, Utah, USA
August 9, 2017
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Contributed by
Cor Zonneveld
on 25 September, 2017 - 2:03pm
Last updated 26 September, 2017 - 8:07pm
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Bob Biagi
, 26 September, 2017 - 8:07pm
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Probably B.troglodytes
Color pattern looks right for that species.
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Jeremy Frank
, 25 September, 2017 - 2:40pm
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Female
6 abdominal segments = ♀
Are you able to completely rule out
Bembix nubilipennis
? BOLD has not completed the species bin at this time, but they have
this
one record. (probably a female) OK, it's missing the black stripes on the femora and it has more yellow on the front shoulders of the thorax.
I can't find any reference images of
Bembix troglodytes
.
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Bob Biagi
, 26 September, 2017 - 7:20pm
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B.nubilipennis can be
B.nubilipennis
can be ruled out because this individual lacks the cloudy brown coloration on the wings that females of
nubilipennis
have.
I can't 100% rule out
other
possibilities-color pattern isn't usually reliable enough on its own to get an iron-clad ID in this genus, and the other characters that would be useful are hard to see without a specimen in hand-but B.troglodytes is the best match for what I can see in these images.
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Jeremy Frank
, 29 September, 2017 - 4:09pm
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How uncertain?
I appreciate the impossibility for a certain ID - I have seen the color variations which are substatial. I could use B. cf. troglodytes, but how reliable do you feel is the tentative ID? (I realize this is a subjective measure, but still...)
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Cor Zonneveld
, 30 September, 2017 - 2:45am
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