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Bembix, but which one? - Bembix - female

Bembix, but which one? - Bembix - Female
Coral Pink Sand Dunes, Utah, USA
August 9, 2017

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Bembix, but which one? - Bembix - female Bembix, but which one? - Bembix - female Bembix, but which one? - Bembix - female

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Probably B.troglodytes
Color pattern looks right for that species.

 
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.

 
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.

 
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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