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Blue Streaks (wings) - Psorthaspis planata - male
Copyright © 2017 Bob Biagi

Blue Streaks (wings) - Psorthaspis planata - Male
Tonopah Desert, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
June 8, 2015
Size: 10mm
Note: The fore-wings have three sub-marginal cells. Underneath the third sub-marginal cell, the second recurrent vein (2m-cu) rises on the subdiscoidal vein about or somewhat less than half of the distance from the base of the sub-discoidal vein to the outer wing margin.
Note: The propodeum (rear of thorax) has the slope rather flat in front, abruptly declivous behind, often prominent on the sides of the declivity.

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Blue Streaks (ventral) - Psorthaspis planata - male Blue Streaks (ventral abdomen) - Psorthaspis planata - male Blue Streaks (ventral head) - Psorthaspis planata - male Blue Streaks (cleaning) - Psorthaspis planata - male Blue Streaks (hind-wing) - Psorthaspis planata - male Blue Streaks (face) - Psorthaspis planata - male Blue Streaks (side angle) - Psorthaspis planata - male Blue Streaks (head hump) - Psorthaspis planata - male Blue Streaks (dorsal) - Psorthaspis planata - male Blue Streaks (wings) - Psorthaspis planata - male Blue Streaks (dorsal angle) - Psorthaspis planata - male
Contributed by Bob Biagi on 10 October, 2017 - 9:55pm
Last updated 13 October, 2017 - 1:54pm

Moved
Moved from Psorthaspis.
… Bob Biagi, 13 October, 2017 - 10:45am

I think...
this looks pretty good for Psorthapis planata. There are several other genera that it reminds me of but that excavated propodeum is very distinctive.
… Nick Fensler, 13 October, 2017 - 7:24am

 
Yes
His wings were covering it through most of the footage, but this shot was quite convincing to me.
Thanks for checking this guy!
… Bob Biagi, 13 October, 2017 - 10:43am

Moved
Moved from Spider Wasps.
… Bob Biagi, 11 October, 2017 - 2:05pm

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