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Chalcis sp. - Chalcis

Chalcis sp. - Chalcis
Lodoga, Colusa County, California, USA
June 19, 2012
Size: 5 mm
Location is 405 m elevation, 2.4 km on Goat Mt. Rd. west of Lodoga. GPS = 39.2985, -122.5481.

Keyed out (1) using characters emphasized by the pics. Yellow gaster is petiolate. Head without horns and antenna arise above level of mouth corners without clypeal shelf. Marginal vein short and postmarginal vein well developed. Propodium with spiracle subvertical (couldn't get a good pic). Metacoxae at least 1.5 times as long as greatest length of metapleuron. Mesotibia lacking apical spur. Mesocoxa with outer side setose (see pic), definitely not bare. Metafemur & tibia showing teeth on femur and the apical ventral end of tibia with subtriangular blunt spine.

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