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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Spider Wasps, Velvet Ants and allies (Pompiloidea) » Spider Wasps (Pompilidae) » Pompilinae » Aporini » Psorthaspis » Psorthaspis planata
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Chalybion or Chlorion? - Psorthaspis planata - female
Copyright © 2020 James Carretta

Chalybion or Chlorion? - Psorthaspis planata - Female
San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA
August 7, 2020

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Chalybion or Chlorion? - Psorthaspis planata - female Chalybion or Chlorion? - Psorthaspis planata - female Chalybion or Chlorion? - Psorthaspis planata - female
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Contributed by ziphius on 8 August, 2020 - 1:00am
Last updated 8 August, 2020 - 8:34am

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According to Nick Fensler, "P. planata is the only species of Psorthaspis ever recorded from California."
… Bob Biagi, 8 August, 2020 - 8:34am login or register to post comments

Female
Thin antennae = ♀
I'm pretty sure that this is a female Spider Wasp, (adult) since I filmed both genders of this species. Both Chalybion and Chlorion have a very different shape to the pronotum.
See here: ♀ ♂ Psorthaspis planata
… Bob Biagi, 8 August, 2020 - 8:32am login or register to post comments

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