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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 legata
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Flying Ant? - Psorthaspis legata - female
Copyright © 2009 Dennis Totin

Flying Ant? - Psorthaspis legata - Female
Garland, Dallas County, Texas, USA
July 3, 2009

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Flying Ant? - Psorthaspis legata - female Flying Ant? - Psorthaspis legata - female
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Contributed by Dennis Totin on 3 July, 2009 - 3:33pm
Last updated 7 July, 2009 - 11:20am

Moved
Moved from Psorthaspis.
… v belov, 7 July, 2009 - 11:20am login or register to post comments

Psorthaspis legata (female)
...the white bands on the abdominal tergites, the orange head, and the distinctly banded wings are characteristic of this species.
… Nick Fensler, 7 July, 2009 - 11:12am login or register to post comments

Nope, this is a Pompilidae (o
Nope, this is a Pompilidae (or a slight chance that it is a Sphecidae). There are very few Pompilidae with such a nice coloration, should not be difficult to find a genus name...
… Martin Hauser, 4 July, 2009 - 7:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Mutillidae males have the hea
Mutillidae males have the head an thorax never that smooth, always with deep punctures and hairs....
… Martin Hauser, 4 July, 2009 - 7:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Well, we were right...
...that it was a wasp and not an ant. Can we at least console ourselves with that? (*smile*)

Thanks for the revised ID, Martin! It is much appreciated.
… Harsi S. Parker, 4 July, 2009 - 7:36pm login or register to post comments

 
crossed my mind, too---
i shouldn't have ventured this far out of my element...
… v belov, 4 July, 2009 - 7:35pm login or register to post comments

 
wow, neat!
*
… v belov, 4 July, 2009 - 7:18pm login or register to post comments

wonderful male "velvet ant" [not really an ant], i suppose
the Texan fauna's among the richest, but i'm sure someone will give you a name -- those are great photos!
… v belov, 3 July, 2009 - 4:16pm login or register to post comments

 
The ant that's not really an ant...
See Family Mutillidae for more info while waiting for an ID.
… Harsi S. Parker, 3 July, 2009 - 4:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Harsi, thanks--
you see how inconsistent i am (my using the vernacular name vs. your scientific)
… v belov, 3 July, 2009 - 4:52pm login or register to post comments

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