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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea sans Anthophila – Apoid Wasps » Thread-waisted Wasps (Sphecidae) » Sphecinae » Prionychini » Prionyx » Prionyx canadensis
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thread-waisted wasp - Prionyx canadensis - female
Copyright © 2009 Andrew Reding

thread-waisted wasp - Prionyx canadensis - Female
Port Townsend, Jefferson County, Washington, USA
July 14, 2009
According to Eric R. Eaton, "Prionyx thomae, parkeri, and canadensis are all nearly identical in overall appearance" (http://bugguide.net/node/view/253679/bgimage).

canadensis selected based on range information and uniformly brown color of abdomen, indicative of a female:
http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20m?r=.2&la=62&lo=-110.5&kind=Prionyx_&place=target
http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20m?w=720&r=0.2&e=0.00000&n=0.00000&z=0&kind=Prionyx+canadensis&la=0&lo=0?137,46

atratus and subatratus are both all-black: http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Prionyx+atratus
parkeri photographs show dark spots on brown abdomens: http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Prionyx+parkeri
thomae not recorded in Pacific Northwest: http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Prionyx+parkeri
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Contributed by Andrew Reding on 15 July, 2009 - 10:03am
Last updated 17 July, 2009 - 10:25am

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Moved from Prionyx.
… Andrew Reding, 17 July, 2009 - 10:25am login or register to post comments

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Moved from Prionyx canadensis. This species cannot be conclusively identified from images. Similar species occur in your area.
… Matthias Buck, 17 July, 2009 - 10:21am login or register to post comments

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